The World Health Organisation Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged nations in the world to step up their political and financial investments to prevent future as he warned that the coronavirus will not be the last such pandemic. Ghebreyesus spoke on Monday during the launch of the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) 2020 report. “This…
The U.N. migration agency said Tuesday that a boat carrying migrants bound for Europe capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, leaving at least two dozen people drowned or missing and presumed dead. This is the latest shipwreck off the North African country. Safa Msehli, a spokeswoman for the International Organization for Migration, told The…
La Fondation Merck, la branche philanthropique de Merck KGaA Allemagne a organisé son premier Sommet de Vidéoconférence de l’Initiative des Premières Dames de la Fondation Merck (MFFLI) le 31 août 2020 pour définir et suivre les différents programmes conjoints qui vise à améliorer les capacités du secteur public de la santé et à renforcer la réponse au…
The National Center for Disease Control of Libya on Sunday reported 433 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country so far to 22,791. The center said in a statement that it received a total of 2,725 suspected samples, of which 433 tested positive, adding that 83 more patients have recovered and…
Asian and African markets opened higher Monday as investors creep back after a recent sell-off. The strong showing was buoyed by the resumption of trials of one the most advanced and promising coronavirus vaccines. British regulators gave AstraZeneca and Oxford University the go-ahead to push on following an investigation. AstraZeneca halted the trials last Friday…
At least 10 pupils have been killed and seven others injured after a fire burnt a dormitory to ashes at a primary school in Tanzania’s northwest region of Kagera, an official said on Monday. “The 10 victims were burnt beyond recognition and three of the seven injured pupils are in critical condition,” Marco Gaguti, Kagera…
Countries should join the World Health Organization’s (WHO) COVAX vaccine facility by a Friday deadline to help ensure that immunizations are fairly and efficiently distributed, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday. So far, 92 lower-income nations are seeking assistance via the COVAX facility, part of the WHO’s ACT Accelerator to boost the development…
Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany conducted their first Video Conference Summit of Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative (MFFLI) on 31st August 2020 to define and follow up on different joint programs that aims to advance public healthcare sector capacity and strengthen the response to COVID 19 in their countries. The MFFLI VC Summit 2020 was hosted…
An elephant named Hamed by residents in a southern region of Cote d’Ivoire has been captured and relocated to the zoo in Abidjan as he awaits transfer to a park where authorities hope he will have non-human company instead. Authorities are catching and relocating wild elephants that have disrupted farming communities, in a bid to…
عقدت مجموعة من قرينات رؤساء دول إفريقية اجتماعا أون لاين من خلال تقنية الفيديو كونفرانس، حيث شاركت في الاجتماع الدكتورة رشا قلج المصرية الأكثر تأثيرا في القارة السمراء. ووجهت السيدات الإفريقيات والتي بلغ عددهن 13 سيدة، التهنئة إلى الدكتورة رشا قلج لاختيارها ضمن قائمة السيدات الأكثر تأثيرا في إفريقيا لعام 2020، وهي المرة الثانية التي تحصل فيها…
