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[ad_1] YAOUNDE, CAMEROON – Cameroonians have been flooding into the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Douala, where Archbishop Samuel Kleda claims he has found an herbal cure for COVID-19. The popularity of the archbishop’s alleged cure has prompted some authorities to try to make the treatment more widely available, even though …

[ad_1] Cape Town: More than 34,000 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Africa in the two months since the first confirmed case of the disease on the continent, with more than 1,500 lives lost. Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, Regional Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) for Africa, said that …

[ad_1] While many of the world’s markets have closed to curb the spread of the coronavirus, in Yemen’s capital Sana’a, the central districts that sell qat, the ubiquitous mild narcotic drug, are still full of people. Ignoring the rules of social estrangement, Yemenis struggle to select bunches of chewy leaves …

[ad_1] Egypt’s Civil Aviation Ministry announced on Friday that four flights departed for Washington, Moscow and Kiev to return to Egyptians who were stranded there as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. Sources at the ministry confirmed that two of the flights, operated by EgyptAir and Air Cairo, departed from …

[ad_1] Budour Hassan is a Palestinian writer living in Jerusalem who writes about politics, the environment, feminisms, and disability. As we locked down, sort of, in Cairo, I spoke with Budour about the pandemic in Palestine, and her thoughts and concerns about the future. This interview has been lightly edited …

[ad_1] Stellar Labs appointed Vicki Nakata to succeed David fox as CEO. Fox, who co-founded and steered Stellar Labs over the past six years, is transitioning to chairman, focusing on long-term strategic initiatives. Nakata, most recently serving as COO for Stellar Labs, joined the company in April 2018 as v-p …

[ad_1] Ethiopia continues to receive thousands of migrants returning from countries in the region and the Middle East, in response to the COVID-19 global health pandemic. IOM, the International Organization for Migration, is assisting more than 9,400 migrants in the country’s quarantine facilities. During the past few weeks, migrants have …

[ad_1] Photo: Archive ISLAMABAD: Technical talks are underway between Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to finalize the project and the salient features of the next budget for 2020-21 in a post-COVID-19 pandemic situation, News reported Saturday. Senior officials said the IMF has also linked the resumption of the …

[ad_1] BorkenaMay 1, 2020 The Ethiopian Ministry of Health confirmed on Friday that there are two other new cases of COVID 19. Approximately 912 samples have been analyzed in the past 24 hours. New patients (male and under 25 years old) were confirmed in Moyale and Jijiga, Oromo regional state …

[ad_1] The world will not be free from the COVID-19 pandemic until all countries are free from the coronavirus that causes it. This simple fact underscores the urgent need for the World Health Promises Conference to be held on May 4. Only by acting now to support developing countries’ ability …