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Globally, Nigeria is one of the most affected countries, accounting for around 20% of maternal and child deaths, according to the World Bank. The Nigerian government has launched six national policy documents aimed at ensuring safer delivery for women across Nigeria in a move to reduce mother deaths and improve childbirth outcomes. Muhammad Pate, Coordination Minister of Health and Social Welfare, published the document in Abuja on Wednesday to commemorate the 2025 Safe Motherhood Day. Safe Motherhood Day is an annual event marked April 11th, creating a general dialogue on the best strategies and interventions to promote maternal and neonatal…

The Ghanaian Power Company (ECG) has begun construction of new distribution lines to improve the power supply of several communities within Atwi McWanWoma constituency in Greater Kumasi. According to the ECG, the project (currently 40% complete) is expected to be completed by the end of 2025. It is estimated that the cost will be GH¢2,287,841.31. George Amoah, general manager of ECG for the Ashanti West region, revealed that the initiative will include the creation of a new 11kV feeder from the Kumasi Asekyem primary substation. This feeder is expected to ease the load on existing Cocoben and Ampereum feeders. Once…

Körber-Stiftung’s Emerging Middle Powers Report presents geopolitical perspectives from Brazil, India, South Africa and Germany. Decision makers in Brazil, India, South Africa and Germany have fundamentally different views on the challenges faced by foreign policy. 60% of South African respondents and 59% of Brazilians view the global impact of the US negatively. However, in Germany, 75% are actively looking at it. More than half of Indian respondents (52%) said India prefers neutrality amid growing competition between China and the US. Approximately 70% of respondents in Brazil and South Africa and 60% of India say their countries aren’t spending enough to…

Syrian new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa hopes for a better relationship with Moscow, Qatar said.Qatar’s Emil Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani told Russian President Vladimir Putin that he is keen on the new Syrian leadership to develop ties with Moscow. In a speech in the Russian capital on Thursday, Al Thani assured Russian leaders that interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa is trying to develop ties with Russia after the removal of former Moscow ally Bashar al-Assad. “As for Syria, President Al-Shara was in Qatar a few days ago. We spoke with him about the historical and strategic relationship between Syria and Russia,”…

– Write daily observer newspapers April 14, 2025 Editor-in-Chief Daily Observer Newspaper Liberia, Monrovia Subject: Misleading and inaccurate reporting, edition on April 10, 2025 – “ArcelorMittal Diffies Liberian Government” Dear Editor-in-Chief, On behalf of ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML), he expressed deep concern and strong opposition to the article published on April 10, 2025, writing under a sensational headline, “ArcelorMittal ignores the Liberian government.” This article is effectively misleading and inaccurate. The Liberian government is grossly misrepresenting AML’s actions regarding access to railway infrastructure and continued involvement by Ivanhoe Atlantic in the AML concession area. Let us be absolutely clear: ArcelorMittal Liberia…

The national health department is convinced that all US government funding for HIV and tuberculosis (TB) projects in South Africa will end by September 30 and has calculated that it needs R2.82-billion to plug the gap for the rest of the financial year after the Trump administration cut more than half of such support to the country in February. The government’s financial year runs from April 1 to March 31 . “Without such replacement funds, we won’t be able to sustain our HIV programme,” warns the department’s deputy director general for the country’s National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme, Nicholas Crisp.…

David Howard Thornton I was able to tell you to play my favourite thrasher…but I have to kill you!!! Published on April 17th, 2025 at 7:28 AM PDT Play video content TMZ.com Actor David Howard Thornton says he can’t tell fans whether he likes to play Art the Clown. We recently caught up with the Los Angeles actor…and we had to ask if he enjoyed playing killer clowns in the “Terrifier” movie or if he enjoyed more of the devastated rats in “Screamboat.” DHT says he can’t choose between the two…and the person next to him suggests that he can…

Swakopmund – Five security guards employed by the Big Five Security Services company in Swakopmund were supplied with a cutback just days after the Ministry of Labor asked for intervention. They wanted the ministry to force employers to enforce new minimum wages in the security sector. Some earn just as little as n $6.66 per hour. The security guards approached the Labor Bureau on April 1, 2025 and requested mediation for what they called dangerous working conditions, long hours and what they called salaries below the legally defined minimum wage. However, their decent living wage attempts seem to have led…

In late January, the US suspended billions of dollars worth of international aid, including South Africa’s HIV-related programs. The South African government may have been able to respond by invoking an emergency funding mechanism, but it has not yet done so. Meanwhile, activists, health researchers, and even technical advisors to the government are increasingly irritated by the government’s lack of transparency on this issue. To fund several health services repaid by the US, the National Department of Health was able to bypass budgets and secure emergency funds from government bonds. But this hasn’t happened yet. This emergency funding mechanism falls…

Dar es Salaam Special Zone Police have ordered the leader of Chama Chamocracyanama Endeo (Chadema) to immediately suspend plans to mobilize supporters to gather at the Magistrates’ Court of Kistu residents on April 24th. Speaking to the media, Dar es Salaam Special Zone Police Commander Jumannumuriro said police were closely monitoring statements made by some Chadema leaders through media and social networks, encouraging a massive number of citizens to appear on the day that opposition politician Tundu Lis is expected to appear. “There are clear indications that some of these leaders are planning to incite chaos and violence to pressure…