Download logo We total this day: – 84 more cases (22 at Ydé, 61 at Dla and 01 at Bertoua) – 805 recovered, i.e. 19 more – 58 deceased We also have 70 oxygen extractors, 34 respirators, 27,000 extraction kits, 43,000 treatments, 100,000 masks, 3,000 thermoflashes, etc. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministère […]

Download logo The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday expressed serious concerns about the crisis facing Sudan’s transition in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that untold suffering awaits unless donors act fast. Barely a year after the removal from power of long-time ruler Omar al-Bashir, Bachelet said the promise […]

Download logo The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education, and the Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture will tomorrow hold a joint meeting for a briefing by the Department of Basic Education on an update and the status of schooling during the Covid-19 Lockdown. Details of meeting: Date    : 29 April 2020 […]

Download logo Nowadays, the much-admired gardens and once-full classrooms at the campus of Plasma University in Mogadishu are empty. Like the rest of Somalia’s higher education institutions, the university – with more than four thousand students and one hundred and seventy (170) people on the teaching faculties – is now off-limits in the wake of […]

Download logo The NBA 2K League (www.2KLeague.NBA.com) announced today that the start of its 2020 regular season will begin Tuesday, May 5 with at least six weeks of remote gameplay. All 23 NBA 2K League teams will participate in regular-season gameplay from their local markets with games simulcast live on the NBA 2K League’s Twitch (https://bit.ly/3aKPHrO) […]

In current times, during the Coronavirus pandemic, people have to stay home with their families and kids. Staying at home usually also means spending lots of time using different gadgets, in particular spending time on social networks. It means that the urge to update one’s social account with a kid’s photo can be even stronger. […]

Over recent years we have seen 3D printing becoming more accessible than ever and now this technology which seemed reserved for hi-tech conglomerates and spy movies is proving its worth in the fight against the Coronavirus. With the COVID-19 outbreak snowballing its way across the globe, medical supplies such as face masks, respirators and ventilators […]

On April 9th, the IMF and the Government of Gabon reached an agreement for a $147m facility that is meant to help Gabon address the challenges that have arisen due to the global Covid-19 pandemic. Prior to the pandemic, Gabon’s economy, that is driven primarily by the country’s 210,000 bpd oil and gas sector had […]

Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany announced the call for applications for ‘Stay at Home’ Media Recognition Awards for French Speaking African Countries in partnership with H.E. Madam DENISE NYAKERU TSHISEKEDI, The First Lady of Democratic Republic of Congo; H.E. Madam AÏSSATA ISSOUFOU MAHAMADOU, The First Lady of Niger; H.E. Madam […]

Download logo All the 2,557 samples tested were NEGATIVE for COVID-19 at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI). Of these, 319 samples were from the community while 2,238 samples were from truck drivers at border points of entry. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases still stands at 79. The current 18 admitted COVID-19 confirmed […]