Africa

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  • Zimbabwe loses $140 million of rough diamonds

    Date: 2021-07-25 14:01:13 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:66 - ID:9077319

    HARARE, July 25 (MENA) – As many as 350,000 carats of rough diamonds worth about $140 million, which were stored at repositories belonging to Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) and Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), have ....

  • AU: Africa should manufacture Covid-19 vaccine

    Date: 2021-07-25 09:31:31 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:42 - ID:9076913

    HARARE, July 25 (MENA) - African countries should be supported to manufacture Covid-19 vaccines on the continent to boost the fight against the pandemic, The Sunday Mail reported Sunday quoting Africa Union (AU) envoy for the coronavirus, Dr. Strive ....

  • SA records 433 new Covid-19 deaths, 14,858 cases in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-07-22 22:17:32 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:90 - ID:9074062

    JOHANSBURG, July 22 (MENA) - South Africa recorded another 433 new Covid-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Thursday. This means that there have been 68,625 fatalities from the ....

  • WHO urges African countries to expand COVID-19 vaccination

    Date: 2021-07-22 19:18:12 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:82 - ID:9073953

    GENEVA, July 22 (MENA) – The World Health Organisation has called on African countries to ramp up COVID-19 vaccination as the squeeze on vaccine shipments eases. WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, made the call on Thursday ....

  • Death toll from rioting in South Africa rises to 337

    Date: 2021-07-22 18:23:33 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:77 - ID:9073925

    PRETORIA, July 22 (MENA) – Rioting in South Africa this month has claimed 337 lives, the government said Thursday, marking a further jump in the death toll from the 276 announced the previous day, France 24 reported. "The South African police ....

  • Egypt chairs meeting of AFRIMETS' technical committee for quality systems

    Date: 2021-07-21 17:05:48 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:59 - ID:9072465

    CAIRO, July 21 (MENA) - The National Institute of Standards (NIS) chaired Wednesday the meeting of the Intra-Africa Metrology System's (AFRIMETS) Technical Committee for Quality Systems (TCQS), held earlier in the day via ....

  • Germany delivers N$180 million medical aid

    Date: 2021-07-21 13:03:39 GMT - Namibia - Africa - SN:38 - ID:9072105

    WINDHOEK, July 21 (MENA) - Namibia received a consignment worth N$180 million from Germany to aid in the combating of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to New Era Live of Namibia. The consignment, which will be delivered in two parts, include ....

  • US launches airstrike against Somali extremist group al-Shabaab

    Date: 2021-07-21 06:53:24 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:9 - ID:9071658

    WASHINGTON, July 21 (MENA) - The US has carried out an airstrike in Somalia against the extremist group al-Shabaab, said State of Defense sources on Wednesday. In a statement, Defense Department Spokeswoman Cindi King said that US Africa Command ....

  • Stabbing attempt on Mali interim president

    Date: 2021-07-20 14:02:53 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:44 - ID:9071066

    BAMAKO, July 20 (MENA) - Two armed men, including one who wielded a knife, attacked Mali's interim president Assimi Goita on Tuesday in the Great Mosque in the capital Bamako, France 24 reported. The attack took place during prayers for the ....

  • S. Africa reports over 11,000 Covid-19 cases, 183 deaths

    Date: 2021-07-18 22:03:41 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:86 - ID:9068893

    JOHANSBERG, July 18 (MENA) - South Africa recorded 183 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the total number dead from the Covid-19 pandemic to 66,859 to date. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) confirmed the latest figures on ....

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