Health

By John Ikani Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says it is investigating suspected cases of monkeypox outbreak in Sudan and Morocco. The probe is coming on the heels of outbreaks of the virus...

By John Ikani  The World Health Organization (WHO) member states on Tuesday confirmed the re-election of Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for a second term as Director-General of the U.N. health agency. The result of the secret...

By John Ikani Leading media outlets, mainly in North America and Europe, are using images of Black people alongside stories of the monkeypox outbreak, a development which African journalists have slammed them for. "Is the media...

By John Ikani Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the collection of taxes on every phone call made by Nigerians. The telecom tax in the equivalent of a minimum of one kobo per second for phone...

By John Ikani As more and more countries are reporting cases of monkeypox with Israel being the latest one, the World Health Organization (WHO) said it expects to identify more cases of monkeypox as it expands...

By John Ikani  US President Joe Biden on Saturday said America had offered Covid-19 vaccines to Pyongyang but "got no response" despite a spiralling epidemic in North Korea, where nearly 2.5 million people have fallen sick...