As of November 09, the confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries have reached 1,882,818. Reported deaths in Africa have reached 45,360 and recoveries 1,587,135. South Africa has the most reported cases – 737,278, with deaths numbering 19,809. Other most-affected countries include Morocco (256,781), Egypt (109,201), Ethiopia (99,675), Tunisia (71,119) and Libya (68,117). The numbers…
Health Monitoring from 02 to 08
Douala, Cameroon’s economic capital city of some 3.7 million people is known for its hustling and bustling. But also now for something that puts fear in the minds of many- Gang violence. A group of young men in addressing the threat now go out with light arms to protect their neighborhood. “It was just a…
A Desert Locust Storm Somalia is seeing a desert locust invasion, the latest in the series of these pest storms that have been overwhelming several other East African countries this year. Exacerbating food shortages amid the unprecedented and already challenging covid-19 pandemic. Abdullahi Ahmed, a Somali camel herder, shares his disconcerting experience with the locust…
Pfizer says an early peek at its vaccine data suggests the shots may be 90% effective at preventing COVID-19, indicating the company is on track later this month to file an emergency use application with U.S. regulators. Monday’s announcement doesn’t mean a vaccine is imminent: This interim analysis, from an independent data monitoring board, looked…
Making Peace The Tunisian town of Gammarth saw Libya’s rival factions begin much-awaited political peace talks on Monday — brokered by the United Nations, the goal is to outline a roadmap to presidential and parliamentary elections in the country. The President of Tunisia, Kais Said, publicly addressed the gathering, “But only after this, and only…
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian was in Egypt Sunday where he sought to ease tensions with the Arab world, after uproar surrounding the republication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. Le Drian met with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, and Ahmed al-Tayeb, the grand imam of Al-Azhar, Egypt’s highest Muslim authority,…
Monitoring Defense and security from Nov. 2 to 9, 2020-CC
Residents of the Amhara region in northern Ethiopia bordering Tigray say they are “ready” to support Ethiopian forces in their conflict with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). One of them explains that the ethnic groups that make up the north of the country “cannot be separated, neither by religion nor by language”. “Our societies…