BAT progresses COVID-19 candidate vaccine into Phase I human clinical trials
Vaccines manufactured using BAT’s vaccine platform have the potential to be stable at room temperature, which could offer significant advantages
Category: Africa
Who has deployed UPDF in Somalia!
Is this deployment another way of managing a large unproductive force that is also becoming unmanageable to get funding from USA, since it is only war that keeps this army busy?
South Sudan’s two big foreign policy questions
Kampala—4, December 2020: On 28 November, Ethiopian federal forces claimed to have captured Mekelle, the…
Widespread COVID-19 vaccination in Africa will likely start mid-2021
“The largest immunization drive in Africa’s history is right around the corner, and African governments…
Humanitarian sector neglecting older people, exacerbated by COVID-19
The statistics in the report are taken from needs assessments carried out in the following…
Gashumba: “Banyarwanda are Ugandans, no one chooses their tribe”
The Banyarwanda predicts that tribal discrimination might cause violence, division and disunity in Uganda. Open…
Chronic underinvestment in clean energy putting millions in Sub-Saharan Africa at risk
Key points: Many are left behind in energy transition The world is neglecting investment in…
Malawian president Dr Chakwera expected in Zambia
Zambian President Edgar Lungu: “Zambia and Malawi share strong historical bilateral ties and a common…
Tanzania cracks whip on WhatsApp groups over ‘inciteful’ Covid-19 messages
Dodoma—August, 3 2020: According to Citizen Digital, Kenya, the government of Tanzania has now launched…
Women can help Rwanda recover faster from Covid-19 pandemic
Rwanda – 30, July 2020: Rwanda can recover faster from the Covid-19 if women entrepreneurs…
CDF Gen David Muhoozi flags-off UPDF aviation unit to Somalia
Nakasongola—22, July 2020: On Tuesday, 21 July this year, the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF)…
Ethiopia ratifies the AU Protocol on the rights of older people despite Covid-19
Addis Ababa, 10 July 2020: The Federal Government of Ethiopia has on Thursday ratified the…