Botswana will be under the state of public emergency for another six months in an attempt to curtail the spread and transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s parliament said Monday. President Mokgweetsi Masisi approached the national assembly during an extraordinary meeting of parliament to seek a resolution for the country to be placed under…
South Sudan said on Tuesday that a partial reopening of learning institutions will commence in October amid declining COVID-19 positive cases. Awut Deng Achuil, minister for general education said the first phase of reopening that kicks off on October 5 will involve only 75,000 pupils in primary 8 and 35,000 students in senior 4 across…
Zimbabwe’s state security minister on Monday alleged a plot by “rogue elements” in the opposition working with Western governments to smuggle in guns and foment chaos, signalling another possible crackdown. Without providing evidence, Owen Ncube told reporters the plot was part of a wider plan to oust President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government illegally. Similar…
Gaborone [Botswana]/Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 15 : Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany conducted their first Video Conference Summit of Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative (MFFLI). The MFFLI VC Summit was attended by 13 African First Ladies including the First Lady of Botswana, Neo Jane Masisi, who is also the Ambassador of…
Somali President Mohamed Farmaajo said his administration has intensified the fight against terrorism in the country, weakening the Al-Shabaab terror group which has been fighting to topple the internationally-recognized government. Farmaajo who participated in a panel discussion on the country’s elections in Mogadishu on Saturday night said the Al-Qaeda allied terror group has lost several…
At least 1,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) have returned home in Baga, a town in Nigeria’s northeast Borno state, after months of displacement by Boko Haram insurgents, an official has said. Babagana Umara Zulum, the governor of Borno state, who returned to Maiduguri, the state capital, after spending two nights in the town, urged the…
Kenya plans to focus on the Chinese market in order to boost its exports in the next few years, an official said on Monday. Wilfred Marube, CEO, Kenya Export Promotion and Branding Agency (KEPROBA) told Xinhua in Nairobi that China offers the greatest potential out of the country’s current trading partners due to its huge…
As South Africa still faced with serious energy problems including electricity blackouts, President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday said measures were in place to ensure energy reforms that would address the crisis. “Our energy security is precarious and load-shedding imposes very high costs on our economy,” Ramaphosa said, adding that dealing with energy crisis would boost…
La Fondation Merck (http://www.Merck-Foundation.com), la branche philanthropique de Merck KGaA Allemagne a organisé son premier Sommet de Vidéoconférence de l’Initiative des Premières Dames de la Fondation Merck (MFFLI). Le Sommet VC MFFLI a réuni 13 Premières Dames Africaines, dont la Première Dame du Botswana, S.E. Mme NEO JANE MASISI, qui est également l’Ambassadrice de Merck Plus Qu’une Mère, pour discuter de…
South Africa reported 969 new confirmed coronavirus cases raising the total number of cases in the country to 669,498. A statement from the Minister of Health Dr. Zweli Mkhize said that the cases were reported from a total of 11,359 tests carried out in the last 24 hours. South Africa has so far carried out…
