Egypt celebrated late on Tuesday the 118th anniversary of the establishment of the Egyptian Museum in downtown Cairo. Held at the museum in Tahrir Square, the celebration was attended by Egyptian Tourism and Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anany, government officials and a number of foreign envoys, including the Chinese ambassador to Cairo Liao Liqiang. The celebration…
The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers on Monday and Tuesday yielded some surprising results as African countries continue their quest to qualify for the continental showpiece in 2022. The shock result of the latest games saw Sudan defeat four-time African champions Ghana 1-0 at the Al Hilal Stadium in Omdurman. Mohamed Abdel Rahman scored…
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the African continent has reached 1,998,253, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Wednesday. The continental disease control and prevention agency said in a statement that the death toll related to the pandemic stood at 48,016 as of Wednesday afternoon. A total of…
The government of Rwanda announced that at least 3,000 COVID-19 sample tests shall be collected in schools as part of stepped-up efforts to ensure the safety of students. Thousands of Rwandan students return to classrooms on November 23. “We started this week in partnership with Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), and we aim at testing at…
A Merck Foundation empodera Mulheres e Jovens na Pesquisa Científica por meio de nossos “MARS Best Young African Researchers Awards” e “MARS Best African Women Researchers Awards”. Começamos esses prémios em 2015. Fique ligado, vamos anunciar os vencedores do 2020 MARS até o final deste ano. Os vencedores serão elegíveis para uma bolsa de programas de formação para aprimorar as…
Cameroon launched a drive to help parents register their children’s births in conflict-stricken regions, so the government can better plan health, education and other public services, the country’s Minister of Decentralization and Local Development, Georges Elanga Obam said on Monday. “We are trying to modernize the legislation and the reglementation governing the civil status. We…
Kenya is staring at a health crisis as doctors threatened to down their tools for what they term as lack of support from the government. The strike notice follows the deaths of four doctors last week in a period of 24-hours, and hundreds of others who are in the healthcare industry have contracted COVID-19. As…
After months of refusing to testify, South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma appeared Monday before a panel probing rampant state corruption during his nine-year reign, demanding a fair investigation. The 78-year-old did not give any evidence on the graft allegations. Instead he accused Raymond Zondo, the head of the judicial commission, of bias and lodged an…
the long-awaited return of foreign tourists as a flight of Ethiopian Airlines landed at the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport here on Saturday. This was the first arrival of passenger airlines and international tourists in Botswana, flown in by Ethiopia’s national carrier after Botswana eased international travel restrictions early this month. At least 21 tourists…
The number of COVID-19 infections in Nigeria has exceeded 65,000 amid fears of a second wave despite a slower increase in daily new cases. With 152 new infections confirmed by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) late Sunday, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the West African country has reached 65,148. The new…
