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The Ethiopian Governmentp, with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is scaling up aerial and ground operations in Oromia and Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ (SNNP) regions to control…

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have joined efforts to improve the living conditions of refugees and host communities through an ambitious project aiming at promoting…

The international organization for Migration (IOM) has led a series of individual and community based mental health and psychosocial (MHPSS) activities to support families impacted by the devastating December shipwreck off Africa’s…

Ethiopia’s Water, Irrigation and Energy Ministry has withdrawn from US trilateral talk on Nile Dam.The country has declined to be part of the talks on the $5billion hydropower project holding in Washington.The United States has…

Israeli occupation authorities have reopened the Gaza crossings.Spokesman for the Israeli occupation army stated that, “After evaluation of the situation, all the crossings in the peripheries of Gaza reopened. Also, train service from…

Novartis, a pharmaceutical company and DNDi, a not–for–profit research and development organization have signed a collaboration and license agreement to jointly develop a new oral treatment for a leading parasitic killer, visceral…

Israel has shut down the Erez crossing and banned fishing off the Palestinian coastal in the north of the besieged Gaza strip.The closure of the crossing was as a result of the missile attack from the occupied strip into Israel.…

A host of US security, military and intelligence experts has alerted the public on the possibility of a catastrophic threat to global security as a result of the climate change.The expert stressed that people had lost their lives,…

Policemen from Delhi, India have attacked students for protesting a Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC).Reports had it that policemen attacked the protesters with sticks and rods. Eventually, the…

Brigadier General Ali Balali, the Chief Adviser to Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has disclosed this.He disclosed this on Thursday 20th, 2020. He claimed the killing was a retaliation to the attack on the Ain Al- Assad military…

An Epidemiologist and Public Health Specialist, Dr Freddy Banza, has shared his experience while working with the communities to eradicate Ebola.Dr Banza, who works with the World Health Organization’s Ebola Response Team, said some of…

Three foreign journalists have been ordered out of China over an article read and tagged ‘racist’.The article which was published on February 3 by Wall Street Journal’s journalists criticized China’s response to the coronavirus outbreak.…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has disclosed that china’s coronavirus outbreak, may create drug insecurity in Nigeria.While disclosing this on Monday, the Director General of NAFDAC, Prof…

Microsoft founder and billionaire has mentioned the possibility of coronavirus hitting harder in Africa and warned that the coronavirus epidemic could trigger a pandemic which may lead to 10 million deaths in the continent.He stated this…

At least 14 children have been killed by armed men in the English-speaking region of Cameroon.UN's official, James Nunan, disclosed that the attack happened in Ntumbo, a village in northwestern Cameroon.Details of the violence emerged…

Not less than twenty women and several children have been killed during a stampede in Niger State, Minna.The stampede occurred during the distribution of food and money to refugees in Southeast Niger on Monday 17th February, 2020.A…

Presidents of Somalia and De Facto State Somaliland, have met in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, to attend the 33rd African Union Summit.The summit, which was held on Monday 10th February 2020, was attended by Somali President Mohamed…

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged about $100 million to help contain the coronavirus outbreak as part of World Health Organization’s request for $675 million in global contributions.In a statement released on Wednesday, the…

The National Institute of Health has stopped its HVTN 702 trial, following its inability to prevent HIV.Expressing his disappointment, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which…

A Turkish airplane, flown by Pegasus Airline and conveying 171 passengers and 6 crew members, has skidded off the runway at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen’s airport.The incident which left about 120 people hospitalized on Thursday 6th February,…

The United States Senate has cleared Donald Trump of both charges in its impeachment trial.Thursday's clearance has brought the impeachment launched by the House of Representatives against Trump's actions last September, to an end Trump…

First death from coronavirus outside China has been confirmed in Philippine.A 44-year-old man from Wuhan, China died on Saturday in Manila, almost an hour before the Philippine government made an announcement to bar foreigners from…

United States and Australia have closed their borders to arrivals from China as a means to control the rapid spread of the coronavirus.Both countries said their actions would prevent the entry of foreign visitors who have recently been to…

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By Muizat HameedThe World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the deadly coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency worthy of international concern.This declaration was made at an emergency meeting held on Thursday…

There have been urgent appeals for medical supplies in Wuhan and the province of Hubei, as the health of residents in these regions is threatened by coronavirus outbreak.The government has blamed the Lunar New Year holiday, when factories…

First case of coronavirus has been diagnosed in the United Arab Emirate.This was disclosed by UAE Ministry of Health in a statement on Wednesday 29 January, 2020.The ministry stated that the virus was diagnosed in a family from Wuhan…

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By Muizat HameedA 78 member medical team has successfully separated twin sisters that were conjoined at the chest and abdomen.The surgery which took place at the National Hospital in Abuja occurred around November 2019,…

By Muizat HameedGuinness World Record has named a Muslim Hijabi as the youngest medical doctor in the whole world.Iqbal Al – Assad who graduated medical school at the age of 20 is also likely to be the youngest Arab doctor…