The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) on Wednesday said it is facing a funding gap of 180 million U.S. dollars for Zimbabwe’s humanitarian assistance program. WFP Zimbabwe representative and country director Francesca Erdelmann said this year has been particularly tough for the donor community due to the impact of COVID-19. “For our portfolio in…
Egypt confirmed on Wednesday late night 421 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total cases registered in the country since the outbreak of the pandemic to 116,724, said the Egyptian Health Ministry. It is the first time in over four months for Egypt’s coronavirus daily cases to exceed 400, since the country reported 401 cases on…
Africa aims to have 60% of the continent’s population vaccinated against the coronavirus within the next two to three years, Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Thursday. “We hope that for this to be meaningful, our 60% must be reached in the next two to three years. We should be…
Healthcare workers and others recommended for the first COVID-19 inoculations could start getting shots within 24 hours after the vaccine receives regulatory authorization, the chief adviser for the U.S. government’s Operation Warp Speed program said on Tuesday. Moncef Slaoui, a former GlaxoSmithKline executive overseeing the vaccine portion of the U.S. program, said he hopes 20…
14 people tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday in Rwanda this is according to the Health Ministry. The results were obtained from 2,820 sample tests collected in the last 24 hours. Of the new infections, four were detected in Kigali, nine in Musanze district and one in Rubavu district. So far, Rwanda has registered 5,948 COVID-19…
South Africa is making progress in its fight against the virus, a United Nations official said Tuesday. South Africa has around 7 million people living with HIV, that is the highest number of people infected with HIV of any country, according to UN data. Of that number, about 1 million are children and young people…
A Tanzanian government senior official has commended Huawei’s “Seeds for the Future” program, saying the program is improving the quality of ICT education for university students in the East African nation. Jim Yonazi, the deputy permanent secretary in the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communications, said on Monday that Huawei’s “Seeds for the Future” program…
Merck Foundation (http://www.Merck-Foundation.com), la branche philanthropique de Merck KGaA Allemagne, célèbre la Journée Mondiale de Science par le biais de son sommet de recherche « Merck Africa Research Summit–MARS Awards 2020 for best Young African Researchers and best Women African Researcher ». Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation and One of 100 Most Influential Africa (2019, 2020) explique…
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is working with more than 350 logistics partners, including major airlines, shipping lines and logistics associations from around the world, to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to over 92 countries, as soon as doses become available. On Monday, Etleva Kadilli, Director of UNICEF’s Supply Division, highlighted the importance of the partnership to…
FIFA, the world’s highest governing body of football decided on Monday to ban African soccer confederation and FIFA vice president, Ahmad Ahmad for five years over financial misconduct and other ethics violations. In addition to the five-year ban, Ahmad was also fined $220,000. FIFA launched an investigation into Ahmad’s conduct while in charge of the…
