Across Africa in Five Minutes

 Ethiopia

Bodies with gunshot wounds and hands tied behind their backs have washed up in a river in Sudan that borders Ethiopia, a doctor has told the BBC.

Dr Tewodros Tefera and other witnesses believe the victims came from Ethiopia’s Tigray region, where rebels are fighting the government’s army. Sudanese police are reported to have retrieved a total of 28 corpses.

The Ethiopian government says fake news is being spread about a possible massacre in the border city of Humera.

Egypt

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt has said that it was time to increase the price of bread, which has been a highly sensitive issue in the past.

Mr Sisi said that there would not be a big jump. But he suggested it was no longer reasonable to continue subsidising bread to the extent that 20 loaves sell for the price of just a single cigarette.

The International Monetary Fund – which has made substantial loans to Egypt – argues that food subsidies should only benefit those most in need.

Namibia

Namibia’s president has congratulated teenager Christine Mboma who won an Olympic silver medal in the 200m. The first Namibian woman to get on the podium at an Olympic Games.

And talking about the people back home she said: “They are happy and they are proud of me to take that medal to the land of the brave.” Namibia’s cricket team took a break from training to watch the race and posted a video of their reaction:

Mozambique

Mozambique’s health minister has expressed concern over the issue of African countries receiving Covid vaccines shortly before their expiration date.

Armindo Tiago says this is a problem in the management of health systems as it imposes an urgent need to vaccinate many people in a very short time.

Dr Tiago told a virtual meeting of health ministers of the southern African regional bloc Sadc that the issue also compromises the effectiveness of the vaccination campaigns.

 Ghana

Accra, Aug. 03, GNA – Friends of the Earth Ghana has held a policy brief dissemination workshop to explore gender equity and energy access in Ghana.

It also sought to broaden national understanding of equitable energy access and its implications to national development.
The policy brief, which comes out of a research conducted in Ghana, seeks to identify the challenges that are perpetuating the lack of gender equity in the energy discourse in mostly rural communities and based on those observations make recommendations to support policy formulation and implementation.

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