APRNEWS - Health officials in Ivory Coast on Wednesday destroyed tonnes of rice that had been declared unfit for human consumption, the BBC Africa Live page reports.

Its point of origin was Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. Photos showed officials transferring the said sacks into the back of a truck which pours it into a landfill site before a caterpillar spreads it on the site.

APRNEWS - The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ministry of Health has denied reports carried by the British news outlet, The Guardian, claiming that Congolese women were being sexually exploited in order to be given Ebola treatment.

APRNEWS - The political dynasties across Africa continue to reduce over the years. They absent across most parts of Africa except for Central Africa.

Central Africa largely because, most of Africa’s sit-tight presidents operate within that region. Gabon is one such nation currently operating one such dynasty.

APRNEWS - Patrons of private health facilities in Ivory Coast are to pay fee more for consultation beginning January 1, 2019.

General medical consultation will increase by 25% while specialized medical consultation will go up by 16%.

APRNEWS - Zimbabwe on Friday said it would not extradite Grace Mugabe, wife of former president Robert Mugabe, after an arrest warrant was issued in South Africa for her alleged assault of a model in 2017.

APRNEWS - Gabonese say they want ‘proof’ about the health status of President Ali Bongo who is said to be recuperating in a Riyadh hospital for fatigue.

Last Sunday, Gabonese presidential spokesman, Ike Ngouoni in a video to Libreville ,said President Bongo was doing well after his admission at a Riyadh hospital late October.

APRNEWS - The Gabonese presidency on Sunday gave an update on the health status of President Ali Bongo Ondimba who is currently receiving medical attention in Saudi Arabia.

APRNEWS - The Zimbabwean government says it is concerned about the number of people still presenting with cholera signs and symptoms, in spite a vaccination programme against the diarrhea disease that started last week.

APRNEWS - Zimbabwe is vaccinating people living in urban areas as it struggles to contain a cholera outbreak which has left 49 people dead and infected thousands more.

REUTERS - When Esperance Nzavaki heard she was cured of Ebola after three weeks of cutting-edge care at a medical center in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, she raised her arms to the sky with joy and praised the Lord.