South Africa’s economy has started to recover after showing improvement in August, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) said on Tuesday. “The composite leading business cycle indicator increased further by 3.7 percent on a month-to-month basis in August, following a 2.6 percent increase in July,” said the SARB, the country’s central bank, in a report….
The Kenyan Health Ministry on Wednesday confirmed 497 new cases of COVID-19 from 4,888 samples tested in the last 24 hours, bringing the number of confirmed positive infections to 46,144. So far Kenya has tested 632,669 samples since March. The health ministry said the new cases included 471 Kenyans and 26 foreigners. The cases are…
More than 20 donors pledged nearly $1 billion for the three countries at the epicenter of a humanitarian crisis in Africa’s Sahel region for this year and over $700 million for 2021 and beyond, the United Nations announced Tuesday. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the funds will help some 10 million people in Burkina Faso,…
O Comité de Prémios de Jornalismo da Fundação Merck introduziu ainda uma segunda e uma terceira posições e selecionou mais de um vencedor Imprimir Partilhar Favorito Copiar texto Obter o logótipo da fonte Also available in English, Egalement disponible en Français Estamos a reconhecer a notória reportagem e o trabalho excepcional de jornalistas que frequentemente cobriram…
South African investigators are investigating 10.5 billion rand ($636.2 million) of the government’s coronavirus spending for corruption, more than double the amount they were investigating two months ago, they told parliament on Tuesday. President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised that corruption during the COVID-19 pandemic will be dealt with harshly after a spate of scandals sparked…
A Nigerian venture plans to raise 480 billion naira ($1.2 billion) over the next three years to buy electricity meters and help power distributors plug a revenue gap in Africa’s most populous nation. Less than a 10th of Nigeria’s 41 million households have their electricity consumption metered, and half of those are faulty, according to…
The sudden increase in COVID-19 positive cases and fatalities that has been witnessed in Kenya lately has raised concern amid a looming second wave. Ministry of Health officials said East Africa’s largest economy was staring at a potential crisis given the consistent spike in the virus caseload and deaths that had been reported across all…
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the African continent has reached 1,654,412 as of Tuesday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, a specialized healthcare agency of African Union Commission, said in a statement that the number of deaths due to illnesses related to the pandemic…
اقسم بالله العظيم ان احافظ مخلصا على النظام الجمهورى وان احترم الدستور والقانون . وان ارعى مصالح الشعب رعاية كاملة ، وان احافظ على استقلال الوطن ووحدة وسلامة اراضيه . كانت مفاجأة سعيدة لم أتوقعها وشرف لى أن أكون ضمن قائمة المعينين من قبل فخامه الرئيس عبد الفتاح السيسي وهو الأمر الذى أشعر معه أننى…
The Merck Foundation Media Awards Committee has further introduced a second and a third position and selected more than one winner WINDHOEK, Namibia, October 15, 2020/APO Group/ — Merck Foundation (Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany announced the winners of “Stay at Home” Media Recognition Awards for African Countries. The theme of the awards was ‘Raising Awareness…
