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Cerebral malaria — a severe, brain-targeting form of malaria — remains one of Uganda’s deadliest health threats, striking children with alarming speed and leaving survivors at risk of lifelong complications. Uganda records between 12 and 16 million malaria cases each year, placing it among the most affected countries globally, according to Richard Idro, associate professor of paediatrics and child health at Makerere University College of Health Sciences. The disease is transmitted by the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito. Symptoms, which typically appear 9-16 days after infection, include fever, weakness, vomiting, and diarrhea, particularly in young children. “Malaria develops rapidly…

Jane ChambersBusiness reporterReporting fromEl Alto, BoliviaGetty ImagesHigher food and fuel prices have led to street protests across Bolivia this yearAs Bolivians prepare to vote in a general election, the country’s deep economic woes are the central issue. Whoever becomes the nation’s next president faces a very difficult job to try to sort out the mess.El Alto is Bolivia’s second-largest city, home to 1.2 million people. And, at an elevation of 4,150m (13,615ft), it is the world’s highest city with a population of more than 100,000.It’s full of narrow streets with vendors trying to sell you everything from oranges to knock-off…

new video loaded: What It Takes to Find Food in GazaBy Ashley Wu, Christina Shaman, June Kim, James Surdam and Rebecca Suner•August 13, 2025Starvation has spread in Gaza, as the prices of basic goods have skyrocketed and getting aid is difficult and often deadly. Ashley Wu, a graphics reporter for The New York Times, explains the dire choices that many Gazans face, as Israel faces growing condemnation over the crisis.Recent episodes in Behind the ReportingShow more videos from Behind the Reporting

In 2014, a sergeant at a California state prison sent James “JJ’88” Jacobs, who was 25 at the time, to “the hole” – solitary confinement in a 6-by-6 cell. One bunk, one strip of a window. Jacobs had already been incarcerated for a decade by then; at 15, he was given a double life sentence for second-degree murder. Alone in the hole, Jacobs thought, as he always did, about the most devastating month of his life, April 2004: on the 16th, he shot and killed a young man in Bellflower, California. Three days later, another young man shot and killed…

Here are the key events on day 1,267 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Here is how things stand on Thursday, August 14:Fighting Russia’s Ministry of Defence said Russian forces had captured the settlements of Zatyshok and Zapovidne in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. Ukraine’s military said its drones hit the Uniecha oil pumping station in Russia’s Bryansk region. “Damage and a large-scale fire were recorded in the area of the booster pumping station building,” the Ukrainian General Staff said on Telegram. A small fire ignited by debris from a destroyed Ukrainian drone was promptly doused at the Slavyansk oil refinery in Russia’s…

Martin Vizcarra will become the fifth Peruvian ex-president jailed in recent years amid period of political turbulence.A judge in the South American nation of Peru has ordered the country’s ex-president, Martin Vizcarra, to be held in pre-trial detention over bribery allegations.In a hearing on Wednesday, Judge Jorge Chavez ordered Vizcarra jailed for five months, saying he is a flight risk. He stands accused of accepting bribes during his tenure as governor of the Moquegua region 11 years ago.Vizcarra is the fifth ex-president to be detained in Peru, which has been rocked by numerous scandals and political crises over the last…

Aug 13, 2025, 08:30 AM ETAS THE FINAL SECONDS ticked away on the New York Knicks’ playoff thrashing of the Boston Celtics in May and the mad revelers of Bing Bong Nation poured out of Madison Square Garden, Justin Brandel sorted through a tangle of emotions. He was watching in amazement from his Manhattan apartment and trying to keep up with the text thread blowing up his phone — his friends, fellow Knicks fans, hazarding guesses about how much the cheapest tickets would cost for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. $800 just to get in the door? $1,000?…

This started as a project with my daughter and her friends, who are all part of the smartphone generation. They were 14 years old at the time and I wanted to learn more about the relationship they had with their mobile phones. In 2022, a study by Ofcom showed that nine out of 10 children owned one by the time they reached the age of 11, and that 91% of them used video platforms, messaging apps and social media by the age of 12. I spoke to my daughter and her friends about how they use their phones and the…

Many people are complaining that certain commodities that used to have seals are now being sold with broken seals. A typical example is the type of chloride that is locally known as ‘ordisavel’. It is not uncommon to find different brands of ‘Sadam’ rice being sold for the same price but one could easily detect the differences in quality, scent and taste. It is also not uncommon to find bags of commodities thrown at the top in such a crooked way, thus defying industrial standards in the bagging of commodities. Foroyaa is therefore calling on the consumer protection association to…

96 The Minister for Communications, Digital Technology and Innovations in Ghana, Samuel Nartey George, has accused MultiChoice, the operators of DStv, of trying to turn his campaign for a price reduction into a diplomatic dispute between Ghana and South Africa. During an interview on Jay FM, the minister insisted that his fight was not personal but a move to protect Ghanaian consumers from what he described as exploitative subscription charges. According to him, MultiChoice has been lobbying high-level government officials, including the South African foreign minister, to influence Ghana’s foreign minister to pressure him to back down. “For me, I…