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[New Times] At around 5 pm, scent dogs sniff samples collected from different passengers inside a Covid-19 detection site at Kigali International Airport to identify the virus causing the disease.
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.
Total confirmed cases = 8,068 (new cases = 229)
Total recoveries = 2,311
Total deaths = 233
Active cases = 5,524
\tFigures valid as of close of day May 25, 2020
May 25: 7,839 cases, Buhari on global impact, food sufficiency
\tPresident Buhari has stressed the global impact of COVID-19 describing it as a leveler between the developed and developing world.
Total confirmed cases = 7,839 (new cases = 313)
Total recoveries = 2,263
Total deaths = 226
Active cases = 5,350
\tFigures valid as of close of day May 24, 2020
May 22: 7,526 cases, no death recorded in 24-hours
\tNo virus-related death recorded in a day for the first time in the month of May 2020, according to records released close of day Saturday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
Total confirmed cases = 7,526 (new cases = 265)
Total recoveries = 2,174
Total deaths = 221
Active cases = 5,131
May 22: 7,261 cases, Buhari’s private Eid, chloroquine warning
\tPresident Buhari will be observing Eid under strict lockdown rules.
Total confirmed cases = 7,261 (new cases = 245)
Total recoveries = 2,007
Active cases = 5,033
\tFigures valid as of close of day May 22, 2020
May 22: 7,016 cases, Eid uproar, more evacuations expected
\tThe case count has passed the 7,000 mark reaching 7,016 according to stats as of close of day May 21.
Total confirmed cases = 7,016 (new cases = 339)
Total recoveries = 1907
Total deaths = 211
Active cases = 4,898
\tFigures valid as of close of day May 21, 2020
May 21: 6,677 cases, northern governors express concern
\tThe Northern Governors Forum, NGF, has expressed concern over the infection rates of COVID-19 across the region.
NEW DELHI — E-commerce used car marketplace CARS24 said it would invest over $100 million to expand in international markets this year. The company recently launched its business in Australia and the United Arab Emirates and said it’s ready to launch in Southeast Asian and the Middle East countries. CARS24 said the investment would be used to build the brand in […]
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Following the declaration of State of Public Health emergency by the Government of Sierra Leone to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, the National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) has been on the frontline; providing not only cash transfers, social services and Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to Persons with Disabilities and other Vulnerable Groups but has also aligned its operational framework with the New Direction aspirations as expressed in the Medium Term National Development Plan (MTND).
In demonstration of its continual commitments to the fight against Covid-19; NaCSA is providing a one-off cash transfer of One Million Three Hundred and Nine Thousand Leones (SLL 1,309,00) to twenty-nine Thousand (29,000) Sierra Leoneans in Western Area districts and regional headquarter towns.
The Covid-19 Emergency Cash Transfer Programme is funded by the Government of Sierra Leone and the World Bank and it targets households with Vulnerable informal sector workers including those working in micro and small enterprises and low paid workers in the service sector in the capital of Freetown and its environs and regional headquarter towns of Bo, Port Loko, Kenema and Makeni.
Reporting from the Iron ore city of Port Loko, Ms. Marie Caulker, a petty trader and a single mother of three children has this to say: ” I am here to collect money and I want to thank the government of Sierra Leone and NaCSA for visiting us during this trying time.
In Makeni City, the regional headquarter town of Northern Sierra Leone, Ms. Aminata Sesay appreciated the Government of Sierra Leone for such intervention and promised to properly utilise the benefits for the good of her family.
The UN Security Council called Thursday for \"sustained efforts\" in preventing the illegal trade of natural resources from the DR Congo, as gold in particular fuels conflict between armed groups in the region.
UN experts who monitor implementation of the sanctions detailed multiple cases of trafficking in a recent report, stating that gold from the country was flowing into Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, the United Arab Emirates and Tanzania.
\"The group traced Congolese gold to regional refineries and other international destinations and found that some refineries acted as brokers, used cash payments, undertook refiner-to-refiner trading and used corporate networks to obscure ownership, thereby inhibiting supply chain accountability,\" the report said.
The experts added that \"in terms of natural resources, the Congolese gold sector remained vulnerable to exploitation by armed groups and criminal networks and to unregulated trading.\"
DR Congo sits on top of large reserves of cobalt, copper, gold and other valuable minerals, but is nonetheless one of the world's poorest countries, with average per capita revenue of $490, according to World Bank data.
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — (www.bnc.tv) - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell for the sixth straight week as the U.S. economy reopens rapidly after being held back [...]
BOGOTA, (Reuters) - Highly-trained Colombian soldiers left at a loose end after retirement have frequently been tempted by opportunities to ply their trade abroad as private military contractors from Iraq to Yemen, military officials and experts said yesterday.
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[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia's real GDP should rebound and grow 2% in 2021 and 3.9% in 2022, if the pandemic recedes and allows a restart of the global economy, especially in Europe, upon which Tunisia relies heavily, reads the report of the African Development Bank (AfDB) entitled: African Economic Outlook 2021, From Debt Resolution to Growth: The Road Ahead for Africa.
Total confirmed cases = 6,677 (new cases = 226)
Total recoveries = 1,734
Total deaths = 192
Active cases = 4,475
\tFigures valid as of close of day May 19, 2020
May 20: Cases hit 6,401; state govts tasked to do more
\tTotal confirmed cases = 6,401 (new cases = 284)
Total recoveries = 1,840
Total deaths = 200
Active cases = 4,637
\tFigures valid as of close of day May 20, 2020
\tState governments are being tasked to do more in combating the COVID-19 pandemic, this is the call of Sani Aliyu, national coordinator of the presidential task force.
May 19: Cases top 6,000; lockdown lifting risky
\tTotal confirmed cases = 6,175 (new cases = 216)
Total recoveries = 1,644
Total deaths = 191
Active cases = 4,340
\tFigures valid as of close of day May 18, 2020
\tThe federal government says Nigeria is not ready for total lifting of lockdown, hence the first level of easing will be in place for the next two weeks.
The measures, exemptions, advisories and scope of entities allowed to reopen under phase one of the eased locked down, shall be maintained across the federation for another two weeks effective from 12.00 midnight today (18th May, 2020 to 1st June, 2020);
b. intensifying efforts to “tell (communicate), trace (identify) and treat (manage)” cases;
c. elevating the level of community ownership of non-pharmaceutical interventions;
d. Maintain the existing lockdown order in Kano for an additional two weeks
e. Imposition of precision lockdown in states,or in metropolitan/high-burden LGAs, that are reporting a rapidly increasing number of cases,when the need arises.
Additional reporting from BBC
May 18 : 5,959 cases, Buhari meets Task Force
\tTotal confirmed cases = 5,959 (new cases = 338)
Total recoveries = 1,544
Total deaths = 182
Active cases = 4,183
\tFigures valid as of close of day May 17, 2020
\tPresident Buhari on Sunday evening met with the COVID-19 Presidential Task Force team at his residence for their weekly briefing.
[Daily News] THE Ministry of Trade and Industries has out- lined its robust plans for 2021/2022 finan- cial year, whose main focus is bolstering trade, investment and boosting the industrial sector.
Cargo flights, as well as business and charter flights, would be exempted from the restrictions.
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The Guptas could be extradited back to South Africa as early as NEXT MONTH - with SA and the UAE now finalising the necessary paperwork.
[Daily Trust] Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to The President on Media and Publicity, says there is a strong suspicion that choppers are being used to ferry arms for bandits.
The United Arab Emirates is continuing to diversify its economy & energy resources away from oil, by investing in natural gas and renewables.
The country has ambitions to become self-sufficient in gas supply by 2030.
Earlier this year, a natural gas reservoir found between the emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai became the world’s largest discovery of its kind in 15 years. Some analysts estimate that the Jebel Ali reservoir could meet the country’s gas demand for around 30 years.
Similarly, in January, the emirate of Sharjah announced its first onshore gas discovery since the early 1980s.
The Jebel Ali gas reservoir - Courtesy: ADNOC
Game changer
As the third largest emirate in the UAE, Sharjah, has significant energy requirements.
An energy giant based there is Crescent Petroleum, which was founded in 1971.
Established at a time when natural gas was widely considered an undesirable by-product of oil production, Crescent took the long view and invested heavily.
Today, it is the oldest and largest private upstream oil and gas company in the region.
The company pioneered the UAE’s intra-emirate commercial gas market and this led to the formation of Dana Gas in 2005, which today has exploration and production assets in Egypt, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) and the UAE.
Speaking to Rebecca McLaughlin-Eastham of Inspire Middle East, Crescent Petroleum’s CEO and MD of the Board of Directors for Dana Gas, Majid Jafar, said the UAE’s recent finds were promising for the sector.
“What's interesting, if you look at our region and indeed worldwide, natural gas wasn't really a big focus for exploration until fairly recently. The target was always oil,” he said. “With lower oil prices and opaque quotas limiting oil production, at least at the moment, in this COVID-19 year, the focus is very much on gas.”
Self-sufficiency
Around a third of the UAE’s current gas supply comes from Qatar, in a longstanding agreement that won’t expire until 2032.
Majid Jafar speaks to Inspire Middle East
In terms of how the UAE could rely less on imported gas before then, Crescent's CEO had this to say:
“I think the faster adoption of technology and increasing the role of the private sector can release new resources of natural gas, and indeed oil, going forward that weren't previously available.\"
Jafar pointed to the Middle East region having great untapped potential in gas discovery and production.
“I think that's an exciting opportunity and it's one we hope to play a key role in, both in the UAE and wider in the region,” he said. “Our region overall, has roughly half the world's oil and gas proven reserves. And actually, there's probably still a lot more that isn't proven because exploration is under-explored.”
Energy outlook
Jafar is optimistic for the region’s oil & gas industry going forward, despite it having been a “challenging year”, with the oil price sinking below zero in April.
One upside Jafar points to is the region having low production costs compared to t
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Kieron Pollard struck a late order Man-of-the-Match cameo as reigning champions Mumbai Indians rebounded from their heart-breaking super-over loss four days ago with a comfortable 48-run win over Kings XI Punjab here yesterday.
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Los Angeles mayor, Eric Garcetti, is promoting the concept of low-cost, do-it-yourself (DIY) coronavirus kits. Garcetti has teamed up with... View Article
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More than 2000 Guyanese are supporting ExxonMobil Guyana’s operations, representing 55 percent of the total workforce.
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