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A miner shows off the estimated 5 to 7 carat diamond just found in his concession 28 March 2013 near an Angolan village not far from the Congolese border. (Photo by Olivier Polet/Corbis via Getty Images) The Angolan National Diamond Trading Company held an auction online for its production of rough diamonds, according to a …
South Sudan on Thursday received a $113.2 million grant from the World Bank to support local farmers to boost production to mitigate food insecurity in the country. FILE PHOTO: A scene in Abathok village during an International Committee of the Red Cross distribution of seeds, agricultural tools and food staples to households in villages around …
Medical oxygen is already low in hospitals at the new epicenter of the country’s outbreak, The government has warned health workers and caregivers against administering oxygen to COVID-19 patients while at home or other undesignated places. This comes as the country battles the second wave of the pandemic which has …
Zimbabwean Vice President Constantino Chiwenga on Thursday called for full cooperation from all members of the public to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in light of the continued surge in positive cases across the country, state broadcaster ZBC reported. FILE PHOTO: A man gets his first jab of the Covaxin vaccine at a hospital in Harare, …
The number of COVID-19 cases in Africa has surged at an unprecedented pace as the continent grapples with a third wave that has posed a dire threat to public health infrastructure, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Health workers arrive with a patient at the …
