Trucker Wisiso Balathi used to look forward to his daily drive from his home country, Botswana, to pick up goods in neighboring South Africa. But since the COVID-19 pandemic, border trips for truckers like him have become a nightmare of being tested and forced to wait up to five days for results. Balathi says the conditions at […]
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Report: African Refugees, Migrants Encounter Violence Along Sahara Migratory Route
A new report says thousands of African refugees and migrants die or face abuse while traveling across the Sahara Desert toward Libya and the gateway to Europe. The report by the U.N. refugee agency and the Mixed Migration Center at the Danish Refugee Council describes the harrowing journeys taken by east and west African irregular […]
Read MoreRwanda Genocide Suspect in France Denies Allegations, Lawyer Says
A lawyer for an alleged Rwandan ex-spy chief living in France says his client denies allegations that he was involved in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. Aloys Ntiwiragabo is now under investigation by French prosecutors. In an interview with VOA, lawyer Benjamin Chouai said his client Aloys Ntiwiragabo has been living in France for years. One of […]
Read MoreAll-round Efforts Paying Off: Zoomlion’s Earth-moving Machinery Reports Surging Sales by 800% YoY in the First Half-year of 2020
CHANGSHA, China, July 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (Zoomlion) has recorded over 800% increase in its sales volume of excavator machinery category year-on-year in the first six months of 2020, according to statistics released by the China Construction Machinery Industry Association. As one of the sectors that Zoomlion has vigorously […]
Read MoreLes efforts entrepris portent leurs fruits : au premier semestre 2020, Zoomlion enregistre une hausse de 800 % de ses ventes d’engins de terrassement par rapport à l’an dernier
CHANGSHA, Chine, 29 juillet 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (Zoomlion) a enregistré une hausse de 800 % de ses ventes d’excavatrices en glissement annuel au cours des six premiers mois de 2020, selon les statistiques publiées par la China Construction Machinery Industry Association. Étant l’un des secteurs que Zoomlion a […]
Read MoreLifesaving medical device for postpartum hemorrhage receives regulatory approval in Ghana and Kenya
Made in Africa: The first low-cost, fully assembled uterine balloon tamponade device to help protect women from the leading cause of maternal death SEATTLE, July 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Global health nonprofit PATH and Sinapi Biomedical, South Africa, announced today that the Sinapi Ellavi uterine balloon tamponade has received regulatory approval from the Ghana Food and […]
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