The first genomics research lab in Nigeria, ACEGID have begun a partnership with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and other research and public health partners, to implement the Sentinel project, that aims to develop an early warning system in Africa.
Cerca de 77% das crianças com menos de 18 anos em todo o mundo, ou 1,8 bilhão, vivem em um dos 132 países com alguma forma de restrição de movimento devido ao COVID-19, de acordo com uma análise da UNICEF. Para mitigar essa situação, a organização está pedindo US $ 1,6 bilhão para apoiar sua resposta humanitária a crianças afetadas pela pandemia.
The acting president of the African Union and head of state of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, defended the suspension of debt payments for up to two years, and not just until December, as proposed by the World Bank and the International World Fund. The announcement came in a virtual meeting with leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
While the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is confronting the public health emergency posed by COVID-19, the country still faces the last phase of its Ebola virus epidemic.
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and the Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta spoke by phone on Tuesday. The two argued about the plane crash that killed six people in Bardale last Monday. The plane, owned by Kenyan airline Africa Express, was carrying material to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.
Nabila Jebbouri is a 28-year-old young Moroccan researcher who has been researching the cultural ties between Brazil and her country. After participating in the promotion of the Oasis of Figuig as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, she has helped Chapada do Araripe, in northeastern Brazil, to achieve the same status. In August 2019, she participated in a thematic seminar to discuss the situation and intends to continue studying the cultural aspects of the region.
“No country can face this pandemic alone. It takes a joint effort and solidarity at all levels ”. This is what Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), said. He participated in the webinar "International Cooperation amid the Pandemic: Joint Solutions for Public Health", promoted by the Instituto Brasil África, which took place today, May 7.
Five scholarships will be awarded to university students from the countries of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) who want to include in their degrees or master's degrees attendance at universities in Brazil or Portugal. The AULP Mobility Program (Association of Portuguese Language Universities) was launched in May 2019, and from 2020 OEI (The Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science, and Culture) joined the project.
The COVID-19 pandemic could double the number of people suffering from acute hunger. The number could reach 265 million people by the end of 2020 unless quick action is taken.
The South African government initiated the lockdown on March 27 as a measure to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. At that time, about 500 Brazilians who were in the country did not know for sure how to return home. Brazilian journalist Larissa Carvalho, who worked in Johannesburg at the beginning of the pandemic, was one of those people.
Celebrated for the first time on the 5th and May 2020, World Portuguese Language Day will be marked by the launch of a literary contest that aims to reward the best short stories written in the language.
To award the top five African photographers. This is the proposal for the CAP - Contemporary African Photography Award, which has been held since 2012.
Dedicated to the dissemination and distribution of black cinematographies and, in particular, productions from Africa and its diaspora, the online platform Array decided to make part of its collection available for free.
Spending hours and hours confined at an airport can put a damper on anyone's mood. For travelers connecting from 6 am at the Addis Ababa airport, this wait is a little more pleasant.
