Egypt To Build 150-Million-USD Vaccine Plant In Suez Canal Zone

CAIRO, Dec 17 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt, yesterday, broke ground on a major vaccines and biological pharmaceuticals plant, in the Sokhna Industrial Zone, with total investments amounting to 150 million U.S. dollars, the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) said. The GENNVAX vaccines and biological pharmaceuticals project, will be established on an…

Uganda: Measles outbreak claims 32 lives in semi-arid NE region

KAMPALA, Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The cumulative number of measles deaths in four districts in Uganda’s semi-arid northeastern region has risen to 32 since the outbreak was declared a month ago, the health ministry said on Tuesday. In a situation update, the ministry reported a cumulative total of 17 child…

Libya: 32 Bangladeshi migrants rescued after boat capsized off coast of Al-Haniya

TRIPOLI, Dec 17 (NNN-XINHUA) — Thirty-two Bangladeshi migrants were rescued after their boat capsized off the coast of the northeastern Libyan town of Al-Haniya, the Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar branch of Libya’s Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency said in a statement. The agency reported that all migrants aboard the vessel were rescued and transferred…

South Sudan grounds UN aircraft, alleges illegal surveillance and smuggling

South Sudan’s government has grounded four aircraft registered under the United Nations mission JUBA, Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Sudan’s government has grounded four aircraft registered under the United Nations mission there, alleging that they were used for illegal surveillance and smuggling, which the UN denied.South Sudan’s foreign minister, Monday…

Benin: 30 people jailed in connection with failed coup

Patrice Talon is the President of Benin PORTO-NOVO, Dec 17 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Some 30 people, most of them soldiers, have been jailed in Benin in connection with a failed coup attempt earlier this month.The soldiers took over state television on Dec 7 and announced that the government had been dissolved.But…

Sierra Leone declares end of Mpox outbreak but survivors face discrimination

FREETOWN, Dec 17 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Sierra Leone declared its Mpox epidemic over, after two years of a health emergency that witnessed over 5,000 cases and 60 fatalities in the country.The announcement comes almost a year since Sierra Leone declared the Mpox emergency after two cases of the virus were confirmed…

Nigeria: Bandits abduct Imam, businessman in Kano

KANO (Nigeria), Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Residents of Zurin Mahuta village in Lakwaya community, Gwarzo Local Government Area of Kano State, have come under attack as bandits abducted an Imam and a businessman in the area.A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity to Vanguard, said the bandits invaded the…

Pres Ramaphosa calls on South Africans to deepen reconciliation for future generations

NGUTHU (Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa), Dec 17 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on South Africans to reaffirm their commitment to reconciliation, unity and nation-building, saying the country’s democratic foundation was built on choosing healing over vengeance. Delivering the keynote address at the national commemoration of the Day of Reconciliation…

9 African migrants died in freezing temperatures near Morocco-Algeria border

RABAT, Dec 16 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Exposure to freezing temperatures near Morocco’s border with Algeria killed nine African migrants, a tragedy that rights groups in the North African country called deeply concerning and a violation of the right to freedom of movement. The bodies of seven men and two women were…

UN: 2 peacekeepers injured in attack in Central African Republic – spokesperson

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 16 (NNN-XINHUA) — Two UN peacekeepers were injured when a logistical escort convoy of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) came under attack by suspected members of an armed group in the Haut-Mbomou prefecture on Monday, a UN spokesperson said. The…
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