Des hommes armés enlèvent des dizaines de personnes dans le nord-ouest du Nigeria

Des hommes armés ont pris d’assaut un village du district de Kajuru, dans le nord-ouest du Nigeria, mardi matin, et sont passés de maison en maison pour enlever une soixantaine d’habitants. Non loin de là il y a quelques jours, plus de 250 élèves avaient déjà été kidnappés dans leur école. Des hommes armés ont enlevé mardi 12 mars des dizaines de personnes dans l’État de Kaduna (nord-ouest du Nigeria), quelques jours après le rapt de plus de 250 élèves d’une école de la même région, ont rapporté deux représentants locaux…

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Antenatal depression: Why pregnant women need support

Antenatal depression, also known as depression during pregnancy, is a serious and potentially life-threatening condition for women. Symptoms may include sadness, sleep problems, fatigue, appetite changes, irritability, and difficulty concentrating. Worldwide, about 10 per cent of pregnant women and 13 per cent of women who have just given birth experience a mental disorder, primarily depression. In developing countries, this is even higher, for example, 15.6 per cent during pregnancy and 19.8 per cent after childbirth. In severe cases, mothers’ suffering might be so severe that they may even commit suicide, according to…

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Public transport fares to increase after govt scraps subsidies

Passengers who use public transport, will on March 16, 2024, start paying an increased amount in fares after the government scrapped subsidies in the sector. The government, in October 2020, opted to subsidise one-third of the fare for passengers amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. With the subsidies scrapped, “commuters will notice an increase in fares,” Minister of Infrastructure, Jimmy Gasore. For instance, if a person had to pay Rwf 3,000 from Kigali to Musanze, they only paid Rwf 2,000 while the government covered the remaining Rwf 1,000. The government was subsidising public…

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Imibereho ya muntu igengwa n’ubwoko bw’amaraso ye

Uko ubwoko bw’ amaraso butandukanye ni nako n’ imyitwarire y’ abantu igenda itandukana, hanagendewe ku gitsina,  imyitwarire ituruka ku ruhererekane rw’ imiryango (genetics) ibi byose bigira uruhare runaka mu myitwarire y’ umuntu nk’ uko byagiye byerekanwa n’ ubushakashatsi butandukanye. Mu bushakashatsi bwakozwe n’ impuguke zo mu Buyapani, zagaragaje ko abafite bene aya maraso ari abantu basabana kandi igihe cyose baba biteguye gufungura ubucuti. Mu bijyanye n’ imyitwarire, umuntu ufite amaraso ya A yihugiraho, gusa ariko akaba umuntu wihangana, wifata agapfira muri Nyagasani. Ikindi ni uko ari umuntu ubasha kureba kure,…

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Single-use plastics: Environmentalists seek solutions for imported good

As Rwanda continues with its ambitious efforts to phase out single-use plastics, environmentalists have pointed out some key challenges, one of which is imported goods packaged in single-use plastics. In 2019, the country’s parliament passed a law prohibiting the manufacture, importation, use and sale of single-use plastic items in Rwanda, including plastic bags, cups, straws, coffee stirrers, soda and water bottles, and most food packaging materials. Since then, both the private and public sectors have been working to implement the law through activities including the establishment of companies that manufacture…

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Le cancer du col de l’utérus c’est quoi ?

Le cancer du col de l’uterus est provoqué par des virus appelés papillomavirus humains (HPV). Ces virus présents sur les tissus et les muqueuses se transmettent le plus souvent lors de rapports sexuels, avec ou sans pénétration. Il s’agit de l’infection sexuellement transmissible (IST) la plus fréquente. La plupart des hommes et des femmes seront infectés par ce virus au cours de leur vie. Le préservatif ne permet pas de s’en protéger complètement.  Dans environ 90 % des situations, l’infection à HPV disparaît spontanément dans les deux ans. Mais il arrive…

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ICC yashyizeho impapuro zita muri yombi abasirikare bo ku rwego rwo hejuru b’Uburusiya

Urukiko mpuzamahanga mpanabyaha “ICC” rwasohoye impapuro zo guta muri yombi ba komanda bo ku rwego rwo hejuru mu ngabo z’Uburusiya baregwa gukora ibyaha byo mu ntambara muri Ukraine. Liyetona Jenerali Sergei Kobylash na komanda w’amato y’intambara, Viktor Sokolov, ni bo bagabo babiri batangajwe na ICC. Iki ni icyiciro cya kabiri cy’impapuro za ICC zo guta muri yombi abategetsi bo mu Burusiya, bijyanye n’intambara yo muri Ukraine. Iza mbere zasohorewe Perezida w’Uburusiya Vladimir Putin n’intumwa ye ishinzwe uburenganzira bw’abana, muri Werurwe (3) mu 2023. Uburusiya ntibwemera ICC, ibi bituma bidashoboka ku…

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Urupfu rwa Mr Ibu rwashegeshe abakunzi ba Sinema

Inkuru y’urupfu rwa John Okafor, wamamaye cyane ku izina rya Mr Ibu yamenyekanye kuwa Gatandatu tariki 02 Werurwe, aho yaguye mu bitaro bya Evercare Hospital azize indwara y’umutima. Perezida wa Nigeria Bola Ahmed Tinubu yavuze ko yababajwe cyane n’urupfa rwa John Okafor, wamamaye cyane ku izina rya Mr Ibu, ndetse ko Abanya-Nigeria batakaje umugabo wagize uruhare mu gukundisha amahanga sinema ya Nigeria. Perezida Tinubu, yifatanyije mu kababaro n’umuryango wa Mr Ibu, mu itangazo ryashyizwe hanze ku Cyumweru tariki 03 Werurwe n’Umujyanama we wihariye ushinzwe itangazamakuru muri Perezidansi, Ajuri Ngelale. Ni…

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“Hepatite” indwara zibasira umwijima izivugana benshi ku isi nta gikozwe

Ishami ry’Umuryango w’Abibumbye rishinzwe kwita ku Buzima, OMS ryatangaje ko bizagera mu 2040 umubare w’impfu ziterwa n’indwara ya Hepatite wararenze uw’iziterwa na Sida, Igituntu na Malaria byose hamwe. Mu makuru OMS iheruka gushyira hanze yagaragaje ko ubwoko butandukanye bwa Hepatite buri mwaka bwica abagera kuri miliyoni hirya no hino ku Isi. Umuyobozi Mukuru wa OMS, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus yavuze ko uretse kuba iyi ndwara yica buri mwaka hari n’umubare munini w’abatuye Isi babana nayo. Ati “Miliyoni z’abantu hirya no hino ku Isi zibana na Hepatite zitabizi nubwo uyu munsi aribwo…

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Uganda: Abapolisi 2 batawe muri yombi bashinjwa kwiba umunyarwanda

Umuvugizi wa Polisi ya Uganda mu gace ka Kigezi gaherereye mu Burengerazuba bwa Uganda, Elly Maate kuri iki cyumweru tariki 3 Werurwe 2023 batangaje bataye muri yombi abapolisi babiri bayo bakorera ku mupaka wa Katuna uhuza iki gihugu n’u Rwanda, bazira kwiba umunyarwanda ibihumbi 85 Frw. Abapolisi bakekwa barimo uwitwa Gracious Tusiime w’imyaka 25 ndetse na mugenzi we witwa Zechariah Ekiyankundire w’imyaka 26. Uyu muvigizi yatangaje ko ku wa 01 Werurwe 2024, bibye Umunyarwanda w’imyaka 38, wavuye mu Rwanda ajya muri Uganda mu gace k’ubucuruzi ka Katuna agiye kugura ibintu.…

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