By Henry Lyimo “MAN’S best friend” is a common phrase used to describe domestic dogs, referring to their millennia-long history of close relations, loyalty, friendship, and companionship with humans. It is claimed that the first time the phrase ‘man’s best friend’ was used, was in 1789 by King Frederick the Great of Prussia. “The only, […]
By Emmanuel Ntirenganya The global demand for macadamia outweighs the available supply, a situation that presents a business opportunity that Rwandans can tap into, according to actors in the horticulture sector. As Rwanda looks to diversifying its agricultural exports to reduce the high reliance on traditional exports like coffee, tea and pyrethrum, experts have argued […]
By Adejumo Kabir Oluwafunke Ajibola is the Treasurer of the Nigerian Nurses & Midwifery of Nigeria (NANNM) in OOUTH. A principal nursing officer (PNO) at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), in Sagamu, Ogun State, Ajibola Oluwafunke, has been sacked for speaking on the welfare of nurses on a radio interview. Mrs Ajibola, who is the […]
World Health Organization (Geneva) Brazzaville — With the recent emergence in the African region of new COVID-19 variants which seem to have higher transmissibility, the World Health Organization (WHO) calls on countries to boost genomic surveillance and analysis through the African genome sequencing laboratory network to detect any new mutations and strengthen the efforts to […]
As of December 30, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 2,698,318. Reported deaths in Africa reached 64,068 and 2,256,722 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases – 1,021,451 – and 27,568 people died. Other most-affected countries are Morocco (435,189), Egypt (135,233), Tunisia (134,802), Ethiopia (123,388), and Libya (99,350). For the latest totals, see the AllAfrica […]
