Agreement signed within framework of normalization agreement signed between Morocco and Israel in 2020. RABAT, Morocco Morocco and Israel signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday in the field of scientific research. Moroccan Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation Minister Abdellatif Miraoui and Israeli Science and Technology Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen met in the Moroccan capital Rabat,…
Summary Parts of Africa are already facing record hunger levels, driven by insecurity, climate shocks, and the economic downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. If food supply blockages were to continue and there was a famine, Sall said: “The world would not be able to contain the consequences because it would be massive on immigration.…
Summary The embargo was imposed in 2018 after a peace agreement ended five years of bloody civil war between factions loyal to President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar. When the embargo was last extended a year ago, authorities in South Sudan were given a list of political and security conditions in order for…
The US Justice Department says it has secured the forfeiture of a mansion bought by former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh for $3.5m (£2.7m) with alleged corruption proceeds. The property in Potomac, Maryland, is said to have been acquired through a trust set up by his wife, Zineb Jammeh. It has now been forfeited to the…
Senegal’s health minister, Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr, who has since been sacked from his post, says that the state is waiting for “the expert report from SENELEC (National Electricity Company of Senegal, ed)” to find out the cause of the fire that killed 11 babies late Wednesday. Senegal’s President Macky Sall fired the health minister on…
Deadly attacks attributed to armed jihadists against civilians and the military have multiplied in recent weeks in Burkina Faso, the latest of which left some 50 civilians dead in the east. This attack, carried out on Wednesday against the commune of Madjoari, which has between 15 and 20,000 inhabitants, but announced on Thursday, is the…
Last week, 874 cases of measles were recorded across the country with 15 deaths. KIGALI, Rwanda The Democratic Republic of Congo has recorded up to 6,113 cases of measles, including 73 deaths, in South Kivu province since January this year, health authorities said Wednesday. “The cases were recorded in different health zones in the province.…
French ambassador says it is not right to blame France for all of the continent’s problems. JOHANNESBURG Protesters in South Africa marched to the French embassy in the capital Pretoria on Wednesday, demanding that France stop interfering in African affairs. ”France continues to maintain strong and intimidating military bases in almost all African countries they…
Summary Symptoms include swollen lymph nodes, fever, headaches and muscle and body aches. The Health ministry urged anyone with these symptoms to go to health centres for proper diagnosis and treatment. No case of the disease has been reported in Tanzania, but cases have been reported in Europe in the past few weeks with the…
By AGGREY MUTAMBO Tanzania is ready for regional integration and is in the process of completing road and railway networks with the goal of linking neighbouring countries, hence contributing to continental integration efforts, President Samia Suluhu Hassan has said. However, the country will need more external funding to finance the construction of the next phases…