As COVID-19 Cases Soar In US WHO Worried The Same May Happen In Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned the continent of Africa could see a drastic rise in COVID-19 (Coronavirus, 2019) cases similar to the current phenomena in the United States. Stats show a recent uptick in the United States is due to states not requiring masks, and those who refuse to mask or practice public distancing […]
Climate Change Disasters Largely Ignored In Africa And Midwest
Last week Caracal Reports published an article discussing the after-effects of Cyclone Idai which ravaged Mozambique in southern Africa. “Mozambique’s Land and Environment Minister Celso Correia said the number of people in makeshift camps after a powerful cyclone Idai in Mozambique has risen by 18,000 to 128,000 but the death toll remains roughly unchanged at […]
Nigeria: Citizens call for Defense Minister’s Sack Over Comment
Nigerians have lampooned the Minister of Defence, Brig.-Gen Mansur Dan-Alli (rtd), over his comment on the recent killing in Benue state while demanding his sacking. Dan-Alli had, in his comment after a Security Council meeting in Abuja, attributed the killing in Benue state to the Anti-Open Grazing Law enacted by the state. No fewer […]
UN Mobilizes Support for Women and Girls in Nigeria
After Aisha Jummai Alhassan, politician and Minister of Women Affairs in Nigeria, made her plea last week to the People’s Democratic National Caretaker Committee in Abuja to allow the women of Nigeria more opportunities to participate in the nation’s governance and politics, the UN has urged more international support for women and girl’s of the […]