As Merck Foundation CEO and as an African woman, I am excited to invite you to read our new inspiring storybook, “MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE “. I wanted this storybook to be part of our Africa Community awareness campaign about Coronavirus. I strongly believe that this unsettling period due to the coronavirus scare is difficult for everyone, full…
Caf release funds to respective clubs Good news to the clubs featuring this season in African interclub. CAF decided to pay the quotas earlier than expected. A great relief to the teams facing uncertainty linked to the Covid-19. CAF will soon meet to discuss precisely on the possibility of a continuation of the season. Senegalese league to resume…
Dozens have been killed in flooding in Somalia that has affected nearly 1 million people and displaced over 400 thousand from their homes, according to the United Nations. People struggled to wade through flood water in the central Somalian city of Beledweyne after the Shabelle river burst its banks on Sunday and 1,200 people have…
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and growing tensions in the country, Burundi will, on Wednesday, hold general elections. The small African country of the Great Lakes region and its 11 million inhabitants are trying to emerge from a deadly political crisis born of President Nkurunziza’s controversial candidacy for a third term in April 2015. Unlike Ethiopia, which…
Officials and experts are sounding the alarm as Malawi shifts to top campaign gear with giant rallies for an unprecedented presidential re-run despite the coronavirus pandemic. Malawi University of Science and Technology virologist Gama Bandawe warned that the consequences would be dire. “It effectively leaves us to face the full unmitigated force of the pandemic,”…
• Merck Foundation marks World Health Day to raise awareness on Coronavirus.• Rasha Kelej CEO of Merck Foundation started “Separated but Connected” Initiative. MUMBAI, India–(Antara/BUSINESS WIRE)– Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, announced the call for applications for ‘Stay at Home’ Media Recognition Awards for the journalists in Asian countries. The theme of…
Areas in the Eritrean capital Asmara will as of today be undergoing random and extensive testing as part of government efforts to better understand and contain any possible cases of COVID-19. Aside residents, frontline workers and resident of border areas will also be tested. The Horn of Africa nation declared virus-free status on Friday (May 15)…
May 16: Nigeria receives COVID-Organics, scientific tests ordered Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday (May 16) received the country’s share of a purported coronavirus herbal cure, COVID-Organics. The made-in-Madagascar cure was delivered to Buhari by Equatorial Guinea president Umaru Sissoco Embalo who was in Abuja on official visit. Buhari subsequently ordered that the consignment be sent to…
A 98-year-old has recovered from coronavirus after receiving treatment at one of Lagos state’s isolation centres, authorities there say. State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced on Wednesday that the woman was discharged along with 25 others who had previously tested positive to the virus. “Today, we discharged a 98-year-old woman, our oldest #COVID19 patient in Lagos,”…
Our government should take the lessons, the energy and the focus that this pandemic has given them and apply it to a post-Covid world. Let us exit this pandemic, a more focused and united country, driving a more efficient and growing economy for all, writes Marius Strydom. The chorus to fast-track a relaxation of the South…
