WHAT IS HAPPENING IN INDIA CANNOT BE IGNORED BY AFRICA: AU HEALTH CHIEF

Thu 29 April 2021: The calamitous COVID-19 outbreak in India is a wake-up call for Africa. African nations generally do not have sufficient numbers of healthcare workers, hospital beds or oxygen supplies – and the continent of 1.3 billion would be even more overwhelmed than India if cases surged in a similar way, said John […]

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SA PROFESSOR ABDOOL KARIM APPOINTED TO WHO SCIENCE COUNCIL

Thu 29 April 2021: Professor Salim Abdool Karim has been appointed to the newly formed World Health Organisation (WHO) Science Council. According to the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), the Science Council was established earlier this month to guide WHO’s science research. The nine-member team comprises internationally renowned experts from around the world, who […]

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SOUTH AFRICA’S NEW DEBIT ORDER SYSTEM TO COME INTO EFFECT 1 MAY

Wed 28 April 2021: The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) will introduce the Authenticated Collections (AC)/DebiCheck project from 1 May 2021 as part of its modernisation of the national payment system (NPS). This project, which is a first of its kind, seeks to address the increasing levels of abuse in the debit order payment system, […]

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BLINKEN, NIGERIAN PRESIDENT DISCUSS SECURITY CHALLENGES IN THE REGION

Tue 27 April 2021: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during held a virtual meeting with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama dueing which he addressed security matters and the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, State Department spokesperson Ned price said in a readout of the conversation on Tuesday.   “They discussed […]

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UAE BACKS FRANCE OPERATIONS ALONG AFRICA COAST

Tue 27 April 2021: United Arab Emirates has begun its logistical flights to support the France-led international alliance’s efforts in “combating terrorism along the African Sahel region,” the Emirates’ Ministry of Defence announced yesterday. “The first flight departed Abu Dhabi in the presence of the ministry’s Commander of Joint Operations at Saleh Mohammad Saleh Al-Ameri, […]

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