Plot to Oust WHO Chief, Tedros Ghebreyesus

When Tedros Adhanon Ghe­breye­sus ascend­ed to the top of lead­er­ship at the World Health Orga­ni­za­tion (WHO) in 2017, my col­league, Raevyn Goates wrote about it at Africa Agen­da. Ghe­breye­sus won the vote in 2017 by 63 %, which was an over­whelm­ing 133 votes out of 185 votes cast. He was the first direc­­tor-gen­er­al of the…

COVID-19 Fallout: Africans Angry, Doctors Rebuked, Trump Defunds WHO

In the ever-increas­ing news around Covid-19 or the coro­n­avirus, a lot is hap­pen­ing. It’s hard to keep track of every­thing. Even while plen­ty of good things have hap­pened in the midst of the pan­dem­ic, such as how peo­ple are cop­ing with the virus, it’s the ones that cause unnec­es­sary pain that has gained the most…

WHO Says “End in Sight” for Ebola in the DRC

The news that the Ebo­la epi­dem­ic in the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Repub­lic of Con­go (DRC) is near­ing the end did not receive the news cov­er­age it deserves.  Instead, what we heard about the most was cov­er­age of the coro­n­avirus which con­tin­ues to spread around the world.  Ebo­la in the DRC in 2018, as well as Ebo­la in three…

In Case You Missed It: 5/1/17 — 5/31/17

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa In this week’s news, an Ethiopi­an is elect­ed the new WHO Man­ag­ing Direc­tor, South Africa’s Pres­i­dent faces more inves­ti­ga­tions for alleged cor­rup­tion, and long­time Zim­bab­wean leader, Robert Mugabe goes on a speak­ing tour. Ethiopi­an Politi­cian Named Head of the WHO The World Health Orga­ni­za­tion (WHO) has elected…

In Case You Missed It: 5/30/16 – 6/6/16

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and about Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up In this week’s news, Ethiopia’s for­mer health min­is­ter seek­ing to be next WHO chief, and African chefs want you to savor an African dish. African Chefs Using The Web to Pro­mote Their Dish­es  For those who travel…

In Case You Missed It 11/2/15 — 11/8/15

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and con­cern­ing Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. This week brings news of the world’s largest solar pow­er plant, an African data boom, record num­bers of African immi­grants in the US, and anoth­er vic­to­ry over Ebo­la. Moroc­co to Build World’s Largest Solar Pow­er Plant Moroc­co is currently…

In Case You Missed It 9/28/15 — 10/4/15

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and con­cern­ing Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. In this week’s news, Chi­na con­tin­ues its soft pow­er cam­paign in Africa, a war of words between two East African nations, and the World Health Orga­ni­za­tion (WHO) makes a pre­dic­tion about the future of AIDS. Chi­na con­tin­ues a…