Ahmed Eljechtimi, Reuters News RABAT – Morocco’s consumer price index rose by 7.7% year-on-year in July, the high commission for planning said on Friday. Food prices rose by 12%, non-food inflation increased by 5% while transport prices surged 18.5% on the back of higher energy cost. On a month-on-month basis, the index rose by 0.9%. Core…
Felix Onuah, Reuters News LAGOS – Nigeria’s sovereign wealth fund recorded after tax profit of 153.8 billion naira ($366 million) in 2021, down 1.9% from the previous year, the vice president’s spokesman said. Laolu Akande said in a statement on Thursday that the head of Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) had made a presentation of its…
Staff Writer, Mubasher Cairo – Egypt’s Armed Forces announced signing a contract to build the International Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research and Therapeutic Centre. The deal was signed in cooperation between Armed Forces’ Egypt Center for Research and Regenerative Medicine (ECRRM) and the US healthcare corporation, SYMX, according to a recent press release. The step reflects…
Staff Writer, Daily News Egypt Under the auspices of Banque Misr (BM), Egypt’s Chemical and Fertilisers Export Council, in cooperation with Egyptian Furniture Export Council, the Egyptian Commercial Service Office in Tanzania, and the Egyptian Exporters Association (Expolink) will embark on a trade mission to Tanzania from 26 to 30 September. Khaled Abu Al-Makarem — Chairperson…
Staff Writer, Daily News Egypt Mahmoud Mohieldin — Egypt’s UN High-Level Champion for Climate Change — said that there are many promising opportunities in the field of climate action in Africa, hailing the progress made by a number of African countries in the field of green hydrogen in particular. He also stressed the need to align…
VAO NEWS The World Health Organization says clinical evidence shows two monoclonal antibody treatments are effective at saving the lives of many people stricken with the deadly Ebola virus. The action follows a systematic review and analysis of randomized clinical trials of therapeutics for the disease. WHO Team Lead for Clinical Care Janet Diaz says…
VOA NEWS ACCRA, GHANA — Ghana has raised its benchmark interest rate to a record-high 22% as the country struggles to check soaring prices caused in part by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ghana is also trying to boost its currency, the cedi, which saw the second-worst drop in value globally after Sri Lanka’s rupee. The high…
VOA NEWS BLANTYRE — Despite a nationwide vaccination campaign that started in May, Malawi is struggling to contain a cholera outbreak that has infected more than 1,073 people and caused 44 deaths. The figures from the Malawi Ministry of Health, updated as of Aug. 16, 2022, are triple the numbers recorded when the vaccination campaign was…
Hossam Mounir, Daily News Egypt The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) issued on Wednesday the monthly bulletin of Foreign Trade in May 2022. The trade deficit reached $2.61bn during May 2022, versus $4.06bn in May 2021, a decrease of 35.8%. Egypt’s exports increased by 18.3% as it reached $4.01bn during May 2022, versus…
By AP At least 157 children have died in a new measles outbreak in Zimbabwe. The outbreak was first reported in the eastern Manicaland province in early April and has since spread to all parts of the country. At least 2,056 cases have been reported and virtually all of the deaths have been children who were…
