According to the Nigerian authorities, a national emergency operations centre had been activated to coordinate the response “to the increasing number of Lassa fever cases” across the country

Lassa fever is endemic to the West African country and its name comes from the town of Lassa in northern Nigeria where it was first identified in 1969.

Previously, cases of the disease have been reported in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo and Benin – where it killed at least 9 people in 2016.

A map showing West African country.courtesy photo

Lassa fever

Lassa fever, also known as Lassa hemorrhagic fever (LHF), is a type of viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus.

Symptoms for Lassa fever

• Fever
• Weakness
• Headaches
• Vomiting
• Muscle pains 

Prevention measures WHO

• Avoid contact with blood and body fluids while caring for sick persons.
• Discourage rodents from entering homes such rats
• Disposing of garbage far from the home, maintaining clean households

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According to an official with the World Health Organization, two treatment units have been established in the western border districts of Kasese and Bundibugyo to respond to any deadly Ebola outbreak,

“Ebola Treatment Units are where patients can get the best care possible with access to rehydration methods and protection from infecting their family and community,” Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam, Uganda’s WHO Representative said.

Woldemariam said the treatment units were fully equipped and ready to manage any Ebola cases in the East African country. Although there are no confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda, the country remains on high alert following an outbreak in the neighboring Congo.

Ebola is highly contagious and can cause a range of symptoms including fever, vomiting, diarrhea, generalized pain and in many cases internal and external bleeding. The WHO says as of Aug. 21, there are 103 confirmed cases of Ebola in the DRC, with 61 deaths 32 were confirmed and 27 were probable.

Mortality rates of Ebola, according to WHO, are high, with the human case fatality rate ranging from 50 percent to 89 percent, depending on viral sub-type.

The current Congolese outbreak mirrors the 2014 West African outbreak that saw more than 11,000 deaths, mostly in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and Liberia. There were also 11 cases of Ebola in the United States tied to the outbreak, including four deaths.

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The Balkans lead Group D after having won the first two games, but they can lose first place if Nigeria beat Argentina by a landslide. Jorge Sampaoli‘s side, on the other hand, would be finish second if they beat Nigeria and Iceland don’t beat Croatia.

Croatia smashed Argentina by 3-0 to reach Round of last 16

“The best team in Group D is Croatia,” Frenchman Paul Pogba said at the French team’s headquarters outside Moscow.

“They are a great team that were able to beat Argentina.”

Argentina looks to be so weak in this year’s edition

His teammate Corentin Tolisso agreed in the analysis that Croatia are the most dangerous opponent possible.

“Croatia are the best in that group, and we will do everything possible to not finish second,” said the Bayern Munich midfielder.

Tolisso acknowledged that, in case of having to play against Argentina, it will be necessary to pay particular attention to Messi.

France qualified for Round of 16 by beating Peru 1-0

“The Argentines have strong individualities, especially with Messi, who can do anything in a game,” he added.

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Both Pogba and Tolisso highlighted that France are the only one of the big nations that managed to qualify for the second round after the first two matches of the World Cup, and drew attention to the problems that other teams go through as an example of the difficulty that entails.

“The big teams don’t come to party, we come to win, we have quality players, a good squad, winning is possible, but it will not be easy,” Pogba noted.

“There are no small teams or bad players in a World Cup, but the road is still long, we have to fight and be very strong.”

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Emeka Afigbo, Platform Partnerships, Head of Middle East & Africa speaking at the Facebook launch.

Facebook has announced its first tech space in Africa following in the footsteps of search giant Google who in July 2017 launched an ambitious initiative to train 10 million young people in online skills over five years. The new initiative is to cement Facebook commitment and investment in the country, and across the continent.

The hub will offer support to tech startups and will also train 50,000 young people and SMEs in digital skills across the country.

Opening in 2018, the hub will incorporate a series of high profile partnerships, training programs and a physical space that will serve as a Centre for learning and skills development, this set of initiatives is aimed at helping to develop and nurture communities, including small businesses, the tech and start-up ecosystem, youths and creatives.

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Emeka Afigbo, Head of platform partnerships, Middle East & Africa said: “What we aim to do at the incubator is to provide support for high tech startups that do not ordinarily get investments, until they can develop a proof of concept, which will attract other investors.”

With an eye on growing their user base, US technology companies are increasingly turning to Africa’s large youth population. Facebook has been investing heavily in Africa, recently appointing a regional director based in South Africa.

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In Nigeria alone, there are 22 million monthly Facebook users; 10 million of them log in daily to the platform, all on mobile devices, Facebook says.

In August, founder Mark Zuckerberg visited Nigeria and Kenya for the first time and visited the Co-Creation (CCHub). He met with developers and entrepreneurs and spent time learning about the startup ecosystem in Nigeria.”The energy here is amazing and I’m excited to learn as much as I can,” he said during his visit.

During that visit, Zuckerberg announced an investment of 24 million dollars through his Chan Zuckerberg Initiative in Andela, a tech startup that trains software developers in Africa and gives them full-time roles in international companies.

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Boko Haram increasingly has been using teenagers or young women as bombers

At least 50 people were killed on Tuesday in a suicide bomb attack at a mosque in northern Nigeria, police say.

The attack happened in the town of Mubi in Adamawa State as worshipers were gathering for the “fajr” dawn prayer around 5:20 a.m. local time.Othman Abubakar, a police spokesman said.

The bomber was about 17 years old and believed to be part of the congregation, Abubakar added.

The mosque was packed with worshippers during morning prayers when the bomber struck.

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Many more people were injured and taken to nearby hospitals.

The Islamist militants Boko Haram typically target crowded places in northern Nigeria.

While there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing, suspicion immediately fell on the Boko Haram extremist group. The group is based in neighboring Borno state and has been blamed for scores of similar attacks over the years.

Boko Haram increasingly has been using teenagers or young women as bombers, many of whom have been abducted.

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It’s not like women preferring to always be younger than their actual age, in football terms its more about competition.

Uganda’s U-17 Team

In Africa its presumed that age in football especially is not a norm in most African countries. Most African players are labeled to be cheats even when there is no evidence to prove it fitting. There is still a common cause of concern why it’s assumed to be that African footballers tend to be mistaken of not telling the right age.

The question then is raised, who is to blame? Is it the footballing bodies, the players, parents, football academies or the African culture? If one is to look for the right answer, I doubt it can be found on the global world-be it on internet, traditional chiefs, associations or anything of the sort .we then wonder if the quest for change is beyond us.

When growing up as young children, we are encouraged to tell the truth. We are brought up as Godly children with the fear of the lord no matter the religion.

Though all the efforts by our parents and the community at large, we tend to have an obscure conviction on what is ought to be done. Age in the modern footballing world has become a concern not for only the African continent but the world as a whole. It’s mostly common in sports and generally being witnessed in most athletes’ who are being convicted of lying about their age.

It’s like cancer which keeps eating up a human being till its leads to death. It’s a devil we live with and one which needs to be handled carefully.

We need support in the societies we live in with emphasis on the systems to have better image in sports.

Sport is one of the leading ventures which have put the African continent on the market in the world and caution needs to be taken when handling age in sports. It’s a global foul eating up the adored games enjoyed by majority of people in the world.

Uganda being one of the low developing countries, it needs to create systems which ensure age cases are in oblivion.

There are has been many instances which have aroused the call for better systems to rectify this.

Ugandan football in particular has been a victim of age cases and poor organization leading to disqualification in major competitions.

The recent instance saw the Rwanda Football Federation (FERWAFA) petitioning the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to take action against Uganda over fielding a player with double identity during the Africa Under-20 Cup of Nations first round matches between the two countries. In the petition; FERWAFA alleged that during the first leg played in Kigali and the return leg in Kampala, Uganda fielded Vipers Sports Club goalkeeper James Aheebwa whose identity was questionable.

Uganda Hippos and Vipers Sports Club goal keeper James Aheebwa who had two different identities on his club license and national passport led to the disqualification of Uganda in the ongoing Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualifiers.

FERWAFA indicated that Aheebwa’s CAF Champions License with Viper Sports Club specifies that he was born on March 27, 1997, while according to his passport used in the U-20 qualifier against Rwanda; he was born on May 19, 1998. FERWAFA argued that this was against the CAF Under-20 rules.

This was blemish on the side of the Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA) who ought to have avoided such eventualities.It shows there are poor systems in place coupled with inadequate organization in the footballing body.

FUFA being a major governing body with qualified personnel should not be treated to such incompetence in the organization.

There are rules and regulations which are clearly stated to avoid such uncalled for occurrence.

Article 46 of CAF U-20 regulations states that each player must possess a passport containing his photo and giving the full particulars of the player’s age (day, month and year of birth)…. a player who does not have a passport issued by the competent authorities, shall not be authorized to participate in the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.

It adds in case of a junior player participating in CAF Inter- Club competitions, he will not be eligible to participate in the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations if the date of birth indicated in his license is different from the one indicated on his passport…

The regulations are there but it begs a question of what should be done to guide bodies like FUFA. Systems and better organization seems the way forward rather than just regulations to have order in governance especially in Africa and Ugandan football to be specific.

It’s a broader painting on the African continent generally because such instances show ineptitude.

Match officials who handled both qualifiers were also at fault as they didn’t ensure enforcement of a section in chapter 21 (list of players), article 47 which states that the commissioner and the referee must forbid any player on the list that does not conform to the standards of qualification of the competition from participation in the match, as was stated by FERWAFA.

The CAF Appeals Committee tribunal ruled in favor of Rwanda leading to the disqualifying of Uganda from the ongoing Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualifiers for using an illegible player.

Uganda Hippos had eliminated Rwanda wasps with a 2-1 win and 3-2 on aggregate booking a position to face Egypt in the next phase but this was nullified.

Uganda Hippos’ squad that played against Rwanda Wasps in the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualifiers

Rwanda was ruled legible to take on Egypt in the last stage of qualification which is scheduled next year in Zambia.

Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA) Media Officer Ahmed Hussein Confirmed a receipt of CAF Communique on U-20 disqualification

The Uganda Football Association (FA) acting president, Darius Mugoye told Xinhua that CAF ruled in favour of Rwanda according to the evidence presented but this showed poor organization on the side of the federation.

In 2010, Uganda was also banned from the Africa U-17 Championship qualifiers after using overage players in a 3-1 aggregate win over Zambia in April.

Other countries involved in such scenario is Kenya which fielded over age players in the first round first leg- clash away to Sudan on Sunday 3 April,2016.
The report states;“The U20 Kenyan National team is disqualified from the preliminaries of the AFCON U20- Zambia 2017 and the U20 Sudan National team is qualified to the next round,” a source from the Confederation of African Football ( CAF) revealed.

According to John McAuley of the national.ae in his article Age cheaters are left with the spoiled, he points out numerous instances of failed age-tests.

A curious case of Abuchi Obinwa, a youngster who was meant to represent Nigeria at the Fifa under 17 World Cup failing age-tests in 2013 remains present due to profound revelations .

This came after the use of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan which deemed he was too old to compete in U17 football, despite the player producing documentation to prove otherwise.

The use of a magnetic resonance testing (MRI) to determine a player’s age, dates to 2003 when Fifa began to investigate the use of biological markers for age determination after being requested to be done  by numerous member associations according to thenational.ae

It reveals that growth plates in the bones of the human skeleton are open during growth and closed at different times with increasing age and maturity. X-ray images of the growth plate of the left wrist were used for decades in paediatrics, and court, to determine age.However, because of concerns regarding the exposure to radiation in the use of X-rays in screening, Fifa’s Medical Assessment and Research Centre (F-Marc) suggested using MRI exams that could also provide detailed images and better contrast between body tissues.

F-Marc performed MRI wrist scans of more than 500 players of different ethnic origins, between the ages of 14 and 19, with confirmed birth certificates.

A six-point system was devised to grade the fusion of the growth plate.

Typically, complete fusion is unlikely to occur prior to 17 years of age, with accuracy at greater than 99 per cent.

So, if MRI indicates complete fusion of a player’s wrist, it is 99 per cent certain the player is older than 17. If a player registers a Grade 6, they are considered older than 17.

“MRI of the wrist is a simple, reliable, valid and non-invasive method of age determination in young male football players,” said Jiri Dvorak, the F-Marc chairman.

“We can identify overage players at U17 competitions at no risk to the individual. This is of considerable help both to member associations and Fifa.”

While nothing suggested Obinwa deliberately conspired to deceive, his case was familiar.

Since the implementation of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan by Fifa in 2009, there have been numerous instances of failed age tests, in particular African sides being marked as repeated offenders.

There is increased suspicion of Africans which doesn’t set a good precedence in the sporting world.

This has led to indifference in labeling of age with the most hypothetical being referred to as cancer.

“Age cheating has become a cancer to African football,” an Egyptian FA official was quoted as saying by several Africa media sources ahead of the 2009 U17 World Cup.

“Countries like Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon were fond of fielding overage players in international youth tournaments. Age cheating is destroying football development in Africa.”

More instances are in full flow and this is threatening to rescind football development in Africa and especially in East African countries like Uganda and Kenya which are  among the culprits.

In 2003, Kenya’s government dissolved their national U17 team when players admitted they were over age.

Six years later, as Nigeria prepared to host the U17 World Cup; they dropped 15 members of their squad following testing. In the aftermath, a former Nigerian international claimed in a newspaper column that Fortune Chukwudi, then the side’s captain, was 25 years old.

Soon after came confirmation that Gambia omitted 11 of the 18 players who had helped them triumph at the African U17 Championship a few months previously.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) ordered of all countries involved in qualifying to undergo testing and  players from Ghana’s U17s,Nigeria, Republic of Congo and Ivory Coast – were excluded from participating.

“Many, if not all African countries ‘cheat’ with the age of their youth players,”

Arnold Pannenborg, a Dutch journalist and respected commentator on African football, noted. “We don’t have to pretend it doesn’t happen, because, really, it does.And a lot, too”.

According to vanguardngr, Former Mexico U-17 coach, Raul Gutierrez accused the Nigerian wonder-kids of doing things no real U-17 player could do with the ball in the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.

Gutiérrez was in charge when the 2013 set of Eaglets beat Mexico twice en-route to being crowned champions in the United Arab Emirates.

Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets that made history in Dubai by winning the FIFA Under-17 World Cup for the fourth time after humiliating Mexico 3-0 in the final in 2013

Gutiérrez  speculated that the Eaglets and Mali’s physical attributes and coupled with their  decisions making were not expected of true U-17 players.

“It’s the same with the Nigeria team, so with Mali, that beyond their physical development, decisions made by many of their players are not of an U-17 player’’ the coach told mediotiempo.com.

World problem not limited to Africa

Brazil won the 2003 World Youth Cup – for players of 20 and under – with a team that included a 25-year-old.

Three years after their success, it was revealed that defensive midfielder Carlos Alberto had given the wrong age according to BBC SPORTS

Carlos Alberto (right) was part of the Brazil squad that won the 2003 World Youth Cup

Cases like this  are not unfamiliar in other South American countries.

Akpoborie said:

“It isn’t just in Africa, I am sure. You know there have been problems in South America but you also know the problem in Africa is really big.

“Maybe it is easy in Africa for players to get away with it – or it used to be. There are not many places in the world where it is so easy as it is in Africa. Efforts are being made to stop it.”

BBC has more details concerning the problem of Age in football emphasizing the need to find solutions to curb it.

In November 2012, Australia and Saudi Arabia lodged official complaints over suspicions that the Syrian Under-19 team, competing at the Asian Championships, included over-age players.

John Boultbee, the head of the Football Federation Australia’s International Department, told BBC World Football back then that the problem was “endemic” and that more needed to be done.

He said: “A few days before the competition began, we were provided with the registration list and the Syrian team featured six players born on 1 January 1 1993 – the last day you could be born to be eligible. The whole team had January birth dates.”

African football journalist Oluwashina Okeleji cites personal ambition, pressure for success and ease in falsifying your age as factors for it.

“It is very difficult for young players to go abroad and play and it can take so long that they are too old when they are noticed, so they have to reduce their age, maybe by 10 years,” he said.

“Another factor is the pressure on the under-17 and under-20 sides for success. Some of these coaches are forced to bring in these players over age.”

Junior Binyam, the Confederation for African Football’s (Caf) media director, agrees age fraud is a problem in Africa because countries do not have a reliable database to track ages.

He said: “It is easy in many countries to change ages or ‘amend’ those registers. It is not rare to find people with more than one birth certificate.

“In some cases, when the player changes identity, he can, most of the time, be registered as a new player. The fraud on ages then affect the development programs if the players involved in an age category are not really from that category.”

With a shortage of legal documents to clarify ages in Africa, Koufie believes confusion could be one reason for so-called age fraud.
The shocking evidence concerning age on African continent is detrimental and needs a solution.

Countries like Nigeria with a considerable achievement at the age-group level has never been replicated it to the senior side on the world stage.

There must be an overall change in the mentality and the organization of different bodies if the issue of age is to be resolved.

The use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) which was introduced by Fifa in 2009 for the Under-17 World Cup in Nigeria to help work out whether players were over age or not will also control the issue of Age.

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“We condemn these cowardly attacks, which have led to large-scale loss of life and critical injuries,” said the Secretary-General, who is on an official visit to Malawi.

“The perpetrators of this despicable crime have shown a callous disregard for the lives of their fellow citizens and for the peace, stability, integrity and progress of their country. I extend my personal condolences and sympathy together with those of the Commonwealth community at large to all those affected by these dreadful attacks. The Commonwealth stands in solidarity with the Government and people of Nigeria as the country grieves its loss, and works to address the challenges of terrorism, extremism and insecurity, manifested in the spate of such attacks in recent years.

“Terrorism is anathema to civilised society,” Mr Sharma stressed. “The Commonwealth’s shared view is that conflict and differences should be resolved, and indeed, can only be resolved sustainably through inclusive dialogue built on the foundations of mutual understanding and respect.”

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 Her pals tell us that Harriet is now in deep love with Mubaraka. Harriet had reportedly settled with her other man DJ Afro Ssali and now we hear she is singing only Kawooya Mubaraka.

We don’t know whether Ssali’s pockets are now empty because not so long ago Harriet told pals that she left Kawooya because he was broke. It is also not clear yet whether Kawooya has got the money.

 It is said that DJ Afro is now in tears because the gal (Harriet) he had bought a Rav 4 has now vanished to Kawooya, a businessman in town.

By Maureen Nakyanzi

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M-net Television is slated to kick start the screening of another big brother TV reality show dubbed the 5th edition of M-net’s Big Brother Africa a few days after the 2010 South African World Cup show.

Big brother africa

The show which is popular with many East African youth will start on 18^th July 2010. It will be screened live 24/7 for 91 days in 40 African Countries.

The new show to attract a cash prize of US Dollars 200,000 will be more tactically challenging and more intensely strategic according to the M-net Africa managing director, Biola Alabi

However, the difference with the previous big brother shows is contestants will be got from the previous databases hence no call for entries in the new show.

The eligible African countries to contribute Big Brother participants are Angola, Botswana, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Alabi says that season 5 will look for entertaining persons with a sense of humor, a love of adventure and the ability to enjoy the very exciting Big Brother experience.

By Solomon Akugizibwe, Ultimate Media

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