Moroccan police have seized over the weekend in Casablanca 121,600 counterfeited facemasks before their packaging and labeling as genuine branded products of well-known companies selling medical supplies. A 32-year old man was arrested for his involvement is these unsafe products that pose great additional risks to consumers during the covid-19 pandemic. The fraudster was captured […]
Senegal Sunday registered the first death of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a widespread disease caused by a tick-borne virus (Nairovirus) of the Bunyaviridae family. The ministry of Health in a statement indicated that a patient who tested positive to the virus causing hemorrhagic fever, died at a local hospital on outskirt of capital Dakar. The […]
Gemcorp Holdings Ltd. (GHL), Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have announced the financial close of Cabinda Oil Refinery in Angola with a US$335-million project financing facility. The announcement comes as the project spearheaded by Gemcorp, a UK-based asset management company, to build a refinery in Angola has been well behind schedule, […]
