Uganda Issues its First Electronic Passports to Citizens
25/05/2022Uganda has become the first country in East Africa to issue electronic passports to its residents. After the government phased out the old document readers, those who have not yet.
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C.A.R to Launch Bitcoin Investment Platform Called ‘Sango’
25/05/2022The Central African Republic’s presidency announced the establishment of the continent’s first legal Bitcoin Investment Platform called ‘Sango’, extending the impoverished country’s embrace of digital finance despite warnings from the.
Africa
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WHO Chief Tedros Reappointed to Second Five-Year Term
25/05/2022Ethiopian Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was re-elected as head of the World Health Organization, WHO, for a second five-year on Tuesday. The director-general received more than two-thirds of the votes cast.
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Africa objects to U.S. push to reform health rules at WHO Assembly
25/05/2022African countries objected on Tuesday to a U.S.-led proposal to reform the International Health Regulations (IHR), a move delegates say might prevent passage at the World Health Organization’s, WHO, annual.
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Youth
Investing in the African Youth to Foster Development
25/05/2022The justification for youth development is captured in the words of former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo who stressed that youths are the foundation of a society. Their innovativeness, character, willpower.
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Egypt’s Suez Canal Revenue Expected to Hit $7 Billion by Year-end
24/05/2022Egypt’s Suez Canal is expecting revenues worth around $7 billion by the end of the current financial year. According to Egypt’s finance minister, Mohamed Maait, tourism revenues are predicted to.
Peace and Security
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German Chancellor vows to support Niger’s fight against Islamist militants
24/05/2022German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, promised Niger long-term military and financial support to fight Islamist insurgents across West Africa during a visit on Monday on his inaugural Africa tour. Niger has.
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SDGs
WHO says no urgent need for mass monkeypox vaccinations
24/05/2022The World Health Organization, WHO, does not believe the monkeypox outbreak outside of Africa requires mass vaccinations as measures like good hygiene and safe sexual behaviour will help control its.
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Indian vaccine giant Serum plans African plant in global expansion
24/05/2022The Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s biggest vaccine maker, is considering setting up its first manufacturing plant in Africa as it looks to expand globally after its success.
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Nigeria and the battle against Malaria: the way Forward
24/05/2022Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites transmitted to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. It is, however, preventable and curable. In Nigeria, malaria has become.