September 3, 2021

Approximately 4,500 people have fallen sick in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo following a toxic leak from a diamond mine in neighbouring Angola, the environment minister have disclosed.

The minister of Environment, Eve Bazaiba explained that no fewer than 12 people had died.

According to her, the DR Congo would ask for reparations for the damage caused but did not specify an amount.

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There has been no response so far from the mining company.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that last month’s leak from a …

The federal Government of Nigeria has approved the recruitment of no fewer than 20,000 policemen in an effort to find solution to the security challenges bedeviling the country.

Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Baba Alkali made this disclosure when he paid a courtesy visit to the Emir of Dutse at his Palace on Friday.

According to him, the reason behind of the visit was to seek the collaboration of all stallholders in addressing the insecurity situation of the country.

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‘Federal Government has approved the recruitment of police and provided …

North Korea has rejected around three million doses of a Chinese Covid-19 vaccine, suggesting they should be given to countries in greater need, the Unicef has revealed.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the impoverished North was the first country to impose a strict lockdown when it sealed its border in January last year to stop the virus from spreading from neighbouring China, where it first emerged before sweeping the world.

Pyongyang insists it has yet to see any cases of the virus — a claim that analysts doubt — but it has paid a huge economic price …