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NASSAU, Bahamas, Feb. 13, CMC – The Gulf State of Qatar has made a significant donation to government of The Bahamas, in an effort to help the country in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The donation of Personal Protective...
A November 26 letter from the presidency asked the head of Uganda's national drug authority to 'work out a mechanism' to clear the importation of the vaccines.
China has about five COVID-19 vaccine candidates at different levels of trials. It was not clear what vaccine was being imported into Uganda.
One of the frontrunners is the Sinopharm vaccine developed by the Beijing Institute of Biological Product, a unit of Sinopharm’s China National Biotec Group (CNBG).
On Wednesday, the United Arab Emirates said the vaccine has 86% efficacy, citing an interim analysis of late-stage clinical trials.
China has used the drug to vaccinate up to a million people under its emergency use program.
On Tuesday, Morocco said it was ordering up to 10 million doses of the vaccine.
Record cases
Uganda on Monday registered 701 new COVID-19 cases, the highest-ever daily increase, bringing its national count to 23,200.
The new cases were out of the 5,578 samples tested for the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said in a statement.
Tuesday's tally was 606, the second-highest ever number of new infections, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the east African country to 23,860.
Health authorities have blamed ongoing election campaigns which have drawn huge crowds for the rise in infections.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Kieron Pollard tasted defeat for the first time in 13 matches as reigning Indian Premier League champions, Mumbai Indians, crashed to a five-wicket defeat to Chennai Super Kings in the tournament curtain-raiser here yesterday.
The West Indies white-ball skipper made just 18 off 14 balls batting at number six and it was left to Saurabh Tiwary with 42 and Quinton de Kock with 33 to fire Mumbai up to 162 for nine off their 20 overs at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium.
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) support of Trump’s Deal of the Century with Israel reeks of treachery and betrayal. It stabs not only the Palestinians in the back but the aspirations and fate of all Arabs.
The December 10 announcement of the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel marked the fourth Muslim-majority nation in the past four months to officially 'friend' Israel.But it was different from September's historic Abraham Accords linking the Jewish homeland with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in the Persian Gulf, and different from October's normalization agreement with Sudan. 'Morocco […]
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(Reuters) - A record 269 million viewers tuned in for the opening week of this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL), which is being held in the United Arab Emirates due to the COVID-19 crisis, with viewing minutes up 15%, data released yesterday showed.
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We spoke to Anje Collins about her hot footwear collection.
[Dalsan Radio] Qatar government has called for investigation over SNA soldiers sent to Eritrea for training but reportedly taken part in fighting between Ethiopia and Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).
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In the last few decades, millions of unskilled workers from South Asia have migrated to Gulf countries due to limited opportunities at home.
In 2019, migrant workers from South Asian countries sent back $122 billion to their home countries, according to the World Bank.
The steep fall in oil prices slashes major source of revenues for the energy-rich Gulf states, a favorite destination of South Asia’s migrant workers.
Amnesty International reports that about 23 million migrant workers living in the Middle East have had their work hours cut short and lost their jobs, reducing their ability to send home money to families dependent on remittances.
This recent fall in remittances is the sharpest in recent history, World Bank projections show, adversely affecting millions of vulnerable unskilled workers.
With reports that several cases of the novel coronavirus have been discovered in the West Kingston community, which neighbours the teeming downtown Kingston market district, one urban planner wants the area shut down.
According to the Health Ministry some 721 people have been interviewed and 137 samples collected and sent to the National Public Health Laboratory for testing, as part of COVID-19 surveillance activities conducted in West Kingston last week.
Speaking with the Jamaica Observer on Friday, Professor Archer proposed a total lockdown along specific lines for the West Kingston community where the cases were reportedly discovered last week.
So in addition to the residents you have, also, persons coming in, and the prescription that the Chinese Government applied was a complete lockdown of the area so that it could be contained and that's both within the interest of the residents there and the wider community,” she told the Observer.
In early May this year, Professor Archer, speaking at a teleconference put on by UTech dubbed Prevention a Yard, argued that urban planing experts have been absent from the front of the battle with the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the Caribbean, despite being the ones with the skill sets most needed alongside that of health workers.
Even some of the best of Hip-Hop crews go through their ups and downs. Nelly is attempting to remove the smut put on his name placed by a former collaborator. As spotted on Complex former St. Lunatic member Ali had criticized the 'Hot In Herre' rapper for allegedly leaving the group behind once he hit stardom. […]
The toilet paper line Leafy joins a short nationwide list of black-owned paper product brands, and is one of the very first in Ohio.
The state opened a mass vaccination site at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx on Friday and is working with Black pastors to overcome worries about vaccine safety.
The materials arrived in the country today Sunday June 14 as support to Rwanda by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, along with his wife Her Highness Sheikha Hind bint Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum.
Speaking to media at the reception of the items, Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana the Director General of the Rwanda Biomedical Centre said that there was the support showcases partnership among the countries of the world, which important to fight the pandemic,
\"Since the pandemic has hit the whole globe, international partnership is very necessary.
Speaking on the behalf of Dubai, Sumeet Bhardwaj the Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Port World (DP World) Kigali said,
\"I see this as a sign of even stronger friendship between the UAE and Rwanda, and on a personal note I am grateful to his Highness Sheikh Muhammed (the Prime Minister of the UAE) along with his wife Sheikha Hind who have extended this generous support to all of us Rwandans.\"
Bonita Mutoni the Sales and Marketing Manager of One and Only Resorts Rwanda told media that their assistance towards the logistics of the delivery of the equipments from Dubai is aimed at supporting Rwanda to be safe again for its citizens and tourists who want to come in from outside
\"We have Rwandans working at the property (One and Only), we are also a key partner with Rwanda Development Board bringing tourists to the destination.
Meanwhile, Rwanda on Saturday, June 13 reported 31 new Covid-19 confirmed cases- the highest since mid-March when the country registered her first case.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) - England all-rounder Tom Curran has apologised to Sydney Sixers fans for withdrawing from Australia’s Big Bash League after becoming fatigued with playing in biosecurity bubbles during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Sudan's transitional government and the United States (US) are poised to reach an agreement for Khartoum to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation to victims of a 1998 al-Qaeda attack.
Delisting would relieve Sudan from a long list of damaging sanctions, including: bans on buying US arms and on US economic aid; a US veto of loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank; and a prohibition on US citizens engaging in financial transactions with Sudan.
Recall that the reason the victims of the 1998 bombings were granted the right to seek compensation from Sudan was because 'Sudan had knowingly served as a safe haven near the two United States embassies and allowed al-Qaeda to plan and train for the attacks,' as US District Court Judge John Bates found in 2011.
Now, with last year's ousting of Omar al-Bashir - the president who gave Al-Qaeda the springboard to attack the US embassies - Sudan seems poised to become an important regional ally of the greatest enemy of the radical Islamists.
Judd Devermont, Africa Director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, says even if the US lifts its block on Sudan's access to such loans, Sudan will have to pay its arrears before they'll lend it new money.
AJMAN, United Arab Emirates - A shipyard in the United Arab Emirates has launched what it describes as an 'industry game-changer' in the form of the largest composite mega yacht in the world. Gulf Craft, based in Ajman, unveiled the Majesty 175 alongside its owner in a splashing ceremony in late November, marking the end of a four-year effort to […]
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To the degree that Berbera becomes indispensable for Ethiopia, to that degree is Somaliland recognised - though only implicitly of course - as an independent state.
The Berbera project is important to Ethiopia's strategic imperative of access to the sea
Achieving such recognition has been Somaliland's eternal quest - so far with no apparent success.
Two years ago when Somaliland and DP World ceded 19% of the Berbera Port project to Ethiopia, Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo, without mentioning names, warned foreign countries and companies not to 'cross the line and put to question the sovereignty of Somalia.'
The Berbera highway also has a strategic purpose - to put an important political fact on the ground
The encounter seems to have borne some fruit as the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Representative for Somalia, James Swan, told the Security Council earlier this month that 'in regard to Somalia-\"Somaliland\" relations, we are encouraged that dialogue is ongoing at senior levels and that both sides have indicated a willingness to maintain communication and pursue further discussions.'
Ironically in his report, Swan urged that the commitment to dialogue and cooperation exhibited by Somalia and Somaliland should be extended to relations between the Somali federal government in Mogadishu and the federal member states.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) - India’s cricket board (BCCI) has received government permission to stage this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) in the United Arab Emirates, the league’s chairman Brijesh Patel told Reuters yesterday.
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May 18 : 5,959 cases, Buhari meets Task Force
\tTotal confirmed cases = 5,959 (new cases = 338)
Total recoveries = 1,544
Total deaths = 182
Active cases = 4,183
\tFigures valid as of close of day May 17, 2020
\tPresident Buhari on Sunday evening met with the COVID-19 Presidential Task Force team at his residence for their weekly briefing.
Other news:
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\t\tKano state officials donate half salaries to COVID-19 response
\t\tHumanitarian Affairs Minister delivers federal food support to Kano
\t\tNigeria impounds UK jet for flouting regulations
\t\tLagos outlines conditions for lockdown lifting
\t\tDelta, Bauchi, Zamfara States distributing food palliatives
May 17 : 5,621 cases, three Dubai returnees infected
\tTotal confirmed cases = 5,621 (new cases = 176)
Total recoveries = 1,472
Total deaths = 176
Active cases = 3,973
\tFigures valid as of close of day May 16, 2020
\tThree people who recently returned from the United Arab Emirates on an evacuation flight have tested positive for COVID-19.
May 16: 5,445 cases, govt on evacuees expenses
\tTotal confirmed cases = 5,445 (new cases = 288)
Total recoveries = 1,320
Total deaths = 171
Active cases = 3,959
\tFigures valid as of close of day May 15, 2020
\tDuring their press briefing on Friday, the presidential task force covered a wide range of issues relative to the spread of the virus and containment efforts.
May 15: 5,162 cases, Canada evacuation hits snag
\tTotal confirmed cases = 5,162 (new cases = 193)
Total recoveries = 1,180
Total deaths = 167
Active cases = 3,815
\tFigures valid as of close of day May 14, 2020
\tSpeaking at the daily briefing of the presidential task force, Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama disclosed that evacuation plans from Canada had hit a glitch.
May 14: 4,971 cases, recoveries pass 1,000
\tTotal confirmed cases = 4,971 (new cases = 184)
Total recoveries = 1,070
Total deaths = 164
Active cases = 3,737
\tOver in north-eastern Yobe State, there are reports of mysterious deaths which authorities say have led to 471 being buried in the past five weeks.
Rwanda on Thursday recorded 18 new coronavirus cases, the highest of the week, contributed mainly by citizens arriving from neighbouring countries.
The country has seen a rise in the number of positive cases since the beginning of June and has placed two border districts – Rusizi and Rubavu bordering the DRC – under total lockdown even as the rest of the country slowly eases back to normal life.
Coronavirus was detected among clusters of Rwandans repatriated from Tanzania and DR Congo, which led to the surge in the identified cases, Dr Sabin Nsanzimana, Director of Rwanda Biomedical Centre, told The East African.
No positive cases were reported from another group of 53 Rwandans repatriated from the United Arab Emirates in late April, most of who have been left quarantine and joined their families.
A group of 130 Rwandans coming from Uganda last week are also under quarantine, but no positive cases have been reported among them.
By ELAINE KURTENBACH and VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The military coup in Myanmar is unlikely to do the country's struggling economy, once considered a promising 'last frontier,' any good at all. Myanmar's economy has languished as the pandemic added to its challenges and the prospect of fresh Western sanctions in the wake of this week's army takeover will only make things tougher for those on the ground, economists say. It's unclear if China might help make up for lost business due to the increased political risks and potential for turmoil if public anger over the ouster of […]
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WELLINGTON, (Reuters) - The West Indies cricket team have been cleared to leave their biosecure facility in Christchurch today after their third round of novel coronavirus tests were negative, New Zealand Cricket said yesterday.
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