أحمد أيمن يحتفل العالم باليوم الدولي للمرأة في يوم 8 من شهر مارس كل عام ويعد من أكبر الاحتفالات بالمرأة ودعم دورها الفعال في المجتمع على مستوى العالم وأشادت الدكتورة رشا قلج عضو مجلس الشيوخ والرئيس التنفيذي لمؤسسة ميرك الدولية الخيرية، بالدور الكبير التى تقوم به المرأة في مصر والعديد من دول العالم والقارة الأفريقية…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Egyptian side Pyramids FC became the first team to qualify for the knockout stage of this season’s CAF Confederation Cup after drawing 1-1 against Tunisia’s CS Sfaxien in their Group A match on Sunday. Walid El Karti scored for Pyramids FC, runners-up in 2020, on the stroke of halftime before Firas Chaouat…
By AFP The death toll from a cyclone that struck Mozambique this week climbed to 12 on Sunday after devastating wind and rain lashed the southern African country. Cyclone Gombe has affected more than 30,000 people, injuring 40, and destroyed more than 3,000 homes since making landfall on Friday. Powerful winds reaching 170 kilometres per hour…
By CGTN Africa The flooding of Lake Albert, in Africa’s Great Lakes Region, has caused huge economic losses on the shores of Uganda, where people were already struggling to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Buliisa district alone, situated on the north-eastern edge of Lake Albert, the flooding is thought to have resulted…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Mamelodi Sundowns underlined their credentials as one of the title favourites in this season’s CAF Champions League after defeating defending champions Al Ahly 1-0 in their Group A match on Saturday. Namibian forward Peter Shalulile scored the only goal of the game in the 23rd minute as the South African side completed…
By XINHUA The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and South Sudan’s Ministry of General Education on Thursday launched a project to strengthen technical, vocational education and training programs in the country. The four-year project, aimed at empowering youth, young women, teachers and returnees, will be implemented by nine-line ministries in collaboration with the…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Africa will rebound in its post-pandemic economic recovery and rediscover its pre-pandemic growth levels as it shrugs off the slump caused by the coronavirus, according to a continental socioeconomic commentator. Dr. Aslam Dasoo, co-convener of the Progressive Health Forum, however, said the rebound, though uneven, will taper off with time and the…
By XINHUA Some 53 African countries have conducted 100,554,471 COVID-19 tests so far, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said in the latest weekly briefing held Thursday. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union, said 1,068,624 new tests were reported during the past week. This is an 18…
By Halligan Agade Kenya has lifted the mandatory requirement of wearing facemasks in open public spaces as the coronavirus pandemic positivity rate dropped to 1 percent over the past month. While making the announcement on Friday, Kenya’s health minister, Mutahi Kagwe, encouraged Kenyans to maintain social distancing and avoid crowding in public spaces to prevent the…
By XINHUA Total eradication of polio in sub-Saharan Africa will be within reach if governments and multilateral lenders intensify routine immunization targeting children in the continent’s high-risk outposts, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Friday. Modjirom Ndoutabe, coordinator of polio eradication program at the WHO Regional Office for Africa, said that mass inoculation of…
