Madagascar joined Tanzania in the quarter-finals of the African Nations championships (Chan) on Saturday as both advanced from Group B. Co-hosts Tanzania finished top of the group despite a goalless draw against the Central African Republic. The single point took Tanzania to 10, while newcomers Central Africa Republic finished bottom of the group with one…
First Malaria Drug for Infants The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) welcomed the approval of the first malaria treatment designed for newborns and infants under five kilograms, calling it a breakthrough for Africa’s most vulnerable children. The new artemether-lumefantrin formulation for children was developed through a partnership between Novartis and the Medicines…
WASHINGTON — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet with President Donald Trump on Monday afternoon at the White House, just days after Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin left an Alaska summit without a ceasefire deal. Zelenskyy is traveling to Washington, D.C., alongside several European leaders, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, NATO…
Morgan Malyon IBM Power and Storage solutions remain relevant and robust, with upgrades that make them the foundation of the agile, hybrid and AI-enabled enterprise. This is according to experts from IBM and systems integrator TCM, who were speaking during a webinar on transforming IT infrastructure. The webinar outlined how IBM Power and IBM FlashSystem…
Africa’s landmass is so big that Russia, China, India and the United States could fit in it. But that’s not the impression you get when you look at the world map that’s been in use for more than 450 years. ALSO READ: African Union urges replacement of outdated world map that shrinks Africa The widely…
Progress towards a legally binding global treaty on plastics pollution stalled and went into reverse this week. The United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, ran overtime. It’s likely to conclude this evening, without agreement. This is an incredibly disappointing result. As a member of the Scientists’ Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty,…
Ione Wells South America correspondent, BBC News Reuters Rodrigo Paz Pereira is the frontrunner in Bolivia’s first-round presidential election which took place on Sunday. Bolivia is set to elect a non-left wing president after nearly two decades of near-continuous rule by the incumbent socialist party, according to official preliminary results. Senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira and…
Incoming MTN South Africa CEO Ferdi Moolman Charles Molapisi is stepping down as CEO of MTN South Africa, and is being replaced in the role by Ferdi Moolman, who was a key driver behind the telecommunications group’s growth in Nigeria, where he was CEO between 2016 and 2021. At the same time, Yolanda Cuba, currently…
Nearly 600 million people across the African continent still lack access to electricity. Close to one billion rely on traditional biofuels for cooking. Africa is also very vulnerable to climate change, even though it has contributed less than 5% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions over the past 170 years. Speeding up the move to…
8/17: CBS Weekend News – CBS News Watch CBS News Ahead of Trump meeting, Zelenskyy says he won’t give territory to Russia; Remakes and sequels highlight this year’s summer blockbuster season
