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Thousands of avoidable deaths have been attributed to delays in the introduction of a vaccination against pediatric pneumonia in four of the world’s poorest nations. The pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (PCV), one of the most effective treatments for pediatric pneumonia, is still not available in South Sudan, Somalia, Guinea, and Chad. Estimates from the Global Burden […]
South Africa’s annual inflation rate had dipped following a slight fall in January to 6.9% from 7.2% the previous month. On Wednesday, the country’s statistics agency StatsSA said food prices have continued to rise. “The main contributors to the annual inflation rate of 6.9% were food and non-alcoholic beverages, housing and utilities, and transport,” StatsSA […]
BY: Taofeek Ogunperi “God, I don’t want to be a mechanic, I want to be a baller” is a catchy expression that has just busted its notorious self into the ever-increasing vocabulary of social media and streetly expressions of Nigerians. A mechanic, in a Nigerian sense, immediately evokes the figure of a man in a […]
The Mayor of Banjul, Rohey Malick-Lowe, has cut short her overseas official duties to attend to emergency situation caused by floor in the capital city of The Gambia. On her return to Banjul on Friday 6th of August, Mayoress Lowe, with her team, visited the core affected areas of Banjul North to do critical assessment […]
The President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow, has pardoned eight prisons who are citizens of The Gambia and Senegal. This was disclosed in a press release posted today, Tuesday, 12 July, on verified social media platforms of the State House of The Gambia. According to the State House, the government of President Barrow decided to […]
The Gambia, represented by an organization called Kids In Technology (KIT), has defeated Ghana in the final round of 2022 Pan african Robotics Competition. Kawsu Jabbie, an instructor at KIT, said in a post on Facebook shared on July 7, “Gambia represented by Kids In Technology won Pan African Robotics Competition after defeating South Africa, […]