Zimbabwe’s state security minister on Monday alleged a plot by “rogue elements” in the opposition working with Western governments to smuggle in guns and foment chaos, signalling another possible crackdown. Without providing evidence, Owen Ncube told reporters the plot was part of a wider plan to oust President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government illegally. Similar…
Gaborone [Botswana]/Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 15 : 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 of…
Somali President Mohamed Farmaajo said his administration has intensified the fight against terrorism in the country, weakening the Al-Shabaab terror group which has been fighting to topple the internationally-recognized government. Farmaajo who participated in a panel discussion on the country’s elections in Mogadishu on Saturday night said the Al-Qaeda allied terror group has lost several…
At least 1,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) have returned home in Baga, a town in Nigeria’s northeast Borno state, after months of displacement by Boko Haram insurgents, an official has said. Babagana Umara Zulum, the governor of Borno state, who returned to Maiduguri, the state capital, after spending two nights in the town, urged the…
Kenya plans to focus on the Chinese market in order to boost its exports in the next few years, an official said on Monday. Wilfred Marube, CEO, Kenya Export Promotion and Branding Agency (KEPROBA) told Xinhua in Nairobi that China offers the greatest potential out of the country’s current trading partners due to its huge…
As South Africa still faced with serious energy problems including electricity blackouts, President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday said measures were in place to ensure energy reforms that would address the crisis. “Our energy security is precarious and load-shedding imposes very high costs on our economy,” Ramaphosa said, adding that dealing with energy crisis would boost…
La Fondation Merck (http://www.Merck-Foundation.com), 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 Sommet VC MFFLI a réuni 13 Premières Dames Africaines, dont la Première Dame du Botswana, S.E. Mme NEO JANE MASISI, qui est également l’Ambassadrice de Merck Plus Qu’une Mère, pour discuter de…
South Africa reported 969 new confirmed coronavirus cases raising the total number of cases in the country to 669,498. A statement from the Minister of Health Dr. Zweli Mkhize said that the cases were reported from a total of 11,359 tests carried out in the last 24 hours. South Africa has so far carried out…
Egypt recorded late on Saturday 111 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections in the country to 102,736, said the Health Ministry. In a statement, the ministry’s spokesman Khaled Megahed said 16 patients died from the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 5,869. The spokesman also said 834 others…
More than 36,000 Kenyans lost their jobs both in the formal and informal sector amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Labour and Social Services said, noting that the figure could be higher since most people who lost their employment failed to report the loss. The ministry revealed in a report tabled to the National…
