Africa

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  • US special envoy for Horn of Africa to visit Djibouti, Ethiopia, UAE

    Date: 2021-08-13 07:01:06 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:9 - ID:9108876

    WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (MENA) - US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman will travel to Djibouti, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates from August 15 to August 24. In a press briefing, the US State Department said that Special Envoy ....

  • Mauritania reports 280 new Covid-19 cases, 4 deaths in one day

    Date: 2021-08-11 21:42:15 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:98 - ID:9107172

    NOUAKCHOTT, Aug 11 (MENA) – Mauritania reported Wednesday 280 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the active caseload to 29,005, the Ministry of Health revealed in a statement. In addition, four death cases were reported over ....

  • Number of COVID-19 cases in Africa exceeds 7 million — WHO

    Date: 2021-08-10 20:44:21 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:82 - ID:9105397

    ADDIS ABABA, Aug 10 (MENA) – The overall number of coronavirus cases in Africa has reached 7,054,430, according to data released by the Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Office for Africa on Tuesday. The number of coronavirus-associated deaths ....

  • Egypt willing to supply African countries with Covid vaccines, says minister

    Date: 2021-08-10 11:42:43 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:38 - ID:9104407

    CAIRO, Aug 10 (MENA) – Health Minister Hala Zayed said Tuesday that Egypt is ready to meet the needs of African countries of Covid vaccines. Egypt will domestically produce vaccines at factories of the Holding Company for Biological Products and ....

  • S. Africa reports 12,371 Covid-19 cases, 271 deaths in one day

    Date: 2021-08-07 20:20:35 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:70 - ID:9100260

    PRETORIA, Aug 7 (MENA) - The number of Covid-19 infections in South Africa rose to 2,523,488 cases after recording 12,371 new cases over the past 24 hours, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases revealed Saturday. Meanwhile, another 271 ....

  • Africa announces rollout of 400m vaccine doses to AU member states

    Date: 2021-08-06 17:24:06 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:69 - ID:9098385

    ADDIS ABABA, Aug 6 (MENA) - Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa and African Union (AU) COVID-19 Champion, announced the start of monthly shipments of vaccines acquired by the AU / African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) to ....

  • SA records 13 777 new Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2021-08-05 19:25:55 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:88 - ID:9097060

    JOHANSBURG, Aug 5 (MENA) - South Africa has recorded 13,777 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24-hours, with the Western Cape recording the highest number of new infections with 4,097, SABC reported. A further 458 Covid-19 related deaths have also ....

  • Nearly 6 million patients recovered from COVID-19 in Africa

    Date: 2021-08-03 20:58:39 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:106 - ID:9092861

    WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (MENA) – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 6,787,146 as of Tuesday afternoon, Xinhua reported. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the specialized healthcare agency of the ....

  • Sisi follows up progress in "Julius Nyerere Hydropower" dam in Tanzania

    Date: 2021-08-02 20:35:03 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:78 - ID:9090959

    CAIRO, Aug 2 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Monday followed up on the implementation status of Julius Nyerere Hydropower plant and dam in Tanzania during a meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli and the ministers of housing and ....

  • S. Africa receives 2.8 mln coronavirus vaccine doses from US

    Date: 2021-07-31 22:28:11 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:79 - ID:9087914

    JOHANNESBURG, July 31 (MENA) - The first batch of Pfizer vaccines donated to South Africa by the United States arrived in the country on Saturday, the South Africa Newspaper reported. Acting Minister of Health Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane was at the ....

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