The Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) ferried 19,502 people and 421,745 tons of cargo between Kenya’s capital Nairobi and the coastal city of Mombasa in July following the resumption of passenger services after a hiatus occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic, new data released on Tuesday showed. The passenger train service resumed operations on July 13 after…
The National Center for Disease Control of Libya on Wednesday reported 879 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country so far to 20,462. The center said in a statement that 82 patients have newly recovered and 10 more died, bringing the total recoveries to 2,329 and the death toll to 324….
ترأست المصرية الدكتورة رشا قلج، السيدة الأكثر تأثيرا في أفريقيا لعام 2020 و الرئيس التنفيذي لمؤسسة ميرك الخيرية الدولية أول قمة افريقية عبر الفيديو كونفرنس بمشاركة المالك ورئيس مجلس ادارة شركة ميرك الألمانية للصناعات الكيماوية و والدوائية وشاركت فى القمة السيدات الاول لـ 13 دولة افريقية : “أوكسيليا ميناجوا السيدة الأولى لزيمبابوي ؛ د. إستر لونجو ، السيدة الأولى لزامبيا ؛ د. فاطمة مادا…
The outbreak of COVID-19 has increased food insecurity in four major states of Nigeria, a report has shown. The National Bureau of Statistics in its latest report on the impact of COVID-19 said food insecurity appears to be prevalent across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the states of Kano, Lagos and Rivers. In Rivers…
More than 80 African migrants have been rescued from the Sahara desert after they were robbed and left to die by people they had paid to smuggle them to Libya, the U.N. migration agency said on Tuesday, citing survivors. Drivers abandoned four trucks carrying the migrants from Nigeria, Togo, Mali, and Ghana with no food…
Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany conducted their first Video Conference Summit of Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative (MFFLI) on 31st August 2020 to define and follow up on different joint programs that aims to advance public healthcare sector capacity and strengthen the response to COVID 19 in their countries. The MFFLI VC Summit 2020 was…
Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou said on Monday the military junta in Mali must work with the Economic Community of West African States to find a solution to the political crisis in the country. Issoufou, the current chairperson of the West African bloc, made the remarks while opening the 57th Ordinary Session of the Authority of…
Mamelodi Sundowns claimed this season’s Absa Premiership title in dramatic fashion on the final day after defeating Black Leopards 3-0 while Kaizer Chiefs could only draw 1-1 against Baroka. Both sides had gone into the season’s final game locked on 56 points but Chiefs boasted a superior goal difference of +21 compared to Sundowns’ +18….
Uganda’s Ministry of Health dismissed reports by some local media outlets which claimed it admitted to lapses in COVID-19 test results being released by laboratories it has accredited. According to the reports, the ministry said some people claimed to have received two different result slips, one indicating positive and the other negative, yet others claimed…
Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany conducted their first Video Conference Summit of Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative (MFFLI) on 31st August 2020 to define and follow up on different joint programs that aims to advance public healthcare sector capacity and strengthen the response to COVID 19 in their countries. The MFFLI VC Summit 2020 was hosted by Prof. Dr….
