Egypt registered late on Wednesday 329 new COVID-19 infections, the highest daily cases since July 31, bringing the total cases in the country to 111,613, said the Egyptian Health Ministry. In a statement, the ministry’s spokesman Khaled Megahed said 14 patients died from the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll…
Merck Foundation’s STEM program partners with global and local institutions and organizations to empower women and youth in the areas of STEM. Merck Foundation yesterday marked World Science Day through their Merck Africa Research Summit (MARS) Awards 2020 for recognizing the Best Young African Researchers and Best Women African Researchers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering…
Merck Foundation yesterday marked World Science Day through their Merck Africa Research Summit (MARS) Awards 2020 for recognizing the Best Young African Researchers and Best Women African Researchers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). MARS awards since 2015 recognize the outstanding contribution of African Youth and Female Scientists to empower them in research and…
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…
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…
