‘What Is Eating My Mind’, a documentary for BBC Africa Eye, is an insightful and deeply personal story of living with bipolar disorder in Kenya, where the issue of mental health is often taboo.Noella Luka was living out her dream of studying filmmaking in the US when a manic episode turned her life upside down. She was hospitalised and diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Noella quit film school, returned to Kenya, and picked up a camera. For years, she has kept a record of her battle with bipolar disorder and her search for answers to one burning question: ‘What Is Eating…
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13Jan Uganda is Ebola Free Travel Destination By : GORILLA WALKING SAFARIS ebola THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA MINISTRY OF HEALTH Declaration of End of Ebola Outbreak in Uganda was in the middle of 2022, this brought about a lot of confusion and mistrust in travelers coming in uganda.By the time of confirmation the number of people infected where not many and this led to the government containing and locking down the districts that had Ebola.DECLARATION STATEMENT-END OF EBOLA OUTBREAK IN UGANDA According to the ministry of health ,The outbreak was identified after an adult male, who later died, was managed…
The United Nations, human rights defenders, trade unionists, law societies and media associations have condemned the killing of Swazi human rights lawyer, public intellectual and democracy advocate Thulani Maseko. African Union and SADC have been called on to hold the continent’s last absolute monarch King Mswati III’s government for the “targeted killing” of the committed defender of Swazi people’s rights. Maseko was shot in his home on Saturday, January 21. No arrest has been made for the murder, committed by unidentified gunmen who shot through the window while Maseko was in the company of his family. The climate of repression in…
Nigeria coach Jose Peseiro by Staff Reporter Saturday Jan 28, 2023. 15:00 Nigeria head coach Joao Peseiro hopes Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman replicate their club form in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. The Super Eagles are set to take on Guinea-Bissau home and away in the AFCON qualifiers with Peseiro’s side needing three points to secure their place in the finals which will be hosted by Ivory Coast next year.Osimhen has been in scintillating form for SSC Napoli this season netting 13 goals which sees him sitting at the top of the Italian Serie A scoring…
Comment on this storyCommentSign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday.A new study of Africa’s 54 countries provides grim reading. It found that much of the continent is less safe and less democratic than it was a decade ago, a marker of worrying political trends that accelerated over the course of the pandemic. A surge in military coups and the spread of armed conflicts now threaten to stall, and even reverse, years of political progress across the region.The index, which is put…
CNN — Malawi has reported more than 1,000 deaths from a cholera outbreak that started in March 2022, the country’s health ministry said in a statement Wednesday. Cases reported since the outbreak has risen to 31,241, according to the statement, while the death toll stands at 1,023. Health minister Khumbize Chiponda said in a press conference on Thursday that cholera deaths had multiplied within the last month. “Within four weeks, the numbers have doubled,” she said. As of December 26, total deaths from the bacterial disease stood at 486, Malawi government data showed. According to Chiponda, around 66 percent of…
Masai Ujiri’s Toronto Raptors won the NBA championship for the first time in 2019Africa will struggle with its efforts to host NBA games due to a lack of quality venues, Toronto Rapids president Masai Ujiri has said.Nigerian-Canadian Ujiri, who is also the Vice Chairman of the Ontario team, is one of the champions of efforts to see NBA games played on the continent.He told BBC Sport Africa that a number of the NBA’s top names also want it to happen – but finding facilities good enough is the biggest obstacle.”There is a big challenge in Africa – a lot of…
Powerful members of Nigeria’s elite called former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s latest election interventions the ravings of a “chicken farmer” with “post-power withdrawal syndrome”.But no Nigerian election would be complete without Obasanjo, twice Nigeria’s head of state — first in military fatigues and then in civilian garb — picking up his pen.In an open letter entitled “My Appeal to All Nigerians, Particularly Young Nigerians”, Obasanjo, 85, accused the current administration of creating “a hell on earth”, as he endorsed the third-party candidate Peter Obi. Young Nigerians, who make up the bulk of the population in a country with a median age…
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One of the forms of therapy people engage in is spending time outdoors enjoying nature. This not only provides the much-longed time to relax and recharge but also offers remarkable health benefits. Soaking in the sun, engulfed in flora and fauna and fresh air soothingly blowing will get you revitalized. Therefore, get out of your comfort zone, and hire a car in with a rooftop tent to go camping in the jungles of Uganda’s national parks. The health benefits are endless for such an adventure and below are some of the renowned ones. Fresh Air Do you know that the…