Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari called for “national healing” on Thursday as the West African giant marked 60 years of independence in the face of deep economic and security challenges. Africa’s most populous nation is holding scaled-down celebrations due to the coronavirus pandemic to commemorate six decades since it gained self-rule from Britain in 1960. Buhari,…
African countries should prioritize safety for the elderly population, whose vulnerability to the COVID-19 pandemic is higher compared to other population groups, an official from the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa, said older people are at…
Sudan’s government and rebels are to sign a landmark peace deal Saturday in a bid to end decades of war in which hundreds of thousands died — a historic achievement if it holds. Ending Sudan’s internal conflicts has been a top priority of the transition government in power since last year’s ouster of longtime dictator…
South Africa’s state-owned airline has suspended all its operations as it struggles to raise a bailout of more than 10 billion rands ($591 million). South African Airways, one of the country’s state-owned enterprises face allegations of corruption and mismanagement, filed for liquidation and bankruptcy protection in December last year. The business rescue team assigned to…
South Sudan on Tuesday said it will bar people traveling outside the country with cash exceeding 10,000 U.S. dollars in a bid to minimize cash outflows as Juba struggles to stabilize its weakened economy after years of conflict. Michael Makuei Lueth, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, said the new measure was recommended by the cabinet…
The Zimbabwean government says that it has put around 10,000 qualified but unemployed teachers on standby to replace striking teachers who have withdrawn their labor since schools re-opened for examination classes on Monday. Primary and Secondary Education Minister Ambassador Cain Mathema said measures have been put in place to employ the bulk of qualified, but…
Gaborone [Botswana]/Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 15 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany conducted their first Video Conference Summit of Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative (MFFLI). The MFFLI VC Summit was attended by 13 African First Ladies including the First Lady of Botswana, Neo Jane Masisi, who is also the Ambassador…
The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus has eclipsed 1 million, nine months into a crisis that has devastated the global economy, tested world leaders’ resolve, pitted science against politics and forced multitudes to change the way they live, learn and work. The bleak milestone, recorded on Monday in the U.S. by Johns Hopkins University,…
Botswana will be under the state of public emergency for another six months in an attempt to curtail the spread and transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s parliament said Monday. President Mokgweetsi Masisi approached the national assembly during an extraordinary meeting of parliament to seek a resolution for the country to be placed under…
South Sudan said on Tuesday that a partial reopening of learning institutions will commence in October amid declining COVID-19 positive cases. Awut Deng Achuil, minister for general education said the first phase of reopening that kicks off on October 5 will involve only 75,000 pupils in primary 8 and 35,000 students in senior 4 across…
