MONROVIA, June 4 (LINA) – The CEO of Merck Foundation, Rasha Kelej, has acknowledged the ‘great sacrifices’ of health workers by singers from 11 African countries in three different languages – French, English and Arabic. The song is intended to show support for the work healthcare givers are providing during these troubling times in Africa and across the…
The general mobilization after the death of George Floyd has hit the football fraternity. Footballers joined the Black Lives Matters movement to stop racism, a scourge that pollutes the sport environment, particularly football. We take a look at the the progressive development on women’s football in Africa. A Ugandan international, Jean Sseninde, is very committed…
Sharon Kavhu Windhoek Over 180 doctors across Africa and Asia have received clinical and practical training for fertility specialists and embryologists under Merck Foundation’s Embryology and Fertility Program, The Southern Times has learnt. The initiative which is also part of the foundation’s ‘More Than A Mother’ campaign which has trained doctors from countries such as: Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso,…
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is targeting a resumption of the 2019-20 CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup either in late July and early August or September, according to a leaked document. The two competitions were suspended in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic having reached the semifinal stages. Should the competitions resume at…
FILE PHOTO: A health department official walks past beds set up at a temporary field hospital up to deal with an expected surge in cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in Cape Town, South Africa May 26, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo By Nyawira MwangiReference :https://africa.cgtn.com/2020/06/07/south-africa-government-private-hospitals-agree-deal-on-covid-19-patients/
Lamine Diack, the former head of athletics’ governing body, goes on trial in Paris on Monday on charges of corruption and money laundering linked to a Russian doping scandal. Prosecutors allege he solicited 3.45 million euros ($3.89 million) from athletes suspected of doping to cover up the allegations and allow them to continue competing, including…
Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika has appointed a new electoral commission chairperson ahead of a presidential re-run. The country’s Constitutional Court in February ordered a fresh presidential election be held within 150 days after annulling last year’s re-election of President Mutharika – a ruling upheld by the Supreme Court. The former commission chairperson Jane Ansah resigned…
June 4: Minister sacked over sweets plan for bitter COVID-Organics A Malagasy Minister was fired over plans to buy sweets for children taking COVID-Organics in schools. Education minister Rijasoa Andriamanana planned to order $2.2m worth of sweets. Hoping to ease bitterness that the purported virus cure gave patrons, AFP news agency reported. She had shelved the plan even before…
As the world still grapples with the effects of Covid-19, 11 artistes from 11 African countries have come together to show support and appreciation for the medical workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus battle around the world during this difficult time, through a song dubbed, ‘My White Army.” The song, which is in different…
The Western Cape province, South Africa’s epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, said on Saturday that it is advertising for 5,272 health workers amid a spike in confirmed cases. The province must address its medical staff shortage before the pandemic reaches its peak, Western Cape Premier Allan Winde said in a statement. The province is also…
