Mercy Asamba

Unsafe food kills 1.5 million people each year; children most at risk: WHO Eating safe and hygienic food is extremely important for good health. (UNICEF) Unsafe food causes an estimated 866 million illnesses and 1.5 million deaths every year worldwide, highlighting the often-overlooked toll of contaminated food on health, development and fragile economies, according to new data from the UN health agency.

Pope Leo XIV, preaching to a cheering crowd of more than 120,000 attendees at a Friday open-air mass in the Cameroon port city of Douala, continued his forceful message of peace on the second leg of his current 11-day Africa tour. The US-born pontiff urged those who travelled far and wide to hear him: "Do not give in to distrust and discouragement.

Iran's atomic chief said on Thursday that demands by the "enemies" to restrict the country's uranium enrichment programme are nothing but a pipe dream. President of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami made the remarks in an address to reporters during a funeral ceremony held in Tehran to mark the 40th day after the death of the country's former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, according to Nour News, affiliated with the country's Supreme National Security Council.