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China is not trapping Africa in debt: foreign minister

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MOMBASA, Kenya: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday rejected suggestions that Beijing was luring African countries into debt traps by offering them massive loans, dismissing the idea as a “narrative” pushed by opponents to poverty reduction. Wang, speaking ahead of touring Beijing-funded infrastructure projects in Kenya, said China’s considerable lending to Africa was “mutually benefiting” … Read more

Africa Cup of Nations poses massive challenges for host Cameroon

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YAOUNDÉ: The Africa Cup of Nations, kicking off Sunday in Cameroon after a delay over Covid concerns, is also posing major security, political and organisational challenges for the host nation. Some were fearing yet another postponement, with African football chief Patrice Motsepe saying late last month that the rapid spread of the Omicron variant in a country with … Read more

Osimhen forced to sit out Africa Cup of Nations

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ABUJA: Nigeria have been forced to make four late changes to their final Africa Cup of Nations squad with Napoli striker Victor Osimhen and Watford winger Emmanuel Dennis missing the tournament. Defender Shehu Abdullahi and Leon Balogun are the other two players who will sit out the biennial African football showpiece being hosted by Cameroon and which … Read more

Turkey sending Covid vaccine doses for Africa

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Turkey will send 15 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Africa, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced at a major summit of the continent’s leaders, adding that the low vaccination rates there were a blot on humanity. Ankara has invested heavily in developing trade and diplomatic ties with the world’s poorest continent during Erdogan’s rule as prime … Read more

Erdogan pledges 15 mn Covid vaccine doses for Africa

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ISTANBUL, Dec 18, 2021 (AFP) – Turkey will send 15 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Africa, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Saturday at a major summit of the continent’s leaders, adding that the low vaccination rates there were a blot on humanity. Ankara has invested heavily in developing trade and diplomatic ties with the world’s … Read more

Sporting world battles surging Covid cases

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PARIS: The coronavirus is once again disrupting global sport, forcing the cancellation of English Premier League matches and the scrapping of a one-day cricket series. AFP Sport looks at the state of play around the world as authorities scramble to cope with the surging pandemic. Football Five of the 10 Premier League matches scheduled for … Read more

Klopp won’t buy cover for Liverpool’s African Nations stars

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LIVERPOOL: Jurgen Klopp has ruled out a move into the transfer market to cover for the Liverpool stars set to take part in the African Nations Cup. Liverpool are set to lose the services of Egypt forward Mohamed Salah, Senegal winger Sadio Mane and Guinea midfielder Naby Keita when the tournament gets under way in Cameroon. In … Read more

On Africa’s ‘chocolate islands’, cocoa producers target luxury market

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SÃO TOMÉ: A morsel of chocolate sits on the tongue, and a strong yet subtle flavour starts to blossom. “When the chocolate starts to soften, you bite into it,” orders chocolatier, Claudio Corallo. The chocolate tasting then expands into different flavours, ginger, coffee, pepper, sea salt, but underpinning each of these delights is an earthiness, a … Read more

Zimbabwe’s Central Bank studies digital currency, rejects cryptocurrency

Zimbabwe’s Central Bank

RIYADH: Zimbabwe’s Central Bank is exploring using its own digital currency instead of allowing cryptocurrency as legal tender, its Governor John Mangudya told Bloomberg. “As a central bank we don’t believe in cryptocurrencies,” Mangudya said in an interview on Monday. “We believe in central bank digital currency which is basically trying to say how do we … Read more

LCCI proposes three-pronged plan to strengthen economy

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LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has suggested a three-pronged strategy for strengthening the economy, a statement said. Referring to heavy fall in the KSE-100 Index, LCCI president Mian Nauman Kabir said that it was temporary and the investors should not worry and expressed the hope that the stock exchange would start … Read more

Promoting trade with African countries, govt’s top priority: Razak Dawood

Razak Dawood

ISLAMABAD: The present government is giving foremost priority to promote and expand business and trade with African countries, a senior official said. Addressing the Pakistan-Africa Trade Development Conference in Lahogs, Nigeria, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood said that Africa is “a promising continent and land of opportunities”. He also called … Read more

China supports Africa in infrastructure development: white paper

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BEIJING, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) — China supports Africa in making infrastructure development a priority for economic revitalization, said a white paper released Friday. From 2016 to 2020, the total investment in infrastructure projects in Africa reached almost 200 billion U.S. dollars, according to a white paper titled “China and Africa in the New Era: A … Read more

Napoli’s Osimhen to have operation on Tuesday

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ROME: Napoli striker Victor Osimhen faces an operation on Tuesday after suffering multiple face fractures following a clash of heads during the weekend defeat at Inter Milan, the Seria A leaders announced on Monday. The Nigerian, who had to spend Sunday night under observation in a Milan hospital after the match at the San Siro, … Read more

Africa’s COVID-19 cases pass 8.57 mln: Africa CDC

Africa's COVID-19 cases pass 8.57 mln: Africa CDC

ADDIS ABABA: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 8,573,480 as of Friday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.

The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU), said the death toll from the pandemic across the continent stands at 221,408.

Some 8,001,845 patients across the continent have recovered from the disease so far, according to the agency.

South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia and Ethiopia are among the countries with the most cases in the continent, according to the agency.

In terms of the caseload, southern Africa is the most affected region, followed by the northern and eastern parts of the continent, while central Africa is the least affected region in the continent, according to the Africa CDC.

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Africa pins hopes on ‘breakthrough’ malaria vaccine

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ABIDJAN: A ground-breaking vaccine against malaria has stoked hopes in Africa of rolling back a disease that claims hundreds of thousands of lives a year, many of them youngsters. Since 2019, Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have immunised more than 800,000 children under a pilot programme using the RTS,S vaccine. It is the first to show significant protection … Read more

Sudan anti-coup protests defy army, PM held under guard

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KHARTOUM: Furious Sudanese protests against a military coup entered a third day Wednesday, with the prime minister returned home under guard after intense international condemnation of the army’s power grab. But the return to his residence of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok – who was detained Monday along with his ministers and civilian members of Sudan’s ruling … Read more

Hat-trick hero Salah hails ‘big win’ as Liverpool crush Man Utd

MANCHESTER: Mohamed Salah hailed a “big win” for Liverpool as the Egyptian forward’s hat-trick inspired a 5-0 victory against humiliated Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday. Jurgen Klopp’s side ran riot in the 202nd meeting of English football’s biggest rivals. Naby Keita and Diogo Jota put Liverpool two goals ahead early on before Salah turned on the style … Read more

African ‘Nutritious Burger Patty’ is made from 500,000 Flies

African ‘Nutritious Burger Patty’ is made from 500,000 Flies

A burger patty made from thousands of flies is a unique treat in Africa! Thousands of tiny flies swarm above Lake Victoria in Africa during the rainy season. The flies are so thick that they may suffocate someone. However, it did not deter anyone from approaching it. These bugs provide a rich source of nutrition … Read more

Breeze Airways prepares to launch the Airbus A220

Breeze Airways is preparing to launch the Airbus A220

Breeze Airways has unveiled its new A220-300 livery while also stating that it has secured an agreement with Airbus to purchase 20 more of the planes. This previously unknown order for 20 A220-300s raises the entire order book to 80 A220-300s, the first of which will be delivered in the fourth quarter of this year. … Read more

Sinovac launches clinical trial of Covid-19 vaccine on children in South Africa

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JOHANNESBURG: Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech on Friday launched the Phase III clinical trial of its Covid-19 vaccine on a group of children and teenagers between six months and 17 years old in South Africa. The study, carried out in collaboration with South African company Numolux Group, has enrolled approximately 2,000 participants in the country, … Read more

Pakistan wishes to improve economic relations with Egypt

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A seminar planned by the Cairo-based Pakistan Embassy to spot the “Pakistan-Egypt Friendship Day”.

At the start of the seminar titled “Pakistan’s Engagement with Africa – the Continent of the Future”, a video note of the Foreign Minister of Pakistan opening upon the Engage Africa Policy of the government was played for the audience.

The audience was assessed by Ambassador Sajid Bilal about the steps taken to enhance the engagement of Pak with Africa. In this regard, he highlighted the advancement made in consolidating Pakistan’s two-sided relationship with Egypt in all areas of mutual interest containing political, economic, commercial, and defense fields.

He expressed that modern Pakistan provides itself as a melting pot for optimistic worldwide interest by offering greater connectivity and economic bases as a progress strategy. He also marked the unstable focus of Pak from geo-politics to geo-economics.

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Meningitis outbreak kills 129 people in Congo: WHO

BRAZZAVILLE: At least 129 people died in an outbreak of meningitis in a northeastern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in Central Africa, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a statement on Wednesday. The DRC has declared an outbreak of meningitis in the northeastern Tshopo Province where 261 people have been … Read more

Royal Caribbean introduces a new agent incentive

Royal Caribbean introduces a new agent incentives

Royal Caribbean International is honoring its travel partners throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, as well as their dedication to the cruise line, with a new offer to commemorate a global return to sailing. The Instant Booking Bonus will automatically award travel partners up to US$200 for any new, fully deposited bookings booked for … Read more

WHO warns Africa of a new COVID wave

WHO chief apologises for sex abuse by staff in DR Congo

The WHO warned on Thursday that most African countries are on track to fail the “crucial goal” of vaccinating the most vulnerable ten percent of their people against COVID-19 by the end of the month. The WHO’s African office warned that 42 of Africa’s 54 countries, or roughly 80%, are on track to fail the … Read more

Saudi Arabia offers mining opportunities to global investors

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RIYADH: The Saudi mining sector is witnessing a significant transformation and a high demand from investors since the launch of the new Mining Investment Law early this year, Arab News quoted Khaled Al-Mudaifer, vice minister for mining affairs, Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, as saying. There will be an international demand for the sector … Read more

How a woman became a hotel owner by cleaning the washroom?

A lady, Souadou Niang, who started out in life as a toilet cleaner is now the owner of a five-star hotel that has 60 people working for her.

Hard work always comes in the form of success which one cannot even imagine on one’s own. The story of an African woman is a true inspiration who cleaned hotel bathrooms. But today she is the sole owner of a large international 5-star hotel.

This is the story of Souadou Niang, who was born in Dakar, an African city, was abandoned by her parents when she was 18 years old, then moved to New York, where she went to read to raise money for it. It was difficult when she was passing in front of a nearby hotel that the place was very calm and satisfied to see her, she dropped her CV there and said if there is a job, let me know, at this time The luxury hotel needed only one woman to clean the bathroom, says Souadou Niang.

“I gladly accepted the job, worked hard, and studied hotel management. For 10 years I worked there as a wash lady and then I returned to my country, Africa. I was heartbroken to see the situation, but I liked one place, I talked to different people, tried to make money, and try to build a high-quality hotel, and then I succeeded in my mission, the hotel I built is an international style hotel in Africa. Has built a 5-star hotel, today I have 60 employees who are working on the cleanliness of this hotel and other matters. ”

According to Souadou Niang, “There is nothing wrong with working hard, being alone, never giving up, the passion and enthusiasm to always move forward have brought me to the point where today I am the owner of my own hotel.”

There was a wash lady and she used to wash the bathrooms of the rooms. While cleaning the filth of the people, I opened my multi-crore hotel today.

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