South Africa's power utility Eskom implemented Stage 4 load shedding yesterday. This was due to additional breakdowns of a unit at Medupi and two units at Duvha Power Station, together with the high winter demand. To discuss this further, Lulu Gaboo spoke to Energy Expert and Mining Consultant Ted Blom....

Recent research has shown the potential technology has in the effective delivery of primary healthcare services across South Africa. The research suggests that trans-disciplinary health consultancy; Percept should be used as a roadmap to better healthcare services for all in the country. Percept's research looked at a range of innovations that were rolled out in countries like Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and Mozambique. For more on this, Lulu Gaboo spoke to Anja Smith, a Economist at South African based Percept…

Dozens of children, most of them girls, have been abducted by non-state armed groups over the past year in northern Mozambique. This is according to a report by charity organisation Save the Children. The charity says at least 51 children have been abducted amid violence and insecurity that has displaced hundreds of thousands of people. It notes that the number of children abductions is likely to be far higher, as its report only reflects the reported cases. To find out more on this, Lulu Gaboo spoke to Nourshan Hannan, Save the Children Programmes Manager in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado Province…

The US government has voiced concern over Nigeria's decision to ban Twitter after the US social media giant deleted a tweet from President Muhammadu Buhari's account for violating its rules. Nigerian telecoms operators complied with a government directive on saturday to suspend access to Twitter. The diplomatic missions of the EU, US, Britain, Canada and Ireland issued a joint statement condemning the ban. Channel Africa's correspondent in Lagos, Collins Nosa Atohengbe has more...

South Africa's economy performed better than expected in the first quarter of this year. Eight of the ten industries recorded positive gains. Stats SA data shows between January and March this year, the economy grew by 1-point-1 percent. For more on this, Lulu Gaboo spoke to Maarten Ackerman, Chief Economist at Citadel...

President of the Resident Doctors Association of Zambia, Brian Sampa has been fired following a strike which demanded the recruitment of 500 doctors and payment of salary arrears. Sampa's dismissal letter notes that he had being absent from work for more than 10 consecutive days. For more on this, Lulu Gaboo spoke to Dr Brian Sampa...

Mali's military leader Assimi Goita, who orchestrated his second coup in nine months, has been sworn in as the transitional president despite international condemnation of May's power grab. Goita, who served as Mali's vice president under transitional President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, seized power late last month after accusing them of failing to consult him about a cabinet reshuffle that would have replaced the defence and security ministers. Within hours of his swearing in, Goita appointed opposition leader and former Minister Choguel Maiga as Prime minister. To get a sense of what Goita said during his swearing-ceremony, Channel Africa spoke to Malian Political analyst, Kassoum Coulibaly...

The 10th SA AIDS Virtual Conference is set to take place this Wednesday and Thursday.

The virtual conference will discuss progress made on the South African and regional HIV epidemic response against set goals and targets and the socio-economic and behavioural impact of COVID-19 on people living with HIV amongst others.

The theme of the 10th SA AIDS Conference 2021 is: Ending AIDS amid Pandemics. For more on this, Lulu Gaboo spoke to Conference Chair, Dr Gloria Maimela…

The African Energy Chamber has condemned Africa Oil Week's decision to relocate the conference venue for its flagship event from Cape Town, South Africa, to the United Arab Emirates.

As the voice of Africa's energy sector, the African Energy Chamber says it fully supports and commits to conferences of African nature being held on African terrain. To discuss this further, Lulu Gaboo spoke to Africa Energy Chamber Executive Chairperson, NJ Ayuk...

Aid groups have expressed concerns over the plight of about 6 000 displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri Province.

Deadly attacks by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) have forced people to flee multiple displacement sites.

ADF simultaneously attacked displacement sites and villages near the towns of Boga and Tchabi, killing 57 civilians.

Jean Noël Ba-Mweze reports from Kinshasa…