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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is yet to lift the visa restriction on Nigerian travellers after a two-year diplomatic row, President Bola Tinubu's spokesman said on Tuesday. A document credited to the UAE Embassy, Abuja in circulation on social media claimed that the UAE has lifted the restriction on travel visa for Nigerians. It claimed […]
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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.
TT has signed a bilateral air service agreement with Curacao.
Speaking on Friday at the signing ceremony, Minister of Works and Transport Rohan Sinanan said the signing signifies the culmination of an almost decade-long negotiation.
The ministry said in a press release that the signing “heralds a new era of connectivity, enabling seamless travel opportunities.”
It said the agreement will “create avenues for Caribbean Airlines and Curacao's designated airlines to enhance their air services and facilitate more extensive commercial route development between the regions.”
The ministry said the agreement will also foster economic growth, bolster tourism opportunities and enhance trade relations between the two countries.
Curacao’s Minister of Traffic Transportation and Urban Planning, Charles Cooper, said, “The new treaty, which falls under the open skies category, aims to regulate aviation connections between Curacao and TT, providing the greatest operational and commercial freedom.”
He said the lack of intra-regional flights between many Caribbean nations, inclusive of Curacao and TT, is evidence of the need for more air service agreements of this nature.
Sinanan added, “This agreement allows us to look forward to a future of strengthened ties, increased connectivity and mutual prosperity.”
He said this agreement was the first of many planned agreements with other countries.
“We have the agreement with Qatar to be signed by February, then we go on to sign Ghana soon after that. There are also agreements in the pipeline that we will roll out next year.”
The post Trinidad and Tobago signs bilateral air service agreement with Curacao appeared first on Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.
The Indian Ocean archipelago of the Seychelles will on Sunday be among the first African nations to begin vaccinating its population against the coronavirus.
More than 2000 Guyanese are supporting ExxonMobil Guyana’s operations, representing 55 percent of the total workforce.
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By Joseph Williams, Word in Black As George Mason University’s “chief wellbeing officer,” Dr. Nance Lucas wanted to create a positive, healthy environment for stressed-out students. Along with classes on […]
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President Donald Trump has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by a member of the Norwegian parliament, citing the recent peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
In a historic moment for the Texas Rangers franchise, they clinched their first World Series championship title after defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 in Game 5. The Rangers' victory came […]
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[Daily Trust] With many rice mills springing up in Kano State, coupled with increase in production, the state is gradually becoming the hub of rice, not only in Nigeria but West Africa.
[CAF] AS Mande will be making their second CAF Women's Champions League appearance after playing in the inaugural 2021 edition in Egypt.
Egyptian authorities on Saturday released a journalist working for Qatar’s Al Jazeera television network who was held in pre-trial detention for more than four years, his brother and a lawyer told Reuters. Mahmoud Hussein, an Egyptian detained in December 2016 after arriving in Cairo from Doha on vacation, was held on charges of spreading false news, joining a banned group and receiving foreign funds. He was released after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt agreed in January to restore diplomatic, trade and travel ties with Qatar, severed in 2017 over allegations that Qatar supported terrorism, a charge Doha denies. A Cairo court ordered Hussein’s release with “precautionary measures”, pending investigations on Feb. 1, his brother, Nageh Hussein, and lawyer Taher Abou al-Nasr told Reuters. Abou al-Nasr said prosecutors had not appealed against the decision, as they had against a similar decision in 2019. It was not immediately clear what the release conditions were but Nageh Hussein said his brother may have to spend several hours a week in a police station. Al Jazeera Media Network welcomed the news. “No journalist should ever be subjected to what Mahmoud has suffered for the past four years for merely carrying out his profession,” the TV network said in a statement on its website. A video posted by his brother on Facebook showed relatives and neighbours receiving him with hugs, chants and drums beating in his village near Cairo. Egypt freed three Al Jazeera journalists, an Australian, an Egyptian-Canadian and an Egyptian, in 2015 after more than one year in detention pending trial. The Committee to Protect Journalists has accused Egypt of putting journalists behind bars to muzzle dissent, saying that 27 were in prison as of late 2020. Egyptian authorities say legal action has only been taken against those who break the law. - Reuters
[Premium Times] The Nigerian government says it is waiting for the acceptance of two-third of Member States to proceed with the Regional Maritime Development Bank project.
On April 26, Florence Nwando Onwusi Didigu, 73, defended her dissertation to earn her doctoral degree in communication, culture and media studies.
Her dissertation and future book titled, “Igbo Collective Memory of the Nigeria – Biafra War (1967-1970): Reclaiming Forgotten Women’s Voices and Building Peace through a Gendered Lens,” is a reflection of the Igbo women who, like herself, survived the war.
Carolyn Byerly, Didigu’s advisor and chair of the Communication, Culture and Media Studies doctoral program, noticed the excellence within her mentee noting that “she embodies endurance and intellectual determination.
“I admire the way she delved inside the most painful period of her life to find the focus of her research on women, war and peace,” Byerly said.
The Howard University Communication, Culture and Media Studies Doctoral Program provides doctoral-level studies leading to the doctorate which focuses on communication problems of importance in an emerging digital and multicultural world.
A 69-year-old pensioner believes he might have foiled a crime after he fired shots at two men who attempted to attack his wife at Penal on Friday night.
The man reported to the police that around 10.30 pm he and his wife left their son’s home at Clarke Road driving separate vehicles.
A short distance away from his home, he saw a silver Nissan Tiida parked at the side of the road and it sped off behind his wife’s vehicle as she was about to enter their driveway.
The vehicle stopped in front of their gate and two men believed to be of Hispanic descent alighted.
Afraid for the life of his wife, the pensioner fired shots in the air with his licenced gun scaring off the would-be assailants.
He reported the two men got back in the Tiida and it drove off.
The pensioner subsequently reported the matter to the Penal police and WPC Bridgelal took possession of his Glock pistol and 20 rounds of 9mm ammunition.
He was informed the pistol will be kept by the police pending further enquiries.
Sgt Seurattan along with Cpl Taikan and PC Telesford of the CSI visited and processed the scene.
The post Cops seize pensioner's pistol after shots fired to scare suspected bandits appeared first on Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.
The Nigerian government says it is re-opening four border crossings with Benin and Niger more than a year after they were shut in an effort to stop smuggling of agricultural produce and weapons. Other border points will re-open at the end of December. Last month after some initial reluctance Nigeria ratified its membership of the African free-trade zone. When it officially launches in January it will become the second largest free trade area in the world. It aims to significantly increase the value of intra-African trade. Business owners have long complained that moving goods across Africa's often chaotic borders is a major hindrance to economic growth. - BBC
Chandra Gibbs who joined the department in 2016, is the first African American female to be the chief deputy title of the department.
