Kate Bartlett The Beijing-funded African Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is due to open in the next few months. The controversial project is just one example of China’s increasing investment in health care on the African continent since the pandemic as it builds what analysts and Beijing call a “Health Silk…
Lameck Masina Malawi’s health ministry says it will soon roll out Africa’s first malaria vaccine for children under age five. The RTS,S vaccine, which was tested in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi, took more than 30 years to develop. While the vaccine has a relatively low level of effectiveness, it has raised hopes of saving some…
Staff Writer, Mubasher Cairo – Egypt’s Minister of Local Development, Hesham Amena, said a sum of EGP 2.87 billion has been allocated to investment plan projects for North and South Sinai governorates during the current fiscal year (FY) 2022/2023. The development of Sinai is a key axis in the Egyptian government’s program, within the framework of the…
Reuters News CAPE TOWN – African countries will use the COP27 climate talks in Egypt next month to advocate for a common energy position that sees fossil fuels as necessary to expanding economies and electricity access, the continent’s top energy official said on Tuesday. The African position, criticised by environmental groups, could overshadow global climate…
By Jerry Omondi Namibian President Hage Geingob on Monday hosted Qatar’s energy minister Saad bin Sherida Al Kaabi for talks on energy cooperation between their two countries. According to the Namibian Presidency, Monday’s meeting discussed recent oil discoveries in Namibia and plans between the two countries to move from the discovery and development phase to derive…
By Jerry Omondi Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has urged for the strengthening of cooperation among member states of the East African Community (EAC) to realize the bloc’s potential across multiple sectors. Museveni made the remarks in his speech at the commemoration of Uganda’s 60th independence anniversary. “East Africa is a potential super-power of the League of…
Reuters The deaths of dozens of young children in Gambia from acute kidney injuries may be linked to contaminated cough and cold syrups made by an Indian drug manufacturer, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. The findings, announced by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, followed tests on several medicinal syrups that were suspected of…
By AFP Gambia’s President Adama Barrow on Friday said a surge in acute kidney injuries likely linked to a paracetamol syrup that killed dozens of children in past months was under control, with only two diagnoses in the last two weeks. Barrow said 66 children had died in the past three months from acute kidney failure…
By Halligan Agade The Suez Canal Economic Zone has signed a contract with a multi-national company that deals in infrastructure to develop and operate a customs and logistics center. The deal will see the modernization and improvement of the infrastructure at one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. The deal was signed between the Suez Canal…
Reuters Indonesia is in talks with several African countries, including Nigeria, to export and donate its homemade COVID-19 vaccine, its developer said on Friday, after becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to approve a domestically developed COVID shot. Indonesian approval for the shot, the detailed trial data of which has yet to be announced…
