By Fatima Muktar Nigeria generates an average of $1,400 per metric tonne of sesame exported. Sesame seeds, or beni-seeds as they are locally known, are among the most commercially viable crop critical to the agricultural economy of Nigeria. Despite the high viability of the crop, data from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) shows Nigeria’s […]
ANALYSIS By Connor Bamford Ebola is back in Guinea in West Africa, five years after the largest Ebola epidemic ever known ended – but it has not come back the way we expected it to. Eighteen people are reported to have been infected, of which nine have died. Although vaccines against Ebola exist and have been rolled […]
Several African nations including DR Congo, Cape Verde and eSwatini have suspended the use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine citing possible side-effects. The move follows similar measures by European states, writes Daniel Pelz for Deutsche Welle. Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation (WHO) urged countries to continue using the AstraZeneca vaccine as part of their vaccination strategies. “At this […]
COVID-19 vaccines have suffered a whole lot of bashings from some conspiracy theories, prophecies and some health expect. However, it seems some of these claims are worth considering after some powerful nations are suspending the use of the vaccines; especially, AstraZeneca. Italy, France, and Germany have joined the countries like Ireland, Norway, Bulgaria, and others […]
Morocco is a step closer to legalising the medical use of cannabis after the government ratified a draft law. But the government on Thursday upheld a ban on its recreational use and the draft law for medical use still needs parliament approval. The move would “reconvert illicit” cannabis plantations into “legal and durable activities that […]
