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February 12, 2021 Watipaso Mzungu – Nyasa Times 2 Comments The Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Lobin Lowe, has admitted that the viability of the smallholder-led agricultural transformation strategy in Malawi is facing several challenges. Minister of Agriculture, Lobin Lowe :  There are several challenges Lowe cited low productivity, dependence on rain-fed production systems with only one growing season, and limited use of irrigation as some of the impedime...

China has sent 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Equatorial Guinea, the Central African country's government said on Thursday, the latest in a series of donations to countries on the continent struggling to procure shots.

Global vaccination to take up to 6 yrs — Australian expert Sun Online Desk   The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. CANBERRA — An Australian infectious diseases expert has warned that it could take six years to vaccinate the world against COVID-19. In an address to the National Press Club (NPC), Sanjaya Senanayake — an infectious disease physician and associate professor at Australian National University’s medical school — said that just 10 p...

China donates 100,000 Covid vaccines to Equatorial Guinea

AstraZeneca said Thursday that its profits had doubled in 2020, as the World Health Organization approved the pharma giants jab for over-65s and global immunisation efforts gained momentum.

Covid oil blues prompt Malabo and Librevilles ruling families to seek help from the Gulf.

COVID-19 vaccine aid provided by China to Equatorial Guinea was shipped Tuesday and is expected to arrive in its capital Malabo on the morning of Feb. 10, local time, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said.

Pirates Board Product Tanker off Cameroon February 9, 2021 | On Saturday night, the product tanker Sea Phantom was boarded by pirates about 115 nm off the coast of Cameroon in the Gulf of Guinea. According to Dryad Global, the tanker was making about 13 knots on an easterly course, then took evasive maneuvers. Multinational Maritime Coordination Center (MMCC) Zone D notified the Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea navies, and both dispatched response units. The Equatorial Guinea frigate Wele Nza...

Rising global fertiliser prices, on declined raw material supply, has turned the pressure on grain farmers in the North Rift ahead of the main plating season.

Myanmar’s military built a new capital as a haven for power. Other countries have tried that, too. Miriam Berger © Str/AFP/Getty Images Army supporters carry a banner showing a portrait of Gen. Min Aung Hlaing during a rally on Feb. 4 in Naypyidaw, following a military coup that detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. A country’s capital, its seat of power, is typically the center for showdowns during times of political unrest. But not in Myanmar. Tens of thousands o...