The death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic across Africa is heading is gone past the 1,000 mark as of April 18, 2020. The casualties cut across age groups. From the death of a 6 year-old in Kenya, older patients in most instances and persons in the youth bracket. Whiles each death is reported with a sombre…
Players knelt in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and victims of the coronavirus were remembered as the Premier League made a somber return on Wednesday from a 100-day shutdown that deprived England of its national sport. When Manchester City scored the first goals the Premier League had seen in more than three months,…
Health-Merck-Leaders Merck Foundation Meets African Leaders Over Sustainability Initiative By Hawa Dolley MONROVIA, Feb. 6 (LINA) – Merck Foundation says it has begun working with African leaders in Sustainable Initiative Art and Interiors in a bid to accomplish its Sustainability Initiative dubbed, “Sustainability Is a Shared Responsibility (SSR)”. The program is meant to address sustainability challenges…
China has pledged to supply any vaccine against Coronavirus to African first free of charge. China is leading the race to develop a Covid-19 vaccine and its scientists are largely pinning their hopes on a technology that has been used for decades. Five out of 10 potential vaccines undergoing clinical trials have been developed by…
Here’s what is happening in and affecting South Africa today: Coronavirus: Global infections have now surpassed 8.14 million confirmed, with the death toll rising to 443,000. In South Africa, total infections have increased by 4,078 cases to reach 80,412. Deaths have climbed to 1,674, while recoveries have risen to 44,331, leaving the country with a balance of 34,407…
The African Petroleum Producers Organisation (APPO), Tuesday, agreed to relocate the headquarters of the organization from Nigeria to Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. The Council of Ministers approved the recommendation to move the temporary Headquarters of the Organization from Abuja, Nigeria to the permanent Headquarters in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. It also approved the new Host…
Researchers in England say they have the first evidence that a drug can improve COVID-19 survival: A cheap, widely available steroid reduced deaths by up to one third in severely ill hospitalized patients. The results were announced Tuesday and the British government immediately authorized the drug’s use across the United Kingdom for coronavirus patients like those…
Beijing’s airports cancelled more than 1,200 flights and schools in the Chinese capital were closed again on Wednesday as authorities rushed to contain a new coronavirus outbreak linked to a wholesale food market. The city reported 31 new cases on Wednesday while officials urged residents not to leave Beijing, with fears growing about a second…
التقت الدكتورة إيناس عبد الدايم وزير الثقافة، الدكتورة رشا قلج المصرية الحائزة على لقب الأكثر تأثيرا فى أفريقيا لعام 2019 والرئيس التنفيذى لمؤسسة “ميرك” الخيرية الدولية عقب انتهاء اللقاء الفكرى الذى تم تنظيمه عنها خلال فعاليات معرض القاهرة الدولى للكتاب فى دورته الـ 51 بقاعة جمال حمدان . وأعربت قلج عن سعادتها باحتفاء وزراة الثقافة المصرية…
Tanzania lawmakers recently (June 10) passed a bill that outlaws public interest litigation. It says any individual seeking to use the measure must show the extent to which a law “has affected such a person personally.” A key plank of the law also bars suits being brought against the president, vice-president, prime minister, speaker and…
