Somali and Kenyan troops engaged in a minutes-long firefight on Saturday at the two countries’ shared border, local officials and witnesses said after the Kenyan side fired shots to deter Somali demonstrators from approaching. The incident took place at the frontier between the Somali town Bulo Hawo and Kenya’s Mandera, close to where the border…
Merck Foundation (Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany conducted its 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, H.E. Mrs NEO JANE MASISI, who is also the Ambassador of Merck More Than a Mother, to discuss their joint efforts to build…
The Democratic Republic of Congo drew lessons from its fight against Ebola to help it tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, said President Felix Tshisekedi. President Tshisekedi made the remarks in his pre-recorded virtual address to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday. He noted that the government took swift action to contain the spread of the…
President Paul Kagame and the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, on Wednesday, September 23, announced the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) had been set for next year in June. The statement indicates that the new date agreed with member countries will be the week of June 21, 2021. The meeting was to have been held…
The Ugandan government is proposing to test all teachers for COVID-19 ahead of school reopening. Sources close to the National COVID-19 Taskforce, who requested for anonymity, told Daily Monitor yesterday that their proposal is to see all teachers tested before they report. However, the Ministry of Education permanent secretary, Alex Kakooza, said while the proposal…
The Nigerian government has approved a sum of 1.96 billion U.S. dollars to construct a new rail line to link Nigeria to the Niger Republic. The decision was announced on Wednesday after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting chaired by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and attended by cabinet ministers in Abuja, the country’s capital….
The Kenyan Ministry of Health has announced that 141 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 from 3,307 samples tested in the last 24 hours, bringing to 37,489 the number of confirmed positive cases. Speaking during a press briefing on Thursday, Health CAS Dr. Mercy Mwangangi also announced that five more patients had succumbed to…
GABORONE, Botswana — Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany conducted their first Video Conference Summit ofMerck 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 Merck More Than a Mother, to discuss their joint efforts to build healthcare…
At least 23 people, including students, were killed after a fuel tanker explosion in Kogi state, central Nigeria on Wednesday, local road police said. Idris Fika Ali, a sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in the state, told Xinhua via telephone that the victims were burned beyond recognition. The incident occurred Wednesday morning…
The success of any COVID-19 vaccine will be dependent on public trust, according to the World Health Orgaizatio (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom. Tedros made the remarks on Wednesday in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly side event on infodemic management. The WHO chief called on stakeholders to ensure timely and accurate information reaches…
