Mon 12 April 2021: Over 116,000 Somalis have been displaced by extreme water shortages since October 2020, according to a joint statement issued on Sunday by the UN and horn of African country. “Most parts of the country are facing critical water shortages, with more than 50 districts facing moderate to severe drought conditions,” said […]
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Sat 10 April 2021: The death toll from the recent armed clashes in El Geneina, capital city of Sudan’s West Darfur State, climbed to 137, and the injured to 221, the Central Committee of Sudan Doctors announced Friday. “The committee counted a new toll of victims, bringing the number of those who were killed so […]
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Fri 09 April 2021: South Africa has been ranked as the top global business services sector location for 2021, the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) has announced. “In a boost to business confidence, South Africa has won an award as the top global location for business process services, in a sector that is […]
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Fri 09 April 2021: Tunisia’s Ministry of Religious Affairs announced on Thursday that citizens are allowed to perform prayers in mosques, including the Friday prayer, outside of curfew hours. This came in a statement issued by the ministry one day after the authorities decided to tighten curfew measures in Tunisia due to a surge in coronavirus infection […]
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Fri 09 April 2021: SADC Heads of State have reiterated commitment to contribute towards the efforts of bringing about lasting peace and security, as well as reconciliation and development in the Republic of Mozambique. This amid a spate of attacks in the country’s Cabo Delgado Province in the last two weeks. [Read] #SADC Heads of […]
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Fri 09 April 2021: The United Nations on Thursday warned of the “imminent collapse of the health situation in Yemen,” stressing that tut is “untolerable.” “20.1 million people in Yemen are in need of medical assistance,” United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Twitter. It added that 51 per cent […]
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Fri 09 April 2021: Less than 2% of the 690 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered to date globally have been in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) office said on Thursday. The African countries started to receive vaccines only five weeks ago and in small quantities. “Although progress is being made, many African countries have […]
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Thu 08 April 2021: Africa should be able to have capacity to manufacture and distribute its own biotechnology to develop vaccines as COVID-19 continues to sweep the globe. Speaking during the webinar on World Health Day on Wednesday, Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, said depending on other continents should be the thing of the past. […]
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Wed 07 April 2021: South Africa has signed a deal for the procurement of 20 million doses of Pfizer vaccines. According to the announcement made by Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, payment processes are also underway to close the deal in the next few days. In addition, with the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) agreement also […]
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Wed 07 April 2021: According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP), 27.3 million people face “acute” food insecurity – some seven million of whom are suffering “emergency” levels of acute hunger. The DRC is “home to the highest number of people in urgent need of food security assistance […]
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