At least 23 people, including students, were killed after a fuel tanker explosion in Kogi state, central Nigeria on Wednesday, local road police said. Idris Fika Ali, a sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in the state, told Xinhua via telephone that the victims were burned beyond recognition. The incident occurred Wednesday morning…
The success of any COVID-19 vaccine will be dependent on public trust, according to the World Health Orgaizatio (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom. Tedros made the remarks on Wednesday in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly side event on infodemic management. The WHO chief called on stakeholders to ensure timely and accurate information reaches…
Africa continues to see its COVID-19 caseload get bigger each day even though some countries on the continent have started to see their curves flatten. According to data from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Africa had reported 1,420,629 infections by Wednesday with 34,327 deaths. South Africa remains the worst affected country on…
Somali lawmakers on Wednesday approved President Farmajo’s nomination of Mohamed Hussein Roble as Somalia’s new prime minister in a landslide vote. According to Parliament Speaker Mohamed Mursal Abdirahman, all 215 members of parliament casting their votes in the session attended by Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed in the capital Mogadishu endorsed Roble as premier. “All…
Merck Foundation (http://www.Merck-Foundation.com), 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, H.E. Mrs. NEO JANE MASISI, who is also the Ambassador of Merck More Than a Mother, to discuss their joint efforts to build healthcare…
Escalating conflict and deteriorating food security in northern Mozambique, where more than 300,000 people have abandoned their homes and crops, could see “crisis” levels of food insecurity continue into 2021, the World Food Programme warned Tuesday. “We are deeply concerned about the unfolding humanitarian situation in Cabo Delgado where conflict and violence have left people…
The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for global solidarity in the fight against COVID-19, urging countries to rely on science in their responses to the pandemic. The U.N. chief made the remarks in his centerpiece address to 75th session of the UN General Assembly, being held mostly virtually. “We must be guided by…
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa stood at 1,412,310 on Tuesday with a death toll of 34,072, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. The continent continues to see a rise in infections, even though some countries have started recording shrinking numbers of new daily cases. South Africa remains the…
The COVID-19 pandemic caused multiple shocks to businesses in Zimbabwe, with close to 90 percent of formal businesses suspending operations for about seven weeks on average since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country in March, according to a survey by the World Bank (WB). The impact is largest among micro and small firms…
Ten civilians and a soldier were killed overnight in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in an attack blamed on rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a local official said Monday. The attack occurred in an area of North Kivu province near neighboring Uganda dubbed the “Triangle of Death” where the ADF has killed…
