By CGTN Africa Six-year-old Adam Abdel Maksoud is dressed up as his favorite cartoon character, Chase, from the TV show, Paw Patrol. But he’s not dressed up for Comic-Con. Adam is one of the nearly 600 people participating in the 13th Arab Robotics Championships. His teacher helped design a fun wardrobe so he’d feel comfortable. As the…
LONDON — The World Health Organization’s Europe chief warned Friday that monkeypox cases in the region have tripled in the past two weeks and urged countries to do more to ensure the previously rare disease does not become entrenched on the continent. And African health authorities said they are treating the expanding monkeypox outbreak as an…
By Jerry Omondi The Democratic Republic of the Congo on Monday declared the end of its most recent Ebola outbreak. The latest outbreak occurred in Mbandaka and was the third Ebola outbreak in the province since 2018, and the country’s 14th overall in the same period. The World Health Organisation (WHO) attributed the success in the…
By David Ochieng Mbewa The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations will take place in January-February 2024 instead of July-August next year due to heavy rainy conditions during that period in the host nation, Côte d’Ivoire. Confederation of African Football (CAF) president, Patrice Motsepe, confirmed the rescheduling on Sunday following a meeting of the CAF Executive Committee…
Merck Foundation (https://Merck-Foundation.com)the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany released the Ninth Episode of their TV program “Our Africa by Merck Foundation” on Saturday, June 11, 2022 in KTN, Kenya, repeated on Wednesday and in Sunday, June 12 on NTV, Uganda, repeated on Thursday. The program also airs on TV GH One TV in Ghana, every Sunday, repeats every Monday, and…
By XINHUA Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday welcomed the successful berthing of the first ship at the Lekki Deep Seaport, the country’s first deep seaport under construction in Lagos, the country’s economic hub. The vessel, ZHEN HUA 28 departing from China’s Hong Kong, delivered on Friday three ship-to-shore cranes and 10 rubber-tired gantry cranes that…
By XINHUA The World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday it’s intensifying its operations to the looming health crisis in eastern Africa amid acute food insecurity. Ibrahima Soce Fall, WHO Assistant Director-General for Emergency Response said the health risks in the region are increasing while access to healthcare is deteriorating. “The cost of inaction is high. While…
By XINHUA Twelve African countries have so far reported 1,782 cases of monkeypox cases, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) disclosed. Out of the 1,782 cases of monkeypox cases that have been reported in Africa. 1,678 of them are suspected cases while 104 are confirmed cases, Ahmed Ogwell, acting director of Africa…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Morocco began their 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations with a win against Burkina Faso at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Sports Complex in Rabat on Saturday. The match was preceded by a spectacular opening ceremony which paid tribute to women, Moroccan and African culture and featured a performance from rising Moroccan music…
La Fondation Merck en collaboration avec la Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Fertilité (IFFS) et la Société Africaine des Soins Reproductifs (ARCS) a organisé ce jeudi 16 juin 2022, une conférence de presse, pour marquer le mois mondial de la sensibilisation sur l’infertilité. L’occasion pour la directrice exécutive de la Fondation Merck et présidente de…
