Despite Covid-19 pandemic, routine vaccination of children continues across the Middle East and North...
Despite the COVID-19 outbreak, most countries in the Middle East and North Africa continue with routine immunization for children while applying strict precautionary health measures.
However,...
African countries start easing COVID-19 confinement measures
When COVID-19 emerged as a global health threat, African countries were quick to enact public health measures to slow the spread of the virus.
Now...
FAO, AU commit to safeguarding food security amid crisis
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the African Union (AU) and international partners today described the food and agriculture system...
Jack Ma, Alibaba Foundations donate COVID-19 Medical Equipment to AU Member States
Africa’s response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak received a boost today as the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and...
AfDB approves $121.7 million loan, Euro 3 million grant to support water and sanitation...
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Wednesday approved a $121.7 million loan and Euro 3 million grant from the Rural...
S. Sudan: Hundreds wounded, villages looted in intercommunal fighting in Jonglei State
Hundreds of people have been wounded, families forced to flee their homes, and villages looted amidst intercommunal clashes that erupted mid-February in Jonglei State....
Chinese supermarket closed over coronavirus
Nigerian officials raided and shut down a popular Chinese supermarket in Abuja last week over concerns about the spreading coronavirus.
The supermarket is a major...
Cheap as bread, girls sell sex to survive crisis
By Reuters
Young girls in southern Africa are selling sex—sometimes for less than the cost of bread—to survive a hunger crisis ensnaring tens of millions,...
Former Sudan President al-Bashir gets 2 years for corruption
A Sudanese court convicted former President Omar al-Bashir on Saturday of corruption and money laundering and sentenced him to two years in a correctional...
ICC sentences Ntaganda to 30 years in prison
The International Criminal Court sentenced former Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda, 46, to 30 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
ICC...
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Ugandan Space Engineer Edgar Mujuni earns Global Recognition as IAF Emerging Space Leader
Ugandan Space Engineer Edgar Mujuni has been named by the International Aeronautical Federation as one of the world's Emerging Space Leaders. The recognition...
State House Diaspora Unit Head, rallies Ugandans in the Diaspora to build the nation
ONTARIO-The head of the State House Diaspora Unit, Senior Presidential Advisor Mohammed Bagonza, has rallied Ugandans in the diaspora to join hands with Ugandans...