First to come to Africa were the Arabs. They hunted us down like animals, captured us, castrated us, sold us into slavery and kept us in total bondage for 1300 years.
The European Union is set to give 15 billion euros’ (16.3 billion dollars’) worth of support to Africa and other regions of the world for their efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic. “In a few weeks, Africa and our neighbours could be facing the same enormous challenges that we here in Europe are currently facing,” […]
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases reached 10,075 in Africa and the death toll reached 487, the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) revealed on Tuesday. The Africa CDC, a specialised agency of the 55-member African Union (AU), in its latest situation update issued in Addis Ababa also disclosed that the confirmed […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says there are now 6, 860 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on African continent with 269 deaths. The UN’s health agency gave the update in its regional official twitter account @WHOAFRO. “They are 6, 860 cases on the African continent, with 269 reported deaths […]
Cape Town – South Africa on Friday reported its first two deaths from Covid-19 and more than 1,000 confirmed cases of the respiratory disease, as the country began a three-week lockdown to curb the pandemic. According to the Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, both deaths occurred in the nation’s Western Cape region, in which tourist metropolis […]
Johannesburg – South Africa on Wednesday reported six new confirmed cases of Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus – all involving people who had travelled to Europe. Thirteen people have now tested positive in South Africa, according to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases. The new cases are a 33-year-old woman who had […]
The International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) has announced re-election of Prof. Adekunle Okesina, as Africa Representative in its board for a term of three years. IFCC said this in statement signed by Prof. Graham Beastall , the Chairman of the Nominations Committee and obtained by News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on […]
Nigeria was the first African country to report a confirmed case of the virus on the continent before Algeria followed suit. Senegal, Tunisia and Morocco have also confirmed that positive diagnosis of the virus in their countries this week. READ ALSO: Lobi stars bus catches fire The virus has spread to 77 countries and territories […]
Abuja – The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, says African Regional Institute for Geospatial Information Science and Technology (AFRIGIST) is key to unlocking the prosperity of Africa. Fashola said this when the Executive Director of AFRIGIST, Dr Adewale Akingbade, and his team paid him a courtesy visit on Tuesday in Abuja. Also […]
Africa is free of coronavirus as the first suspected case in Egypt has tested negative for the deadly virus. The announcement was made by the Egyptian Health Ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday, barely 48 hours after the foreigner was admitted to a specially designated hospital for isolation after being announced as Egypt’s first confirmed case
Abuja – The World Health Organisation (WHO) says in the last 24 hours China has reported 1,820 laboratory-confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total to 46,550. Dr Michael Ryan, Executive Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme, said this in a statement posted on the agency’s website on Friday. Ryan gave the figures while briefing newsmen […]
The United Nations will support African governments to expand access to quality and affordable reproductive health services for disadvantaged groups like women and girls living in urban slums, officials said on Wednesday. Dereje Wordofa, the Deputy Executive Director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), said this in a speech read on his behalf by Hala Youssef, […]
Google on Tuesday announced the launch of a $1 million pan-African Google.org fund to support innovative ideas around privacy, trust and the safety of families online across sub-Saharan Africa. Seember Nyager, Policy and Government Relations Manager, Google Nigeria, said at the 16th annual Safer Internet Day (SID) “that Google was committed to a safe internet […]
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – The African Development Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union on Saturday acknowledged the significant progress made in implementing Agenda 2063 and urged African countries to go further to fast-track economic transformation. The call was made on Saturday at the launch of the first report on the implementation of Agenda […]
Abuja – Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the President of African Development Bank (AfDB) has expressed concern over the rising cases of stunted children caused by malnutrition in Africa.Adesina expresses concern at the African Leaders for Nutrition High-Level Dinner for Heads of State at Addisa Ababa. The speech presented by AfDB president was made available to the […]
Finance experts have projected that 2020 will likely be a turning point for sustainable finance in Africa’s mining sector. Nigel Beck, Head, Sustainable Finance and Mark Buncombe, Head, Mining and Metals for Standard Bank Group in a report made available to the newsmen, explained that as corporate proactively implement measures to operate more responsibly and […]
BALTIMORE, United States of America – Hemafuse, a surgical autotransfusion device, will revolutionize blood access across Africa. Hemafuse is designed to salvage and recycle whole blood from cases of internal bleeding. The device can be used in both emergencies and scheduled procedures to recover blood from where it pools inside of a patient, into a […]
Mr Muhammadu Buhari President of Nigeria has eulogized Brethren leader Lawn Andimi executed by Boko Haram, and criticized terrorist efforts to divide Christians and Muslims in Africa’s most populous state. Buhari in an opinion titled ‘Pastor Andimi’s faith should inspire all Nigerians’ said that : ‘The terrorists today attempt to build invisible walls
ABIDJAN – For the first time in a decade, investment expenditure rather than consumption accounts for more than half of GDP growth; report calls for urgent investment in education and infrastructure for good returns in long-term GDP; “Youth unemployment must be given top priority. With 12 million graduates entering the labor market each year and […]
Abuja – President of the African Development Bank, Akinwunmi Adesina, has said that the biggest thing to happen to Africa is the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), saying the free trade area itself is worth over 3.3 trillion dollars. Adesina, who stated this when he addressed State House correspondents in Abuja on Tuesday, expressed […]
