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Pandemic continues spreading in Africa, Tanzania questions quality of Covid 19 tests

As the coronavirus pandemic continues spreading in Africa with over 45,500 confirmed cases and 1,820 fatalities, many questions are being raised on the quality of Covid 19 tests sent to the continent.   President John Magufuli of Tanzania directly questioned the coronavirus test kits used in his country. Speaking Sunday from his residence in Chato, […]

GYPTO Pharma to manufacture drugs in KSA under $129m deal

Egyptian holding company GYPTO pharma and several other local companies signed Monday $129.44 million worth of contracts with Saudi Arabian Med City Pharma company to transfer drug manufacturing technology and production to the kingdom, ‘Ahram Online’ reports. Under the deal, GYPTO Pharma will also manufacture some of its drug brands in Med City’s factories in […]

‘Revolutionary’ Call for EU to Equip African Armies

The EU’s defense ministers are to discuss next week the call for the Union to consider equipping African armies. This highly controversial idea that was put forward by a group of countries led by Germany is likely to trigger a sharp debate within and between the EU’s institutions. Proponents of the idea argue that the […]