The animals recognise tell-tale aromas using clothes from people infected with the disease.
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Malaria: Sniffer dogs to help in fight to eradicate disease
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WHO: Air Pollution a Health Risk for Children
The World Health Organization says air pollution kills hundreds of thousands of children every year and puts the physical health and neurological development of hundreds of millions of other youngsters at serious risk. The WHO is issuing a report titled “Air pollution and child health: Prescribing clean air” on the eve of the U.N. agency's first-ever Global Conference on Air pollution and Health.
The World Health Organization reports more than 90 percent, or nearly 2 billion children under the age of 15, breathe toxic air every day. The WHO says debilitating problems associated with air pollution begin at conception and continue until adolescence.
The report notes pregnant women exposed to polluted air are likely to give birth prematurely and have low-weight babies. A WHO scientist and expert on air pollution, Marie Noel Brune Drisse, warns that many babies will have neurodevelopment problems, resulting in lower IQs.
“The fact is that air pollution is stunting our brains, even before we are born," said Drisse. "The fact that it is leading to diseases that we may not be able to see immediately but look at much later in life like adult diseases. Our lung function and our respiratory systems are being altered during our development.”
Drisse says this can lead to chronic respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, as well as certain types of cancers later in life. In 2016, the report estimated that 600,000 children died from acute lower respiratory infections caused by polluted air. It said the heaviest toll is paid by children in low- and middle-income countries. The report found that the highest death rates among children between the ages of 5 and 14 from both ambient and household air pollution occur in the African region.
The report says switching to clean cooking and heating fuels and technologies could save the lives of many children. It says other measures for reducing the toxic impact of air pollution include moving away from fossil fuels.
The report recommends the use of cleaner, renewable energy sources, less dependence on private cars in favor of public transportation, and better waste management systems. WHO officials say the benefits from implementing such measures will be felt almost immediately.
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Economic crisis deepens in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s economy is in dire straits. President Emmerson Mnangagwa has promised to stabilize the economy 'soon' but not everyone is optimistic.
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Waumini wa imani mbalimbali wakutana msikitini
Waumini wa kikristo na kiislamu wakutana na kuongelea kuhusu dini zao katika msikiti wa Jamia mjini Nairobi kwa lengo la kutaka kupunguza mvuto na chuki ya kutoelewana baina yao.
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Hadithi kupitia pichaa
Msanii na mwanahabari atumiae picha kueleza hadithi, Sarah Waiswa Mganda aishie na kufanya kazi zake za usanii nchini Kenya aelezea hisia na maudhui ya picha zake.
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Jair Bolsonaro aendelea kupongezwa kwa ushindi
Viongozi wa nchi za Amerika kusini wanaendelea kumpongeza mbunge na mwanajeshi wa zamani Jair Bolsonaro kushinda uchaguzi wa urais nchini Brazil katika uchaguzi uliofanyika Jumapili.
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Leicester City yaendelea kuomboleza kifo cha mmiliki wao.
Mashabiki wa klabu ya Leicester City wanaendelea kuomboleza kifo cha mmiliki wa klabu hiyo Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. Bilionea huyo alikufa baada ya helkopta aliyopanda kuanguka.
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Ndege yenye abiria 189 yaanguka baharini.
Waokoaji wanaendela na utafutaji wa maiti katika bahari ya hindi karibu na mji wa Jakarta baada ya ndege iliyouwa na abirika 189 kuangukia baharini.
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Wamarekani waomboleza vifo vya watu 11 waliouwa ndani ya sinagogi.
Wamarekani waendela kuomboleza vifo vya watu 11 waliouwa kwa kupingwa risasi ndani ya Sinagogi mjini Pittsburgh Pennsylvania mwishoni mwa wiki.
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Duniani Leo October 29, 2018
Mashabiki wa Leicester City wanaendelea kuomboleza kifo cha mmiliki wa timu hiyo bilionea Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha kilichotokea mwizo wa wiki kwa ajali ha Helkopta . Waokoaji waendelea kutafuta maiti katika bahari ya hindi karibu na mji wa Jakarta baada ya ndege ilivyokuwa na abiria 189 kuanguka.
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TCRA Yatoa ONYO Kwa Wanaosambaza Picha na Video za Ngono Mitandaoni
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Zimbabwe President Asks Business Leaders to Address Shortages
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa met with business leaders Monday in an effort to assure the public his government can stabilize the sinking economy. But as one business leader explains, uncertainty about the cash supply and the currency in use makes it hard for the economy to function.
Addressing business executives at the State House, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said his government was “working day and night to stabilize the economy.”
Zimbabweans are dealing with an acute shortage of most essentials, including fuel, medical drugs, cooking oil, and clean drinking water. Prices have been rising, though not at the same rate as in 2008, when the official annual inflation rate reached 231 million percent.
Mnangagwa asked businesses to fix the shortages by bringing more products to market.
“I am advised that some manufacturers have been holding back products from retailers. This, if true, is regrettable," he said. "The fear to lose wealth and savings as happened during the 2008 economic meltdown is currently unnecessary. I greatly appreciate and understand all your concerns and anxieties.”
The president of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries, Sifelani Jabangwe, told VOA if any companies are holding back goods, it is because they know getting resupplied will be impossible.
“The reality is the rates are moving and there is no [foreign] currency coming," he said. "The manufacturer or wholesaler knows that the stock they are holding is the last, if they sell that and lose out they are finished and we have lost that company. So if there is anyone holding any product it is probably because they are waiting to understand what direction [the rate of exchange is going], but I do not think there are many companies that are doing that. A lot of companies have actually run out of materials.”
The heart of the issue is a lack of useable cash. Since Zimbabwe abandoned its own dollar in 2009, the country has mostly used U.S. dollars, the British pound and South African rand to conduct transactions.
But in recent years all three currencies have been hard to find, paralyzing the economy and forcing the country to rely on bondnotes, a currency the government began printing two years ago to ease cash shortages.
Monday, President Mnangagwa said the "multi-currency system of exchange is here to stay." He said people's bank balances are safe and there is no reason for people to spend or move their savings.
But the value of the bondnote is unquestionably falling. The government insists its currency trades on par with the U.S. dollar. On the black market however, a dollar is now worth close to four bondnotes.
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Huyu ndiye Mandawa anayetesa Botswana
Mshambuliaji wa Tanzania anayecheza soka la kulipwa katika klabu ya BDF XI F.C ya Botswana amesema alichoshwa na soka la Bongo na ndio maana akatimkia nje ya nchi.
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Yaliojiri kwenye viwanja vya michezo
Habari mbalimbali za michezo.
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Mvuto mkubwa wajitokeza katika uchaguzi wa gavana katika jimbo la Georgia
Mvutano mkubwa unaendelea baina ya wagombeaji wa ugavana katika jimbo katika uchaguzi wambao unatarajiwa kufanyika Novemba 6 mwaka huu.
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Waziri wa Kilimo: Hatuwezi Kuendelea Kuagiza Sukari Wakati Tuna Uwezo Wa Kufanikisha Uzalishaji
Na Mathias Canal-WK, DodomaSerikali imeipa changamoto Bodi ya sukari nchini kutekeleza majukumu yake kwa weledi ikiwa ni pamoja na kusisitiza kuhuisha uzalishaji wa sukari kwa wingi ili kuondokana na uagizaji wa sukari kutoka nje ya nchi.Kampuni mbalimbali za uzalishaji wa sukari nchini zimeitikia wito wa Serikali wa kuongeza uzalishaji wa sukari ili nchi iweze kujitegemea kwa bidhaa hiyo pendwa kwa matumizi ya nyumbani na viwandani na ziada jambo litalopelekea Bodi ya sukari kusimamia majukumu yake ipasavyo ili kuondokana na uagizaji wa sukari nje ya nchi.Kauli hiyo imetolewa leo jumatatu tarehe 29 Octoba 2018 na Waziri wa kilimo Mhandisi Dkt Charles Tizeba (Mb) wakati akizungumza kwenye uzinduzi wa Bodi ya Sukari Tanzania (SBT) hafla iliyofanyika katika ukumbi wa Wakala wa Taifa wa Hifadhi ya Chakula (NFRA) Mjini Dodoma.Waziri Tizeba amemtaka Mwenyekiti wa Bodi ya Sukari nchini Bi Mwamini Juma Malemi na Kaimu Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa Bodi ya Sukari Tanzania Prof Kenneth Michael Kitundu Bengesi Kudhibiti sukari inayoingia nchini pasina utaratibu huku akiwataka kusimamia kwa weledi ufanisi katika uongezaji wa uzalishaji wa sukari nchini.Aidha, Dkt Tizeba alisema kuwa ufungashaji wa sukari kwenye ujazo wowote ule kwa kutumia vifungashio vya aina yoyote kama vile mifuko yenye nembo ya SUPER FINE lazima uzingatie Sheria ya Sukari Namba 26 ya Mwaka 2001 ambayo inazuia ufungashaji wa sukari bila kupata idhini ya Bodi ya Sukari Tanzania.Alisema kuwa kwa mujibu wa Sheria hiyo ni marufuku kufungasha au kuuza sukari nyeupe kwa kuwa sukari hiyo ni kwa ajili ya matumizi ya viwandani kama malighafi na sio kwa ajili ya matumizi ya kawaida majumbani.Alisisitiza kuwa Mtu yeyote atakayebainika kuvunja Sheria hiyo ya Sukari, atawajibika kulipa faini ya kiasi cha fedha kisichopungua Shilingi Milioni Kumi (10,000,000) au kifungo cha miaka mitatu (3) jela au vyote kwa pamoja.“Kuna watu wanaolipa kodi ili wazalishe sukari lakini inapoingia sukari ambayo imepenya kinyemela hata ulinganifu wa soko madukani unakuwa mdogo kwa kuwa wanaoingiza bila utaratibu wanauza kwa kiasi cha chini kwa kuwa hawana uchungu wa kulipa kodi”“Na hili sio jambo la hiara Bodi ni lazima isimame kidete kubaini mianya yote ya wafanyabiashara wanaoingiza sukari bila utaratibu” Alikaririwa Dkt TizebaKuhusu sukari ya viwandani (Industial Sugar) Dkt Tizeba alisema kuwa, wafanyabiashara wamekuwa wakiomba kiwango kikubwa cha kibali cha uagizaji wa sukari lakini serikali ikihakiki kupitia kodi waliyolipa inakuwa haifanani na kiasi kilichoagizwa.
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Waziri aomba radhi kuvuja kwa picha zake za ngono
Waziri wa Mambo ya Ndani wa Afrika ya Kusini , Malusi Gigaba ameomba radhi mara baada ya video yake ya ngono kuvuja mtandaoni.Waziri Gigaba amesema kuwa video hiyo ilirekodiwa kwa ajili ya matumizi binafsi ya yeye na mke wake ambapo video hizo zilivuja mara baada ya simu yake kudukuliwa na wahalifu wa mtandaoni mwaka jana.Amesema video hiyo ilianza kusambaa mara baada ya wahalifu hao wa mtandaoni kumtaka atoe kiasi cha fedha alipochaguliwa kuwa Waziri wa fedha mwaka 2017.Tayari taarifa juu ya wahalifu hawa zipo mikononi mwa sheria, hivyo uchunguzi wa kina unaendelea kufanyika.Gigaba ameomba radhi kwa umma pamoja na familia yake hasa watoto wake, mama yake na mama mkwe wake kwa machungu na aibu kali aliyoisababisha kutokana na kusambaa kwa video yake akiwa faragha.“Mke wagu na mimi tumesikitishwa na video hiyo ya ngono ambayo tulikuwa tuione sisi wawili tu kwani mawasiliano yangu ya simu yalidukuliwa mnamo 2016/17 na sasa inazungushwa miongoni mwa wanasiasa.“Nachukua fursa hii kuomba msamaha kwa watu wengine wa familia yangu, hususan wanangu, mama yangu na wakwe zangu na wananchi wa Afrika Kusini kwa matatizo yatokanayo na jambo hili,” amesema Gigaba.Katika video hiyo ya sekunde 13, Gigaba yuko peke yake akichezea uume wake kwa mkono na akisema: “Fikiria hiki kingekuwa mdomoni mwako.”
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Gab goes dark after Pittsburgh synagogue attack
A social network popular with the far right and touted as the "free speech" alternative to Twitter has been ostracized by major tech companies. The main synagogue shooting suspect used Gab hours before the attack.
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Report: Africa Not Creating Enough Jobs for Booming Youth Population
A new report says African nations are failing to create enough jobs for a booming young population even as some countries have seen strong economic growth.
The latest Ibrahim Index of African Governance sounds a warning for a continent where the sub-Saharan population is projected to double by 2050.
The report released Monday says Africa's overall GDP has risen nearly 40 percent over the past decade but the continent's average score for sustainable economic opportunity has increased just a fraction of 1 percent.
Africa is seeing the rise of young opposition leaders in countries like Uganda, Zimbabwe and Cameroon who are impatient with some of the world's oldest or longest-serving heads of state. Earlier this month, some in East Africa said they would unite with like-minded colleagues in West and southern Africa to form a movement to challenge the misrule that has plagued the continent.
Experts warn of coming turbulence as about 60 percent of Africa's population is under age 25, with birth rates among the highest in the world and health conditions improving for many. The United Nations says sub-Saharan Africa is projected to be the source of more than half of the world's population growth between now and 2050, straining countries' abilities to provide good education, jobs and health care.
"Africa has a huge challenge ahead. Its large and youthful potential workforce could transform the continent for the better, but this opportunity is close to being squandered," Mo Ibrahim, the Sudan-born billionaire who leads the foundation behind the new report, said in a statement. "The evidence is clear — young citizens of Africa need hope, prospects and opportunities. Its leaders need to speed up job creation to sustain progress and stave off deterioration."
Strong economic growth doesn't necessarily lead to more opportunities, the new report says. Nigeria, Angola, Sudan and Algeria have some of the highest GDP in Africa but are among the lowest for job creation.
The report also warns that education in 27 countries across the continent is now on the decline, further hurting the young population's future.
And "alarmingly, citizens' political and civic space in Africa is shrinking," the report adds, meaning less room for an increasingly connected, tech-savvy population to express concerns and seek solutions, with potentially explosive results.
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Rights Group Accuses E. Guinea Security Forces of Thrashing Leader
Activists in Equatorial Guinea alleged Monday that plainclothes security forces snatched and beat up the head of their human rights and development organization at the weekend.
Alfredo Okenve was "sequestered... [and] mistreated by security forces wearing civilian clothes", the Center for Studies and Initiatives for the Development of Equatorial Guinea (CEID-GE) said in a statement.
A relative of Okenve's, Analeto Medja, told AFP: "He was taking his brother to the airport. Four people stopped his car and forced him at gunpoint to get into theirs. They took him to some wasteland and beat him hard until he was bleeding, then they left him there."
Residents close to the scene took Okenve to a hospital in Bata, Equatorial Guinea's economic capital on Africa's Atlantic seaboard, Medja and other family members said.
The oil-rich country's political capital is Malabo on the island of Bioko, lying off the coast of Cameroon to the northwest of the mainland and its dense tropical forests.
The identity of the men in civilian clothes who attacked Okenve was unclear on Monday, but carrying firearms is tightly controlled by the iron-fisted regime of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, in power since 1979.
The affair was being followed widely on social networks on Monday, but there was no official reaction.
CEID-GE said it would file a formal complaint, denouncing the harassment of civil society in the former Spanish colony.
Okenve was arrested and detained for several days in April 2017 for celebrating the 20th anniversary of the CEID-GE. He was released after a bail payment of two million CFA francs (about 3,000 euros, nearly $3,500).
Human rights groups have repeatedly denounced Obiang Nguema, 76, for his repression of political opposition, independent civil society organizations and the media.
In February 2018, the European Union expressed concern at the "serious deterioration in the human rights situation" in Equatorial Guinea, which is also known for the lavish spending of Obiang's son and vice president, Teodorin Nguema Obiang.
A French court in October 2017 gave Teodorin Obiang a suspended fine of 30 million euros and a suspended three-year jail term after convicting him of looting public funds from his country to pay for a rich playboy's lifestyle in Paris.
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