Cameroon’s 87-year-old President Paul Biya has made a televised address to his people ending more than two months of silence as the central African nation dealt with a burgeoning coronavirus crisis. Biya’s long silence was for supporters a sign of gravitas but for critics one of failure. “Like most countries in the world Cameroon is…
May 19: Cases top 6,000; lockdown lifting risky Total confirmed cases = 6,175 (new cases = 216)Total recoveries = 1,644Total deaths = 191Active cases = 4,340 Figures valid as of close of day May 18, 2020 The federal government says Nigeria is not ready for total lifting of lockdown, hence the first level of easing…
Another island nation, Seychelles, has attained virus-free status after the Health Ministry announced full recoveries as of Monday May 18. The country becomes the third in recent times to achieve the feat behind Mauritius and Eritrea. The last cabinet meeting held on May 13 largely focused on COVID-19 containment efforts in the country as a resumption of life was…
As Merck Foundation CEO and as an African woman, I am excited to invite you to read our new inspiring storybook, “MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE “. I wanted this storybook to be part of our Africa Community awareness campaign about Coronavirus. I strongly believe that this unsettling period due to the coronavirus scare is difficult for everyone, full…
Dozens have been killed in flooding in Somalia that has affected nearly 1 million people and displaced over 400 thousand from their homes, according to the United Nations. People struggled to wade through flood water in the central Somalian city of Beledweyne after the Shabelle river burst its banks on Sunday and 1,200 people have…
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and growing tensions in the country, Burundi will, on Wednesday, hold general elections. The small African country of the Great Lakes region and its 11 million inhabitants are trying to emerge from a deadly political crisis born of President Nkurunziza’s controversial candidacy for a third term in April 2015. Unlike Ethiopia, which…
Officials and experts are sounding the alarm as Malawi shifts to top campaign gear with giant rallies for an unprecedented presidential re-run despite the coronavirus pandemic. Malawi University of Science and Technology virologist Gama Bandawe warned that the consequences would be dire. “It effectively leaves us to face the full unmitigated force of the pandemic,”…
• Merck Foundation marks World Health Day to raise awareness on Coronavirus.• Rasha Kelej CEO of Merck Foundation started “Separated but Connected” Initiative. MUMBAI, India–(Antara/BUSINESS WIRE)– Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, announced the call for applications for ‘Stay at Home’ Media Recognition Awards for the journalists in Asian countries. The theme of…
Areas in the Eritrean capital Asmara will as of today be undergoing random and extensive testing as part of government efforts to better understand and contain any possible cases of COVID-19. Aside residents, frontline workers and resident of border areas will also be tested. The Horn of Africa nation declared virus-free status on Friday (May 15)…
May 16: Nigeria receives COVID-Organics, scientific tests ordered Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday (May 16) received the country’s share of a purported coronavirus herbal cure, COVID-Organics. The made-in-Madagascar cure was delivered to Buhari by Equatorial Guinea president Umaru Sissoco Embalo who was in Abuja on official visit. Buhari subsequently ordered that the consignment be sent to…
