[ad_1] ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) – The African Union (AU) Commission on Thursday stressed that Africa’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic “is far from over.” The statement was made by Amira Elfadil, the AU Commissioner for Social Affairs, during the occasion when the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved a …
Read More »Rocket Lab Recovers Electron Booster in Big Step Towards Rocket Reuse
[ad_1] An Electron rocket prepares to launch. Rocket lab Rocket Lab, the leading company in the construction and launch of small rockets, on Thursday took what CEO Peter Beck described as a “major milestone” in its work to reuse rockets. The company recovered the booster for its Electron rocket after …
Read More »African countries urged to increase vigilance during the holidays
[ad_1] FILE – In this Friday, February 1, 2019 file photo, Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa. (Salvatore Di Nolfi / Keystone via AP, file) FILE – In this Friday, February 1, 2019 file photo, Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa. (Salvatore …
Read More »Clashes in Ethiopia could bring 200,000 to Sudan: UN
[ad_1] GENEVA The UN and its international partners are working on a response plan for some 2,000,000 refugees who could arrive over the next six months from the conflict-ravaged region of Tigray in Ethiopia, a refugee agency official said on Friday. from the ONU. Axel Bisschop, UNHCR representative in Sudan, …
Read More »South Sudan, Chad and Eritrea ranked worst African nations for girls
[ad_1] South Sudan, Chad and Eritrea are the worst African countries to live in as a girl, according to a unique index of its kind found on Friday, and researchers warned that the pandemic could delay efforts to keep girls in school, out of work. and without employment. safe from …
Read More »What explains Africa’s successful response to the COVID-19 pandemic?
[ad_1] In this opinion piece, Prof. Agnes Binagwaho, MD, MPEd, Ph.D. The Vice Chancellor of the University for Equity in Global Health in Kigali, Rwanda, and her research associate Kedest Mathewos explain why African countries fared much better than their Western counterparts in the fight against COVID-19. In 2019, the …
Read More »Africa Industrialization Day || Southern times
[ad_1] The COVID-19 pandemic that has affected the global socio-economic landscape has highlighted the need for Africa to industrialize and trade more to itself than to the outside world. Speaking ahead of Africa Industrialization Day, which is commemorated each year on November 20, regional integration experts said that an industrialized …
Read More »Information note from the Palais de Geneva on the situation of Ethiopian children fleeing to Sudan and the UNICEF response
[ad_1] GENEVA, November 20, 2020 – This is a summary of what Abdullah Fadil, UNICEF Representative in Sudan, to whom the quoted text can be attributed, said at today’s press conference at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.. “The first thing we notice is that about 45 percent of the …
Read More »Scottish writer Douglas Stuart wins Booker Prize for his debut novel ‘Shuggie Bain’ – The New Indian Express
[ad_1] By Associated Press LONDON: Scottish writer Douglas Stuart won the Booker Prize for fiction on Thursday for “Shuggie Bain,” a novel about a boy’s troubled maturity in the tough city of Glasgow in the 1980s that was rejected by 32 publishers before being picked up. Stuart, 44, won the …
Read More »Koeman does not see Messi leave Barcelona while giving a forceful response to the exit talk
[ad_1] Speculation continues to suggest that a talismanic figure could leave the Camp Nou in 2021, but his current coach is reluctant to be swept up in the issue. Ronald Koeman remains convinced that Lionel Messi will stay at Barcelona and has refused to be carried away by a debate …
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