Bill Gates gives $10-million to fight East African locust plague
Philanthropist entrepreneur Bill Gates has given $10 million to fight the locust plague in East Africa. His foundation says the money will go the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization that’s appealing for $76-million to eradicate the pests threatening the food security of millions. ends intro Bill Gates’ contribution to fighting the locust outweighs that […]
Libyan rivals to turn ceasefire into formal deal
Wrapping up talks in Geneva, delegates from Libya’s rival administrations have agreed to turn a tottering ceasefire into a formal deal. They’ve sent their draft back to their principals in Tripoli and Benghazi for approval. If President Fayez al Sarraj of the Government of National Accord and Khalifa Haftar of the Libyan National Army say […]
Hosni Mubarak to be buried today in a small military funeral
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will be buried in Cairo this afternoon in a small military funeral. It is not clear whether President AbdelFatah el Sisi and other Arab leaders will attend. The controversy over the funeral of Hosni Mubarak, who died in a Cairo military hospital yesterday, aged 91, indicates that his death has […]
Algeria acknowledges its first COVID 19 case
The World Health Organization is deploying experts to Algeria that has confirmed the first case of COVID19 within its borders. Earlier this week the UN health body identified Algeria, along with South Africa, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Egypt as the African countries where coronavirus was most likely to access the continent. Algeria’s Health Minister Shamsuddin Shitor […]