Latest News November 19, 2015

news From All Africa

• South Africa: Three Culprits Behind Weird Weather Patterns
  [The Conversation Africa] As maximum temperatures soared to 39℃ in South Africa's capital city, Pretoria, during the second week of November, residents were asking: why is it so unbearably hot this year? And why have there been successive heat waves?
• Africa: Meningitis A Vaccine - How Partnership Replaced 'Big Pharma'
  [IRIN] London -Four years after it was first used in a mass vaccination campaign, the MenAfriVac vaccine has achieved an extraordinary outcome; cases of meningitis A have dropped to almost zero in the epidemic belt across Africa.
• Nigeria: Govt - 45 Million People At Risk of Bilharzia
  [Daily Trust] More than 45 million people across 34 states are at risk of infestation with schistosomiasis and will need treatment, the federal heslth ministry has said.
• Malawi: Man Arrested for Selling 'Dog Meat'
  [Nyasa Times] Police at Balaka district eastern Malawi is keeping in custody a 31-year-old man for allegedly selling dog meat.
• Kenya: Rains Kill 10 in Narok
  [The Star] Ten people have died since heavy rains started pounding Narok county at the beginning of this month.
• Kenya: Hague Court States Agree to Discuss Rule on Evidence
  [The Star] Kenya has scored a first against the ICC and powerful global NGOs in its push to withdraw the use of recanted testimony in the case against Deputy President William Ruto.
• Nigeria: Super Eagles Grumble Over e-Payment Bonus
  [This Day] Super Eagles were said to be unhappy as they were not paid their win bonus in cash after the World Cup qualifier against Swaziland as is the practice following a new arrangement of electronic transfer of these bonuses.
• Kenya: Kilifi Residents Sleep in Trees as Water Swamps Homesteads
  [The Star] Kilifi county is experiencing the worst floods in more than 20 years.
• Nigeria: Country Grossly Under-Policed - Ex-President Obasanjo
  [Premium Times] Nigeria's former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday said Nigeria is grossly under-policed.

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