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☆ Morocco win but other heavyweights humbled in World Cup qualifiers
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Mark Gleeson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

CAPE TOWN, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Ghana and South Africa both suffered embarrassing defeats in World Cup qualification on Tuesday while top contenders Cameroon, Guinea, Senegal and Zambia also found it tough on the road as they all dropped points. On a busy day of 15 matches across the continent, there were also wins for Burkina Faso, the Cape Verde Islands, Morocco, Namibia, Tunisia and Uganda. But it was the Comoros, with a population of around a million, and Rwanda, ranked 140 in world football, who tore up the form book in beating Ghana and South Africa respectively. It was Rwanda’s first victory in their last 11 home matches and took them top of Group C, where they lead not only South Africa but also Nigeria and Zimbabwe. The next round of African qualifiers will be played in June, with the continent now turning its focus to January’s Cup of Nations finals in the Ivory Coast.

Persons: Moroni, Myziane Maolida, Innocent Nshuti, Gilbert Mugisha, Patson Daka, Hakim Ziyech, Bertrand Traore, Dango Ouattara, Tunisia’s, Youssef Msakni, Mark Gleeson, Toby Davis Organizations: Cameroon, Burkina, Ocean, African, Nations, Rogers Mato, Cape Verde Islands, Niger, Ethiopia, Malawi, Sao Tome, Thomson Locations: CAPE, Ghana, South Africa, Guinea, Senegal, Zambia, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde Islands, Morocco, Namibia, Tunisia, Uganda, Comoros, Rwanda, Cameroon, Africa, Butare, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Togo, Botswana, Somalia, Libya, Mauritius, Angola, Cape, Eswatini, Qatar, Tanzania, Dar, Lilongwe, Sao Tome e Principe, Ivory Coast, Cape Town

☆ Delali Ayivi is following in the footsteps of one of Togo’s first photographers
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Flo Cornall | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Her own curiosity, creativity and interest in photography echo that of her great-great-grandfather, Alex Agbaglo Acolatse – one of the first Togolese photographers. Alex Agbaglo Acolatse/The Metropolitan Museum of ArtAcolatse retired in the mid 1950s, a few years before Togo’s independence in 1960. Alex Agbaglo Acolatse/The Metropolitan Museum of ArtHer great-great-grandfather remains one of Ayivi’s biggest influences, despite them coming from completely different contexts. “The intent that came behind that (Acolatse’s studio photography), it’s still a guiding principle for me today,” she added. But there was still a sense of pride that I found very inspiring.”A self portrait by Alex Agbaglo Acolatse.

Persons: Delali Ayivi, Aminata, Germany’s, shouldn’t, Ayivi, Alex Agbaglo Acolatse, Acolatse, Metropolitan Museum of Art Acolatse, ”, Acolatse’s, it’s, I’ve, Malaika Nabilah, they’ve, Togo Yeye, Mami Wata, she’s, Nabilah Organizations: CNN, Togolese, Vogue Germany, Metropolitan Museum of Art, University of the Arts London Locations: Togolese German, Togolese, Togo, Lomé, Germany, Lilongwe, Malawi, West, New York, London

☆ Fact Check-Card used at Malawi water kiosk is a prepayment card, not ID
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Pre-payment cards that are used at water kiosks in Malawi have been mistaken for ID cards by people who watched a video of the process online. Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) told Reuters that the video shows a water kiosk in Mchezi, a township on the outskirts of the city. LWB said the card being scanned is a pre-payment card and is unrelated to personal ID. They said the product has not been shipped to Kenya or Nigeria and that the pre-payment card “doesn’t track a user’s digital activity. The video was recorded in Malawi and the cards for the kiosks are pre-payment cards, according to the product owner and the local water board.

☆ Malawi delays reopening schools as cholera cases surge
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Pilirani Wanja, a clinician at Ndirande Health Centre, demonstrates to clients how to take the cholera vaccine in response to the latest cholera outbreak in Blantyre, Malawi, November 16, 2022. REUTERS/Eldson ChagaraBLANTYRE, Malawi, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Malawi has delayed the opening of public schools in the southern African country's two major cities of Blantyre and Lilongwe, the health minister said Monday, to try to slow down a surge in cholera deaths. Cholera is an annual problem during Malawi's rainy months from November to March, where the number of deaths is around 100 a year. The global stockpile of cholera vaccines the World Health Organization helps manage is "currently empty or extremely low", a WHO official said last month amid a resurgence of the disease. Chiponda called on authorities to tighten control measures, including spraying chlorine to disinfect congested places such as markets and schools and stepping up inoculations.

☆ Malawi close to sealing $54 mln IMF emergency funding for economic shock
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Frank Phiri | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Malawi, which is experiencing chaotic queues at fuel stations that are running dry due to a lack of foreign currency, would be the first African country to receive special IMF emergency financing to deal with the global inflation crisis. Ukraine received $1.3 billion under the same new programme, known as the "Food Shock Window", earlier this month. The IMF said last week it had discussed Malawi's request for support under the emergency programme and that the board would consider it "as soon as possible". The Food Shock Window was launched at the end of last month to help countries with balance of payments problems. Half of Malawi's IMF quota is equivalent to about $54.4 million at current exchange rates on the fund's website, and would be the maximum it can request for this emergency financing.

☆ Malawi a ars aproape 20.000 de doze AstraZeneca expirate pentru a dovedi oamenilor că vor primi un ser sigur dacă se vaccinează
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-19 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Organizația Mondială a Sănătății (OMS) a cerut inițial statelor să nu distrugă dozele de vaccin expirate, însă acum și-a schimbat abordarea. Malawi a înregistrat 34.232 de cazuri de coronavirus și 1.153 de decese la o populație de 18 milioane de oameni. Statul african a primit 102.000 de doze AstraZeneca de la Uniunea Africană pe 26 martie și a folosit 80% din cantitate. Secretarul principal al Sănătății din Malawi a declarat pentru BBC că distrugerea dozelor este regretabilă, însă beneficiile acestei decizii depăsesc riscurile. "Dacă nu distrugem dozele, oamenii vor crede că folosim vaccinuri expirate în centrele noastre, și dacă nu se vaccinează se vor îmbolnăvi".

Persons: Charles Mwansambo, Mwansambo, OMS Organizations: Digi24, Organizația Mondială a Sănătății ( OMS, Uniunea Africană, BBC, Organizația Mondială a Sănătății, OMS Locations: Malawi, Statul, Sănătății, Lilongwe

☆ Malawi a ars 20.000 de doze AstraZeneca expirate pentru a dovedi oamenilor că vor primi un ser sigur dacă se vaccinează
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-19 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: Profimedia ImagesMalawi a ars 20.000 de doze AstraZeneca expirate pentru a dovedi oamenilor că vor primi un ser sigur dacă se vaccineazăAutoritățile sanitare din Malawi au ars 19.610 doze expirate de vaccin AstraZeneca, scopul fiind de a asigura cetățenii că vaccinul pe care îl vor primi la imunizare este sigur, informează BBC. Organizația Mondială a Sănătății (OMS) a cerut inițial statelor să nu distrugă dozele de vaccin expirate, însă acum și-a schimbat abordarea. Malawi a înregistrat 34.232 de cazuri de coronavirus și 1.153 de decese la o populație de 18 milioane de oameni. Statul african a primit 102.000 de doze AstraZeneca de la Uniunea Africană pe 26 martie și a folosit 80% din cantitate. Secretarul principal al Sănătății din Malawi a declarat pentru BBC că distrugerea dozelor este regretabilă, însă beneficiile acestei decizii depăsesc riscurile.

Persons: Charles Mwansambo, Mwansambo, OMS Organizations: BBC, Organizația Mondială a Sănătății ( OMS, Uniunea Africană, Organizația Mondială a Sănătății, OMS Locations: Malawi, Statul, Sănătății, Lilongwe

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