Fake degrees threaten Nigeria national youth service
from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria ABUJA, (CAJ News) – NIGERIAN authorities have warned holders of fake university degrees to stay off the registration of a key national…
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Rats fever claims over 100 in Nigeria
from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria ABUJA, (CAJ News) – AN outbreak of Lassa fever, caused by rats, has killed more than 100 people in Nigeria since the beginning of the…
COVID-19 threatens Africa’s collapsing health systems
from ADANE BIKILA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA, (CAJ News) – AT least 210 people have been investigated for the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Africa since fears of an…
Whereabouts of hundreds rescued at sea unknown
from AHMED ZAYED in Tripoli, Libya TRIPOLI, (CAJ News) – OVER 600 migrants intercepted at the Mediterranean Sea and returned to Libya at the beginning of the year are…
Funding secured to tackle East Africa locust invasion
from MARIA MACHARIA in Nairobi, Kenya NAIROBI, (CAJ News) – EFFORTS to tackle the worst invasion in years by desert locusts in East Africa have received a major boost after…
African scholars flee China as coronavirus scourge deepens
from YAO YUANHUI in Guangzhou, CHINA Special Correspondent GUANGZHOU, (CAJ News) – AFRICAN students are leaving China in droves as the death toll from the coronavirus (COVID-19)…
Nigeria telcos under investigation for malpractices
from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria ABUJA, (CAJ News) – MOBILE network operators in Nigeria are under probe over the increasing rate of drop calls. The Senate, which has…
Locust invasion threatens children’s food supplies
from RAJI BASHIR in Khartoum, Sudan KHARTOUM, (CAJ News) – THE food supplies of some of the most vulnerable children and families in South Sudan are under threat as massive…
Technology forces closure of Zimbabwe banks
from WELLINGTON TONI in Harare, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Bureau Chief HARARE, (CAJ News) – THE phenomenal increase in mobile transactions in Zimbabwe is forcing banks to shut down…
20 refugees dead in stampede for food aid
from AHMED OBAFEMI in Maiduguri, Nigeria MAIDUGURI, (CAJ News) – THE death of 20 people during a stampede over food and cash aid in Niger is the latest catastrophe in a crisis…