The COVID-19 pandemic is having a “devastating” impact on people displaced and affected by conflict, tipping many into hunger and homelessness, a new study by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) showed Monday. The report, titled “Downward Spiral,” is based on assessments and surveys in 14 countries, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Mali, Somalia and Yemen. According…
Egypt registered on Saturday night 128 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections in the country to 101,900, said its Health Ministry. In a statement, the ministry’s spokesman Khaled Megahed said 17 patients died from the disease in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 5,750. Meanwhile, 708 others were cured and discharged…
Some 3,000 workers from the country’s tourism sector have already returned to work after months of hiatus due to COVID-19, Mozambique’s national radio station RM reported on Sunday. Mozambican Minister of Culture and Tourism, Eldevina Materrula told the radio that this is part of the government’s efforts to resume economic activities in a phased way…
Egypt’s antiquities ministry announced Sunday the discovery of 14 coffins in the Saqqara area that had lain buried for two and a half thousand years. The tombs were found two days ago during an archaeological dig, and follow 13 wooden sarcophagus discovered in the same burial spot last week, the ministry said in a statement….
The Kenya Ministry of Health has announced 152 new cases of the novel coronavirus, tested in the country between Saturday and Sunday. In a statement sent out to the media, the Health Ministry said 13 of the patients are foreigners while the rest are Kenyans. The new cases are from a sample of 2,224 tests…
Zimbabwe is stepping up efforts to combat illegal trade in ozone-depleting substances (ODSs), a senior environment official said Wednesday. Zimbabwe had not been spared from the smuggling schemes to move banned ODSs and contaminated refrigerants across the borders, said Zimbabwean Environment Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu. “My Ministry is working with the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority to train…
Egypt reported 160 new COVID-19 infections late on Wednesday, bringing the total cases registered in the country to 101,500. Meanwhile, 17 patients died from the novel coronavirus on the same day, raising the death toll to 5,696, while 804 others were cured and discharged from hospitals, increasing the total recoveries to 86,549, the health ministry’s…
Zimbabwean authorities are in discussions with several international investment banks to support a new stock exchange that will trade exclusively in foreign currency, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said. “The interest has been huge,” Ncube told an analyst briefing. He declined to give further details. Yvonne Mhango, sub-Saharan Africa economist at Renaissance Capital, told the briefing…
Kenya’s Olympic champion and marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge was named a Laureus Sport For Good ambassador on Wednesday, on what was the two-year anniversary of him breaking the marathon world record in Berlin. Laureus Sport for Good, founded under the patronage of the late Nelson Mandela 20 years ago, currently supports more than…
Dr Rasha Kelej, Chief Executive Officer of Merck Foundation and President, ‘Merck More Than a Mother’ has been featured in the 2020 list of 100 Most Influential African Women. The list released by ‘Be a Girl’ initiative recognised her efforts through Merck Foundation programmes to train thousands of African doctors, to support African communities during…
