By Jecina Chikwelete Section 23 of the Constitution of the Republic of Malawi adopted in 1994, and amended in 2010, says Children are entitled to be protected from economic exploitation or any treatment, work or punishment that is, or is likely to be hazardous;interfere with their education; or be harmful to their health or to […]Read More
By Wilson Allan Phiri African countries have stepped up efforts of fighting for climate justice by lobbying for inclusive financial support. This has been revealed during the ongoing 5 day African Regional Conference on Loss and Damage and Climate Change which is being held under the theme ”Consolidating African Voices on loss and Damage and […]Read More
Zambia’s Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya has been arrested on allegations of corruption. The 47-year-old doctor and politician was detained and then freed on bail by the police following an investigation by the country’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). “Dr Chitalu Chilufya has been charged with four counts of being in possession of property reasonably suspected to be […]Read More
The World Health Organization (WHO) says that laboratory capacity to test for the coronavirus is now available throughout Africa. WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that at the start of the pandemic, only a dozen African countries had this ability. But he warned that the number of virus cases was now increasing quickly and more […]Read More
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has apologised to Nigeria after a building inside the Nigerian High Commission compound in Accra was demolished. Mr Akufo-Addo has ordered an investigation, a statement from the Nigerian government said after his call with President Muhammadu Buhari. Armed men reportedly stormed the compound last week and destroyed buildings under construction. Some […]Read More