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The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Tuesday said that 34 African countries are under full border closure due to concerns related to the rapid spread of COVID-19 in Africa. The Africa CDC, specialized healthcare agency...

PRESS RELEASE – Having produced half a million protective aprons for front line health care workers, Nissan Sunderland is handing over the project reins to HMP Northumberland. A 57-strong team of staff volunteers at the plant have manufactured the aprons...

The United Nations has said it is “utterly shocked and horrified” by the killing of five aid workers by unknown armed groups in northeastern Nigeria. The statement late on Wednesday by Edward Kallon, UN humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, followed the release of a video...

PRESS RELEASE – The African Development Bank has concluded its bid to co-finance the construction of Mozambique’s integrated Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant by signing a senior loan of $400 million for the transformational project. The Mozambique LNG Area 1...

As part Africa.com’s webinar series Crisis Management for African Business Leaders, Dr. James Mwangi, Managing Director and CEO of Equity Group Holdings and Executive Chairman of the Equity Group Foundation is set to be featured in a fireside chat...

The coronavirus outbreak has massively accelerated the growth of the digital commerce market, with millions of people choosing webshops instead of brick-and-mortar stores amid COVID-19 lockdown. According to data gathered by ForexSchoolOnline.com, the global digital commerce industry is expected to...

The balance sheet of people with coronavirus in Algeria has experienced a new peak. 16 members of the same family in the Blida region, near Algiers, were infected with the coronavirus following contacts with Algerian nationals living in France,...

After the increase of Rwanda gorilla permits prices from $750-$1500, wise tourists have already devised means of seeing the mountain gorillas on budget in the neighboring countries of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In May 2017, the Rwanda...

Mountain gorillas are quite intriguing wild species and one of most threatened species on planet earth. They are highly an endangered species due to the increasing levels of deforestation and global warming, human encroachment on their habitat, diseases, poaching...

Deo Bakulu has been washing his hands every chance he gets since Ebola reached eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s main city of Goma last month. But the washing station set up by local authorities near his home is only open...