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[00:00:16] revotes in the Democratic Republic of Congo under Ebola
[00:00:20] quarantine after five
[00:00:21] deaths.
[00:00:28] Nigeria security forces. more than 300
[00:00:31] abductees in Kuara and Niger
[00:00:33] states.
[00:00:40] Out rageous Ugandan football captain is beaten to death
[00:00:44] by suspected
[00:00:46] of robbers.
[00:01:11] the ebola virus may be spreading despite checks and control
[00:01:15] by authorities as they carried out Ebola and cholera
[00:01:18] screening for all passengers aboard boat intercepted on the
[00:01:22] Congo
[00:01:23] of River. Health Minister Roger Camber says the screening is a
[00:01:26] precautionary measure after passenger with fever and
[00:01:30] are had gotten off earlier, died in hospital. two more
[00:01:34] adults, a three-year-old child and newborn have died,
[00:01:37] also teams from the health ministry and the world health
[00:01:40] organization have boarded the boats and set up mobile
[00:01:44] lab to conduct the tests. the vessel departed king,
[00:01:48] diar kongo's third largest city about two weeks ago. about
[00:01:52] traveled more than 1,700 kilometers downstream
[00:01:56] towards Kinshasa before being intercepted. ebola cases have
[00:02:00] recently been reported in kissing journey with
[00:02:03] of at least four
[00:02:04] deaths.
[00:02:09] meanwile, health officials in the DRC are also warning the cases are
[00:02:12] doubling at some
[00:02:13] of the hardest hit areas. earlier world health organization director general
[00:02:17] Tedras gibriesas met with presidentiki in
[00:02:21] Kinshasa marking his second visit to
[00:02:24] of the of of country since the outbreak was declared in midmay. during the
[00:02:28] visit Dr. Tedrus
[00:02:29] of said the situation remains deeply
[00:02:31] of concerning as transmission continues to increase, meanwhile, the
[00:02:34] United States has announced additional 242 million dollars
[00:02:38] in
[00:02:39] of funding for emergency ebola response for
[00:02:42] preparedness and humanitarian support across the region. the
[00:02:46] outbreak caused by the Bundibuyo virus has become most
[00:02:50] the region. the outbreak caused by the Bundibuyo
[00:02:53] virus has become (unisef) says that between April and June
[00:02:57] this year the use of essential health. services dropped by
[00:03:00] 42% in the primary outbreak hotspots of Bunia,
[00:03:04] Mongualu, Nizi and Rampara acros
[00:03:08] province, service utilization declined by an estimated
[00:03:11] 13%. Disrupted care is compounding the threat the
[00:03:15] children already faced directly from
[00:03:17] of of Ebola itself. As of 2nd August this year, there have been
[00:03:21] 743 confirmed child cases and
[00:03:24] 330 child deaths, although children represent nearly
[00:03:28] one in four confirmed. cases they account for almost one in
[00:03:32] three deaths. young children under five are particularly
[00:03:35] affected with case fatality rate more than double that of
[00:03:39] adults, over 60% of confirmed cases in this age group
[00:03:43] result in death compared with fewer than 30% among
[00:03:47] adults aged 18 years and
[00:03:50] of older.
[00:03:54] alsing a little longer in the DRC businesses and
[00:03:56] of markets across the eastern city of Uvira have shut their door. as
[00:04:00] residents observe a mass strike to protest the
[00:04:03] of deteriorating security situation, demand and strong
[00:04:07] demanding stronger government
[00:04:09] in intervention, the provincial coordinator
[00:04:11] of the New Congole civil society in South kivu,
[00:04:15] Markifi Martin outline the organizers main
[00:04:18] demands, saying more than 30 civilians were killed by drum
[00:04:22] of strikes in the mid and high altitude areas around
[00:04:25] Uvira over the past month. meanwile residents are appealing.
[00:04:30] to President Philipdi to restore peace and provide greater
[00:04:34] support for FADC troops and allied
[00:04:38] was alendo fighters. The protest known locally
[00:04:41] as the Mort or Ghost Town was
[00:04:44] organized by civil society groups across Uvira
[00:04:48] and neighboring Fizi to draw attention to the worsening
[00:04:52] humanitarian and security crisis in South
[00:04:55] Kievu.
[00:04:59] My from across Africa yesterday camped a beach in theuta
[00:05:03] after thousands crossed into the Spanish and Clave. Amigrant from
[00:05:07] Nigeria Bashir Said Muhammad spent two years traveling on
[00:05:11] foot
[00:05:12] of through. countries after fleeing insecurity in northern
[00:05:15] Nigeria. other migrants who showed up in theuta are those fleeing the
[00:05:19] fighting in Sudan, even some from Senegal, one of whom
[00:05:23] said she left home because of economic hardship and in search of
[00:05:27] work. during the latest border surge, a Spanish authorities
[00:05:31] said more than 72,00 people crossed into the
[00:05:35] enclave, overwhelming local services, while 77
[00:05:38] people died during the crisis, according to media report.
[00:05:48] I need to walk in spain and I need to become good for me because my own
[00:05:52] country, more northern Nigeria, we have a problem of
[00:05:56] tourism, we have problem of bandit, we have problem of kidnapers and we
[00:06:00] have problem of insecurity in the northern Nigeria, any time the band
[00:06:04] they kill people in the northern Nigeria, they kill people in the school, they keep people in
[00:06:08] the musk, they keep people in the church, that is why I'm living Nigeria, I'm living the northern
[00:06:12] Nigeria. i'm coming here to be to be survived, i spent two
[00:06:16] years for this journary, then i don't want to go back to my
[00:06:19] country, i want to stay in here, i want to go back, i want to go
[00:06:23] to
[00:06:24] spain,
[00:06:28] 27 year old ugandan footballer david awary has been killed near
[00:06:32] his home in campala, police said a worry was fatally
[00:06:36] assorted after resisting attempt to steal his mobile phone and
[00:06:40] other belongings, prompting an outp of grief and renewed public
[00:06:44] anger over violent crime in Uganda, witnesses said a
[00:06:48] group of attackers hit the footballer with paving stones on Tuesday night
[00:06:52] before robbing the worry of his belongings and fleeing
[00:06:55] leaving him unconscious. a worry was roshed to
[00:06:59] nearby medical clinic and then transfer to a private facility
[00:07:03] in the city. he died of his injuries on Wednesday.
[00:07:07] away captain sports club via, the Uganda Premier League
[00:07:11] record champions, where he played both as a right back and
[00:07:14] midfielder, he also represented the country's national team, the
[00:07:18] crains, his club scvs said in the statement, we've
[00:07:21] lost more than a player, we've lost a leader, brother and
[00:07:25] friend.
[00:07:56] the show authorities are saying that the players you putting very
[00:07:59] clearly was walking home when he was confronted by
[00:08:02] armed tags
[00:08:04] were armed by with the grod weapons including the spons that
[00:08:08] he used they used for hitting there was assistance between him
[00:08:11] and so in the process the hitting with the
[00:08:14] spone and he fell, he fell down, they grabbed mobile
[00:08:18] phone, he had some valuables before escaping, i think it took
[00:08:22] time for for him to be taken to the hospital, but it now let
[00:08:26] with death because he died the following that on wednesday, it was
[00:08:30] yesterday and the news about his death spread so fast
[00:08:33] because what as you said was unknown player, he had he
[00:08:37] had been playing even in Europe before he came back to to Uganda
[00:08:41] where he was playing for the ch the the local premier
[00:08:45] league champion, so his death
[00:08:48] has really spread so far, not only in Uganda, even here in Kenya,
[00:08:52] everyone was discussing about the issue about the crime itself at
[00:09:09] authorities in Uganda have said that they are good leads that are following about. crime
[00:09:12] or the attackers, so it's a matter of time before they
[00:09:15] are arrested, remember Uganda has very good kind of policing
[00:09:19] system, the way that it will be matter of time for them to be able to
[00:09:23] arrest those who are behind the attack, the police spokesman
[00:09:27] we talked to, we had today say that there are detectives
[00:09:31] on the ground who are pursuing the lead that can lead to the arrest
[00:09:35] these people are behind
[00:09:36] the the king of
[00:10:01] he was a bread for the familiar you can imagine that being
[00:10:05] in Uganda and these are man was playing away he us earn good
[00:10:09] money where he was he was dependent the man dependent by the
[00:10:13] family, the family the only thing they are demanding is justice, they want to ensure
[00:10:16] that those behind the attack, the fl attack they are
[00:10:20] arrested, so they are just b and not
[00:10:23] in terms the... not agreeing that this man is no longer there for
[00:10:27] them to be sing or
[00:11:04] everyone is facing, not only in kampala even other urban areas,
[00:11:07] people whenever you are attacked by arm parks by standard just look
[00:11:11] at you as you struggle to fight back, now it comes out back
[00:11:15] to the individual people that whenever you see a colleague or
[00:11:19] friend and non person being attacked and is crying for help, try to help as
[00:11:23] much as you can, being accounted to that because right now I
[00:11:26] believe I know many regreting that they did help this man while he was
[00:11:30] dying, it's an issue that needs to be debated by not only in
[00:11:34] kampala but an other urban area where they are facing such
[00:11:37] problems. Saras, thank you again for coming this
[00:11:41] close to this issue our thoughts and prayers are with
[00:11:45] David or family at this time. Thank you for
[00:11:49] the show.
[00:11:53] Tanzanian presidenta. has called for
[00:11:56] greater investments in African-owned infrastructure as leaders,
[00:12:00] financiers and investors gather in diresalam for the Africa
[00:12:04] 50 general shareholders meeting and the infra for
[00:12:07] Africa Forum. two-day summit brings together African heads of
[00:12:11] state, ministers, development finance institutions, private sector leaders
[00:12:15] and investors to explore ways of mobilizing private capital
[00:12:19] for transport, energy, digital and logistics
[00:12:22] projects across the continent. held under the theme
[00:12:26] decade of impact from vision to delivery, the forum focuses
[00:12:30] on innovative financing models, regional connectivity and
[00:12:34] stronger public private partnerships aimed narowing Africa's
[00:12:38] infrastructure financing gap. President Hassan says
[00:12:42] Tanzania offers a unique mixture of tourism opportunities and
[00:12:46] investment potential backed by favorable business environment, making
[00:12:50] the country well position to deepen its partnership with the Africa
[00:12:53] 50 investment. so many the challenges
[00:12:56] of it is
[00:13:00] indeed bringing together leaders,
[00:13:03] investors, financiers and development partners with a
[00:13:07] common purpose. the purpose is to transform
[00:13:11] ideas into bankable projects, partnerships
[00:13:15] into investments and africa's immense
[00:13:18] potential into lasting prosperity for our
[00:13:21] people. we met at the
[00:13:25] time of heightened global
[00:13:29] uncertaities, marked by geopolitical
[00:13:32] tensions, conflicts, climate change, supply
[00:13:35] chain disruptions and financial
[00:13:38] pressures. although
[00:13:41] many the challenges originated beyond
[00:13:45] Africa, their impact sense riple
[00:13:48] effects across our continent. these
[00:13:51] realities reinforce the need for Africa to
[00:13:55] resilience and self sustaining economies by adding
[00:13:59] value to our resources, strengthening regional value
[00:14:03] chains, expanding intra-african trade and
[00:14:07] mobilizing domestic capital for
[00:14:09] our own development. At the heart of this
[00:14:13] transformation is infrastructure. Our
[00:14:17] roads, ports, railways, energy systems and digital
[00:14:21] networks must drive growth, withstand future.
[00:14:25] shocks and enhance africa or Africa's
[00:14:28] competitiveness.
[00:14:34] We're off a short break on Network Africa still
[00:14:36] ahead.
[00:14:41] Congolese cyclist Miguel Masaisai receives
[00:14:45] Hero's welcome in Kinshasa as hundreds joined
[00:14:48] the Vikuray to celebrate Kaddles for peace journey from
[00:14:52] Goma to Rabat. Stay with us.
[00:15:10] You've seen the news, you've heard their stories, as I see the
[00:15:14] world up going too much, I told my family to just go out, the climate
[00:15:18] crisis is here and getting much closer,
[00:15:21] price, the jaws.
[00:15:26] So let's look at the solutions and the way forward at these
[00:15:29] times
[00:15:30] on.
[00:15:37] faces you would like to go, there are faces you would like to
[00:15:41] see, my palm is bruised, it's a tiny scar but it's very painful,
[00:15:45] too many exciting things happening all at once, from time always
[00:15:49] loved playing the villain, but you can't be everywhere, guess
[00:15:52] what, yes we
[00:15:54] can,
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[00:16:01] and ears here on entertainment news on channels
[00:16:05] television
[00:16:27] continue to trail the prolonged absence of President Paul Beer
[00:16:31] since June 7, 2026, fueling debate over what the
[00:16:35] opposition describes as power. vacuum, however,
[00:16:38] President Bier has adopted different communication strategy during his time
[00:16:42] away, rather than appearing in public and addressing the nation, as
[00:16:46] is done previously, his consuters signal that he remains in
[00:16:50] charge by signing presidential decrees.
[00:16:54] According to reports, a presidential decree issued on August
[00:16:58] 3rd promoted five colnels following another decree
[00:17:02] on June, July 28th that retired a general from
[00:17:05] service in the economic sector. the decrees signed on July
[00:17:09] 30 authorized the minister of economy, planning and regional
[00:17:12] development to conclude agreements worth billions of seffa
[00:17:16] Frank with the Islamic Development Bank. And while signing
[00:17:20] presidential decrees is routine constitutional function,
[00:17:23] that's action comes a sensitive time as speculation over
[00:17:27] President Bier's health continues. Government spokespersons a sort of allay
[00:17:31] public concerns insisting the president is in good health
[00:17:35] and will return to Cameroon.
[00:17:37] soon, but here's what
[00:17:41] else has been going on in Cameroon, at least three people have been killed
[00:17:45] after torrential rain triggered severe flooding and landslide and
[00:17:49] the coastal city of Limbay and the country's southwest region,
[00:17:53] the fast moving flood waters swept through streets, partially submerging
[00:17:57] buildings and destroying household property and
[00:18:00] furniture. local media reports a house collapse in the invende
[00:18:04] neighborhood after rain soaked hillside gave way. sending
[00:18:08] earth and debri crashing into the building. rescue workers
[00:18:12] later recover three bodies from the rubble. authorities are assessing
[00:18:16] the extent the damage across limbe. hospitals are also affected with
[00:18:19] flood water entering the premises as medical workers continue
[00:18:23] treating patients and responding
[00:18:26] emergencies.
[00:18:34] it happened this morning at 6:12. i was washing
[00:18:38] my so later i thunder strike
[00:18:42] three times i want to turnound fall
[00:18:46] down so i st to move my children but my landlord
[00:18:50] los is three children but
[00:18:53] the l is under the oxygen right now we were surprised in the
[00:18:57] quarter that they call us that one of our
[00:19:00] brother is in
[00:19:02] danger
[00:19:05] arriving.
[00:19:09] by we want to talk about time is should be
[00:19:12] 6:00 early this
[00:19:15] morning so
[00:19:18] arrival we
[00:19:21] succeed to rescue the
[00:19:25] father the the the man the
[00:19:28] house the people whom
[00:19:32] they were under the covering the
[00:19:34] landlot.
[00:19:38] "we are still on
[00:19:41] that morning states, we m them
[00:19:45] because all them pass
[00:19:47] out.
[00:19:52] here in Nigeria, the nation security forces have rescued more than
[00:19:55] 300 people abducted in separate attacks, as the
[00:19:59] presidency describes it as the largest single day operation by
[00:20:03] joint security forces. the victims, 163 abducted from.
[00:20:07] rural community in Kayama local government area of Quara
[00:20:11] states and 145 from Niger States were freeed from the
[00:20:14] Kainji Lake National Park Forest in New Bousa local
[00:20:18] government area following a coordinated intelligence driven
[00:20:22] operation involving the National Counter Terrorism Center,
[00:20:26] the armed forces of Nigeria, the Department of State Services and the
[00:20:30] Nigeria Police Force. In a statement, President Bolatinobu
[00:20:33] commended these security agencies for their bravery and inter
[00:20:37] collaboration, saying the operation reflected growing
[00:20:41] efficiency among Nigeria's security services, the
[00:20:45] rescue citizens are currently receiving first aid and medical
[00:20:49] care and the medical facility in Wawa
[00:20:52] Cantonment after which they will be handed over to their respective state
[00:20:55] governments for further care and reunification with their
[00:20:59] families. While applauding their return, the president stressed the need to
[00:21:03] strengthen Nigeria's National Security infrastructure to
[00:21:07] prevent further occurrences direction security agencies and
[00:21:11] relevant stakeholders to immediately improve early warning mechanisms,
[00:21:14] community level intelligence gathering and rapid
[00:21:18] responsibilities. rapid response capabilities
[00:21:21] nationwide, he assured Nigerians his administration remains committed
[00:21:25] to eliminating the
[00:21:29] security threats and restoring lasting peace across the
[00:21:32] country. for the people
[00:21:36] the isolated community of Rie Rangu in western
[00:21:40] equatorial state, daily life is refined by distance,
[00:21:43] fear and the absence of basic
[00:21:45] services where years of conflict have
[00:21:49] devastated. already limited infrastructure, leaving residence without
[00:21:53] safe drinking water, functioning health facilities, schools or
[00:21:56] reliable access to markets. after navigating murdy terrain
[00:22:00] and flood damage road, a peacekeeping patrol from the United Nations
[00:22:04] mission in South Sudan finally manages to reach the
[00:22:07] community to hear directly from residence, challenges they
[00:22:11] face. for women, the burden the isolation ways heavily as they
[00:22:15] struggle to find water, careful sick family members and raised
[00:22:19] children. It also reports the absence of maternal health
[00:22:22] care which has made pregnancy and childbirth especially
[00:22:26] dangerous to support residence and identify solutions, unmiss
[00:22:30] conducts regular patrols through isolated communities to assess
[00:22:33] security, identify protection concerns and engage
[00:22:37] local authorities and humanitarian partners on urgent
[00:22:40] needs.
[00:22:47] We are in Lirango, currently present and at the
[00:22:51] irango primary school and we are here as part the armes mandates
[00:22:55] to for the protection of civilians and
[00:22:58] monitoring of um any violations of human
[00:23:02] rights. so up on our visit here in
[00:23:05] irango we engage with the civilians and then they
[00:23:09] told us some their challenges and one them being the
[00:23:13] the abandonment the medical facilities in the primary school
[00:23:16] here as you can see behind this is all part the roound.
[00:23:20] primary school in western Equatoria and
[00:23:24] um we came to assess the situation here also and then we will carry on
[00:23:28] further today's
[00:23:29] leadership.
[00:23:35] Inspired by promise to his late blind grandmother. A
[00:23:38] 23-year-old South African computer science student Elile
[00:23:42] Stary has taken his AI powered smartglasses for
[00:23:46] blind and visually impaired people to the global stage at the
[00:23:50] deep east technology competition in Hong Kong, the AI powered
[00:23:54] system is designed to describe surroundings, identify
[00:23:57] obstacles and provide audio guidance in multiple South African
[00:24:01] languages. The team plants to produce 15
[00:24:05] prototype pairs by the end the year with a manufacturing
[00:24:09] partner in China before expanding trials with blind
[00:24:12] communities in South
[00:24:14] Africa.
[00:24:20] by meeting people from all over the world, i was amazed at
[00:24:23] how there's so much we can do with technology,
[00:24:27] for me of course i was the only african that was
[00:24:31] there uh representing Africa and South Africa so coming back with that
[00:24:34] experience we have made people from all over the world, not
[00:24:38] just the computers itself but investors, partners, just people
[00:24:42] who sing ideas, so I was, I was, I was, I
[00:24:46] was amazed by everything, our hope with the potential manifest. in
[00:24:50] partner in China that we want to make 15 glasses at the end the
[00:24:53] year where we test safety comfort language and
[00:24:57] how the people work with the glasses
[00:25:00] so if my grandmother was here of course she would be among the 15 people
[00:25:03] wearing the glasses and we test he still need to go back
[00:25:07] to to Hong Kong to China for him to go purchase
[00:25:11] um the components but these are the actual glasses and of course
[00:25:15] that would be after he's tested with um the blind
[00:25:19] communities. here in the eastern
[00:25:20] cape,
[00:25:26] well that's right now with congolase cyclis Miguel Masasai who
[00:25:30] received a hero's welcome in Kinshasa on Wednesday as hundreds
[00:25:33] of supporters join in his bike parade through the capital
[00:25:37] to celebrate his pedals for peace journey from Goma to
[00:25:41] Rabat, crowds were seen cycling alongside
[00:25:44] masasai through Kinshasa before gathering outside the people's
[00:25:48] palace, supporters were all a scene waving the DRC
[00:25:51] flag as traditional dancers performed. Masaisay
[00:25:55] left Goma on May 1st a 14 th00
[00:25:59] km journey across 17 African countries. aiming
[00:26:03] to reach Rabat Morocco, through the initiative he hopes to promote
[00:26:07] peace, unity and resilience while presenting a more hopeful
[00:26:11] image of Congolese and African
[00:26:13] youth.