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World leaders, health groups, and pharmaceutical firms have announced an African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator initiative to the tune of $1.2 billion that will incentivize and offset start-up costs for vaccine manufacturing in the continent. The initiative is “an essential step towards a genuine African vaccine market,” French President Emmanuel Macron said at the opening of […]
Zimbabwe eyes the membership of BRICS grouping, hoping this would enhance the country’s opportunities for free trade with other member states, with experts saying that the African continent would benefit from the BRICS expansion to include five new countries from Africa and the Middle East. Speaking at a recent BRICS international forum in Vladivostok, Zimbabwe’s […]
Botswana has ascended to the rank of the top diamond producer globally, unseating sanctions-hit Russia. Most of Botswana’s diamond found in the Orapa diamond deposit is operated by De Beers, a leading diamond company. Following the G7 sanctions on Russia, De Beers moved its auctions to Botswana to streamline its business operations and facilitate the […]
A tripartite partnership agreement meant to improve refugees’ access to healthcare was signed on Thursday in Rabat between the Noufissa Pharma 5 Foundation, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Moroccan Family Planning Association (AMPF). The agreement, signed on World Refugee Day, aims to strengthen the joint medical program between the UNHCR […]
King Mohammed VI has urged the Government to make sure that the results of the upcoming general population and housing census to take place next September 1 to 30 are processed and analyzed diligently, to be used as a structuring tool for public policies at both national and local levels. In a letter addressed to […]
At the UN C24 forum, Morocco has received steady support in recent years despite Algeria’s attempt to use the UN forum to serve its separatist agenda in southern Morocco, or the Sahara. Morocco was the first to list the Sahara issue in the UN’s Special Committee on Decolonization, known as C24, in 1975 when it […]
The number of beneficiaries of the mandatory health insurance in Morocco hit a new record at 23 million as the country forges ahead with its social reform plans, the African Development Bank said. The number grew from just 7.8 million beneficiaries and from 20,000 daily reimbursement requests to 60,000 daily requests currently, the Bank said. […]
Violent protests resumed in Algeria’s southwestern city of Tiaret where taps have been dry for days including during Eid celebrations, amid total blackout from local media. First reported by AP, AFP has also zoomed in on the tensions in Tiaret where the population blocked streets and torched tires to express their anger at the government […]
Nigeria should brace for tough times ahead in the fight against terrorism as armed groups relocate from northern Benin to its north, a report warned. Armed extremists are increasingly settling in Kainji Lake National Park, one of Nigeria’s largest, where other armed groups have also gained access, the Clingendael Institute think tank said in a […]
Polisario chief Brahim Ghali, who received in 2001 life-saving medical treatment in Spain, had left the European country without paying racked up bills of 45,658 euros for intensive care, medications, and services provided during his 44-day stay in hospital. After contracting Covid-19, Head of the Polisario armed militia was smuggled into Spain by the Algerian […]