Kenya: Uhuru Says No Plans to Conduct COVID-19 Vaccine Trials in Kenya
26 April 2020 Nairobi — President Uhuru Kenyatta says Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and Primate Research Institute are involved in global efforts to...
Month : April 2020
S Africa: Apology issued for ‘blasphemous’ remark in mosque raid
Cele said an ‘urgent investigation’ was launched ‘to establish the identity of the person behind such sacrilege’ [File: Nic Bothma/EPA] Video shows police entering a...
Ethiopian Airlines has adapted, while SAA may die
By Victor Kgomoeswana 3h ago Aviation is among the biggest losers during the global lockdown imposed by the outbreak of Covid-19. Since the World Health...
steadfast!!
25 April 2020 As one of the five pillars of Islam, Ramadan is a time when the faithful take time to cleanse the body...
Insects: Our future food?
Anmar Frangoul It may seem unpalatable to some, but creepy crawlies such as crickets, caterpillars and silkworms could be the future of food. According to...
Severe hunger threatens Africa during COVID-19 lockdowns
Rowdy scenes of people scrambling for food in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, are the new normal. The federal government and dozens of humanitarian organizations distribute...
Separatist group announces self-rule in southern Yemen
Yemen’s internationally recognised government says the move bears ‘dangerous and catastrophic consequences’. 4 hours ago People inspect damage caused by floods on a street in...
‘Is it because I’m African?’: China’s coronavirus racism
China’s biggest African community in Guangzhou says Africans have been targeted in COVID-19 policies, banned from entering restaurants and shops, and even evicted from their...
Capitalism has no conscience
By Dr Ireen Mahamba – April 23, 2020 THE murder of Mbuya Nehanda, Sekuru Kaguvi, Chiefs Mashayamombe, Mashonganyika, Mutekedza and many others was a...
DP World to gain control of Sudan’s main port
A strike by angry port workers led to the suspension of a similar deal in 2018 [File: Ashraf Shazly/AFP] Officials tell Al Jazeera Sudan’s transitional...