Zimbabean media are reporting that Ellen Gwaradzimba, the minister for Manicaland Provincial Affairs, has died of Covid-19. She was 60 years old. Gwaradzimba is the second serving Zimbabwean politician to die of coronavirus after Perrance Shiri minister for Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement who died in July last year. Read …
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Life in the Central African Republic’s capital is starting to return to normal after a rebel attack on Bangui according to the head of the United Nations peacekeeping force in the country. “I see that the people have resumed their normal activities here, thanks to the operations which were carried …
Read More »Pfizer vaccine deliveries ‘temporarily reduced in Europe’
Vaccine deliveries to Europe by Pfizer bioN tech will be reduced “as of next week” while the company increases its production capacity, Norwegian health officials have said. “The temporary reduction will affect all European countries,” Norway’s Public Health Agency (FHI) said in a statement. “It is not immediately clear how …
Read More »Unicef refuses a “white academic year” in DR Congo
Schools are still closed in the Democratic Republic of Congo since December 18, 2020. Accoding to the governemnt, this decision is taken to curb the spread of the second wave of the covid-19 pandemic. The UN agency asks the Congolese government to prioritize the reopening of schools while taking all …
Read More »The various variant of Sars-Cov-2, responsible for Covid-19
Different variants of Sars-Cov-2 were developed in England, South Africa, Brazilia and Japan. They are at the basis of an increase in contagiousness. Sars-cov-2, responsible of the covid-19 pandemic, has several thousand variants. It is a frequent and natural phenomenon. In the case of the British, South-African or Brazilian variants …
Read More »Commemoration of the 10 years of Tunisian revolution
Tunisia on Thursday commemorated the 10th anniversary since the flight into exile of iron-fisted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, pushed from power in a popular revolt that foreshadowed strife and civil war in the region, known as the Arab Spring. But there were no festive celebrations marking the revolution …
Read More »Wikipedia, the world’s largest free encyclopedia is 20 years old today
Nowadays, Wikipedia is the largest encyclopedia and has more than 55 million articles in more than 300 diiferent languages. this largest free encyclopedia was created on January 15, 2001. This giant encyclopedia, free and accessible to all is created from the ingenious idea of two mens: Jimmy Wales and Larry …
Read More »General elections held in peace in Uganda
Ugandans of voting age were called to the polls in order to choose their president and deputies. While we feared overflows in the country, the vote took place peacefully in Kampala. Most of the voters went to the poll earlier in the morning . Security forces were deployed near the …
Read More »Top 10 of the richest football players in 2020
From Lionel Messi to Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar,etc. these international players have not really felt the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on their earnings. In the list of the most winning players in 2020 made by Forbes, these stars without surprise are the top ten of the ranking. Lionel messi The Argentinian …
Read More »Covid-19: severe lack of oxygen in hospitals in Brazil
Hospitals in the Brazilian city of Manaus have reached breaking point while treating Covid-19 patients, amid reports of severe oxygen shortages and desperate staff. The city, in Amazonas state, has seen a rapid rise in deaths and infections. Health professionals, quoted by local media, warned that “many people could die …
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