Africa Confronts Covid
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“… A strong voice for research centers and thought leaders across Africa with the World…” BREAKING NEWS Mali soldiers killed by rebels amid heightened political crisis GARMIN CONFIRMS RANSOMWARE ATTACK AS SERVICES COME BACK ONLINE Just a few days ago, Garmin…
The Upper Guinean Forest of West Africa considered as one of the “global biodiversity hotspot” due to its exceptional concentrations of endemic flora and fauna species. This natural treasure has lost more than eighty-four per cent (84%) of its original forest extent within a half century. Côte d’Ivoire, a key global diversity hotspot of Upper…
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Air Defense Forces intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles and six drones fired by the “terrorist Houthi militia” toward Saudi Arabia on Sunday night, the alliance said early Monday. Colonel Turki al-Maliki, spokesman of the Arab Coalition supporting Yemen’s legitime government, said the Iran-backed militia fired the missiles and booby-trapped unmanned aerial vehicles…
UN technical team set to board stricken vessel to avert environmental disaster from 1.4m-barrel oil spill JEDDAH: Houthi militias in Yemen finally backed down on Sunday over access to a stricken oil storage vessel to prevent it from leaking more than a million barrels of crude into the Red Sea. Engineers from a UN inspection…
The blockade, which was imposed by forces in eastern Libya loyal to Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA), has cost the country $6.5 billion in lost export revenue, NOC said. (File/AFP) There is significant damage to the reservoirs and infrastructure A first cargo of 650,000 barrels will be shipped by the Kriti Bastion Aframax tanker…
Photo released by the US department of defense showing US and Saudi military personnel surveying the damages to Khobar Towers in Dhahran 26 June caused by the explosion of a fuel truck outside the King Abdul Aziz Air Base. (File/AFP) The court ruled that the Iranian government directed and provided material for the attack The…
File photo of a nuclear facility Natanz that was damaged in a fire in July Iranian officials have denied reports of an explosion west of the capital Tehran on Thursday, the latest in a series of mysterious blasts to hit the country in recent weeks. Social media users reported hearing explosions in the nearby cities…
Nearly 50 million Africans could be pushed into extreme poverty owing to the coronavirus pandemic. According to the African Development Bank, West and Central Africa stand to be most hit by the economic slump. Nigeria, the continent’s most populous country, would see the greatest rise in poverty. In the bank’s latest economic outlook, roughly…
Africa Covid-19 update: 09:00 WAT on Thursday 9 July (10:00 CEST) According to the latest figures published by John Hopkins University, 12,043,922 cases have been detected worldwide, with 549,534 deaths and 6,588,485 people recovered. South Africa: 224,665 cases / 3,602 deaths Nigeria: 30,249 cases / 684 deaths Ghana: 22,822 / 129 deaths Source