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# africa - Wednesday 25 March, 2020
Opinion: The virus may rapidly spread to countries that lack even the most basic resources to fight it
Were coronavirus to spread across the entire African continent, countries will have to rely only on their own scarce resources, writes Trócaire CEO Caoimhe de Barra.
# africa - Saturday 22 February, 2020
WHO warns Africa is ill-equipped to deal with coronavirus due to 'weaker health systems'
There has been 200 suspected cases on the continent but nearly all have been confirmed negative.
# africa - Friday 3 January, 2020
'300 million were regularly tuning in' - Inside Africa's obsession with Premier League football
In an extract from his book, David Goldblatt looks at the continent’s remarkable devotion to the English top flight.
# africa - Friday 27 December, 2019
'300 million were regularly tuning in' - Inside Africa's obsession with Premier League football
In an extract from his book, David Goldblatt looks at the continent’s remarkable devotion to the English top flight.
# africa - Monday 4 November, 2019
Nine sailors abducted by suspected pirates off African coast
The Gulf of Guinea has become one of the most dangerous maritime regions in the world.
# africa - Monday 21 October, 2019
Dozens of elephants have died due to severe drought in Zimbabwe
More than five million rural Zimbabweans – nearly a third of the population – are at risk of food shortages before the next harvest in 2020.
# africa - Sunday 7 April, 2019
Poacher killed by elephant then eaten by lions in South Africa
Only the man’s skull and a pair of trousers were recovered.
# africa - Thursday 8 November, 2018
PSG open probe into claims of racial profiling of young players
French investigative website Mediapart cited documents from the latest series of Football Leaks allegations.
# africa - Friday 21 September, 2018
Tanzania president orders arrests over Lake Victoria ferry disaster
The MV Nyerere may have been carrying as many as 200 passengers.
# africa - Wednesday 25 July, 2018
Irish man due in UK court for attempting to smuggle rare bird eggs at Heathrow
Many of the eggs recovered on 26 June have now hatched.
# africa - Sunday 22 July, 2018
Silicon Valley looks to Africa as a new tech frontier
Many African governments have given the tech titans an enthusiastic welcome.
# africa - Tuesday 19 June, 2018
Boris Becker's diplomatic passport is 'fake' says Central Africa Republic
The document’s serial number corresponded to one of a batch of new passports that were stolen in 2014.
# africa - Monday 11 June, 2018
Tomorrow Fifa will choose between North America and Morocco to host 2026 World Cup
On the eve of the World Cup in Russia, 207 Fifa member nations will cast their vote in a congress of world football’s governing body.
# africa - Thursday 10 May, 2018
At least 27 people killed after dam bursts in Kenya
Weeks of torrential rains in Kenya have led to flooding and mudslides that have left 159 dead.
# africa - Wednesday 2 May, 2018
This Cork dairy farmer drank blood fresh from a cow when she spent time farming with tribespeople in Kenya
Paula Hynes travelled to Kenya to spend two-and-a-half weeks with a remote Maasai tribe.
# africa - Monday 2 April, 2018
Israel will send refugees to Western countries as deportation plan scrapped
The original scheme was criticised by the United Nations.
# africa - Friday 9 March, 2018
Big Tobacco made €7,900 for every dead smoker in 2015, according to a new report
The latest edition of the Tobacco Atlas says that the industry is maximising profits by targeting the ‘vulnerable’ in places like Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
# africa - Saturday 17 February, 2018
A change collection that became an Irish institution is back
Kumba from Sierra Leone is this year’s cover star.
# africa - Tuesday 13 February, 2018
South Africa's ruling party has decided to oust scandal-tainted President Zuma - reports
Jacob Zuma has refused to resign, local media reported.
# africa - Monday 12 February, 2018
Suspected poacher mauled to death and eaten by pack of lions in South Africa
The remains were found at the weekend in the bush at a private game park in the northern province of Limpopo
# africa - Sunday 11 February, 2018
'Raped women are forced to marry their rapists to maintain their family's name'
Jenifer Williams lives in Dublin but grew up in the Congo, she described it as “a ground of no mercy”.
# africa - Sunday 28 January, 2018
These Israeli teeth show modern humans left Africa 100,000 years earlier than thought
The ancient jawbone is believed to be somewhere between 177,000 and 194,000 years old.
# africa - Thursday 4 January, 2018
Non-emergency surgical death rates in Africa are double the global average
Elective surgeries in African countries have a death rate double that of the global average, a new study reveals.
# africa - Wednesday 27 December, 2017
'You could hear the bones breaking' - South Africa haunted by racially charged murders
Robert Turner was one of the latest victims of a long campaign of violence against the country’s farmers who are largely white.
# africa - Saturday 18 November, 2017
Thousands of protesters turn out in Zimbabwe calling for resignation of Robert Mugabe
The marches will cap an unprecedented week in which generals seized power and put Mugabe under house arrest.
# africa - Thursday 16 November, 2017
Zimbabwe crisis: Mugabe in talks with South Africa to find resolution to country's turmoil
Robert Mugabe fired his vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa last week but he may still succeed him.
# africa - Sunday 22 October, 2017
Alleged poacher arrested after rhino he was targeting attacks and injures him
The incident happened in Etosha National Park in Namibia.
# africa - Sunday 15 October, 2017
Over 230 dead and 275 injured in worst single attack in Somalia's history
Doctors struggled to assist horrifically wounded victims following the blast, many burned beyond recognition.
# africa - Saturday 14 October, 2017
At least 20 people killed in Somalia truck bombing
Government security official Mohamed Aden said that bombing took place in a busy part of the city.
# africa - Monday 9 October, 2017
Anthrax is being blamed for the sudden deaths of over 100 hippos in Namibia
Despite its notoriety as a biological weapon, anthrax is a bacterial disease that can be fatal for African wildlife.
# africa - Thursday 5 October, 2017
Three American special forces troops among several killed in ambush
The US Africa command confirmed in a statement that a joint US and Nigerien patrol came under fire in Niger.
# africa - Saturday 12 August, 2017
Two shot dead in protests over disputed Kenyan election
Human Rights Watch urged police to show restraint in the face of protests.
# africa - Thursday 10 August, 2017
At least 56 people die after human traffickers force 300 off boats and into the sea
The migrants were being smuggled from Africa to Yemen.
# africa - Thursday 20 July, 2017
'They beat me with an electric cable, while throwing water on me at the same time'
People accused of supporting Boko Haram are being brutally tortured in Cameroon.
# africa - Sunday 9 July, 2017
Column: 'Over half my patients, often with contagious illnesses, have to share a bed'
The scale of the HIV problem in Kenya’s Homa Bay County is enormous, writes Dr Eamonn Faller.
# africa - Tuesday 4 July, 2017
'If men are caught, they are killed. If women are caught, they are raped'
Men, women and children in South Sudan have been shot, hacked to death with machetes and burnt alive.
# africa - Monday 26 June, 2017
Irish Navy revives infant found unconscious in Mediterranean as record numbers saved
Commander Brian Fitzgerald said he was extremely proud of his team.
# africa - Thursday 22 June, 2017
As doctors continue to emigrate, Ireland is becoming more reliant on foreign-trained staff
Africa and Pakistan contribute the highest number of non-Irish doctors here.
# africa - Wednesday 21 June, 2017
A book about a woman who locked herself into her house has won a €100k Dublin literary award
We spoke to its author, Angolan native José Eduardo Agualusa.
# africa - Sunday 11 June, 2017
'An industry built on human misery' - in an uncertain world people smugglers are making billions
The waves of desperate people slipping across international borders every year has created a massive moneymaking opportunity for unscrupulous human traffickers.
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Poll: Should social media companies do more to tackle the spread of Covid-19 misinformation?
MESSAGING APP WhatsApp today introduced new measures to curb the spread of misinformation on its platform.
The move will see messages, including video content and images, restricted from being forwarded to more than one person in one go.
The app previously allowed messages to be forwarded to up to five people in one go but with the large volumes of misinformation around Covid-19 being circulated, the company, which is owned by Facebook has moved to restrict forwarding.
Other social media companies have also tried to combat misinformation on their platforms by including links to the World Health Organisation and the HSE.
So today, we’re asking: Should social media companies do more to tackle the spread of Covid-19 misinformation?
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Wellness Wednesday: Mother Nature can help us cope with Covid-19 confinement. Time to walk, look and meditate!
By Gerry Raftery
Mindfulness teacher Gerry Raftery says Spring brings us much-needed stillness and simplicity.
'Nefarious actors are at the root of Covid-19 fake news - and they are part of dangerous geo-political games'
By Billy Kelleher - @BillyKelleherTD
GOAL: We hope to learn lessons from the west when tackling any African Covid-19 outbreak
By Dr Enida Friel
Dr Enida Friel of GOAL says Covid-19 will not be beaten until it’s beaten by all countries.
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