Merck Foundation CEO Meets Zimbabwe First Lady & 13 First Ladies of Africa and Asia at the 7th Edition of Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative Summit to Discuss the Strategy to Build Healthcare Capacity and Support Girl Education

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India & Harare, Zimbabwe – Business Wire India Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, conducted the 7th Edition of Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative - MFFLI Summit 2025 recently. It was...

Business News | Merck Foundation CEO Meets Maldives First Lady & 13 First Ladies of Africa and Asia at the 7th Edition of MFFLI Summit

BusinessWire India Male [Maldives]/ Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 17: Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, conducted the 7th Edition of Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative - MFFLI Summit 2025 recently. It...

Mozambique, Qatar company ink agreement to develop key economic, social sectors

(MENAFN) Mozambique and Qatar-based Al Mansour Holding have signed a strategic cooperation agreement worth 20 billion U.S. dollars in Maputo, aiming to accelerate development across vital economic and social sectors. The agreement covers a wide...

Mozambique, Qatari Company Seal USD20B Pact

(MENAFN) Mozambique’s government and Qatar-based Al Mansour Holding have finalized a landmark $20 billion strategic partnership aimed at accelerating development across vital economic and social sectors. The agreement was signed Tuesday in Maputo,...

Mozambique, Qatar firm sign 20 bln USD deal to boost key sectors

MAPUTO, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The government of Mozambique and Al Mansour Holding, a Qatar-based investment conglomerate, signed a 20 billion U.S. dollar strategic cooperation agreement in the capital, Maputo, on Tuesday to boost development across...

Land mines and tuberculosis are no match for ‘hero rats’ sniffing out danger, disease

MOROGORO, Tanzania -- A man lies unmoving, slumped in the rubble of a simulated earthquake, as an unlikely rescuer approaches: a rat with a backpack. Whiskers waving, the rat breezes past garbage, toppled furniture and scattered clothes to find...

Land mines and tuberculosis are no match for Tanzanian ‘hero rats’ sniffing out danger and disease

MOROGORO, Tanzania (AP) — A man lies unmoving, slumped in the rubble of a simulated earthquake, as an unlikely rescuer approaches: a rat with a backpack. Whiskers waving, the rat breezes past garbage, toppled furniture and scattered clothes to...

VectorGrid-Africa: a groundbreaking initiative to combat mosquito-borne diseases in Africa

Africa bears the heavy burden of mosquito-borne diseases, predominantly driven by climate change that accelerates the spread of disease-carrying vectors. In South Africa, a significant malaria outbreak from 1999 to 2000, which rapidly proliferated...

Which PEPFAR Investments Drive HIV Outcomes? Informing PEPFAR Transition and Scale-Down

Overview As PEPFAR faces increased pressure to transition and scale down, understanding which of its investments most effectively drive HIV outcomes can help inform future directions. This analysis examines PEPFAR spending and HIV viral...

The Central African Republic ratifies the Maputo Protocol

Human rights defenders welcome the decision by the Central African Republic, which becomes the 46th African country to commit to promoting women’s rights. As part of an initiative to promote gender equality, the Central African Republic officially...

Mozambican Carlos Nhabombe Found Guilty of Raping 15 Minors

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe High Court has found Mozambican national Carlos Nhabombe guilty of 15 counts of rape against women and young girls in Mbabane. Nhabombe, 39 years old at the time of his arrest in 2013, was acquitted on three of the...

Lab scientists excluded from HIV-tainted blood probe amidst growing health crisis

Association pledges cooperation but reveals its offer to aid ministry investigation was rejected, as international treaty violations loom LINEO MALATALIANA MASERU – The Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Lesotho (AMLSL) has broken its...

How to get mosquito-born diseases to buzz off: Wits university goes regional

Wits University researchers have partnered in the continent’s first interconnected mosquito observatory network, VectorGrid-Africa, the institution says. The network has launched in Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique, SA and Madagascar. The €6.1m...

SA plans anti-HIV jab roll-out at hundreds of clinics by April

The health department anticipates that it could start to use government money to buy cheaper generics of anti-HIV jab the lenacapvir by April 2027. (Unsplash) The health department plans to make the twice-a-year anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir,...

Hospitals struggle to turn on the funding taps

Good afternoon. A bucket of water greets you when you visit many a hospital toilet up and down the country. It is not that hospitals and health clinics do not have wash basins and flushing toilets; it is that quite often, they do not work, because...

Mozambique Conflict Monitor 20 August (4 - 17 August 2025)

By the numbers Data highlights in Cabo Delgado province (4 - 17 August 2025) At least 17 political violence events (2,162 in total since 1 October 2017) At least 9 total reported fatalities from political violence (6,165 since 1 October 2017) At...

Fear or fascination? Nick Evans talks snakes and myths in South Africa’s gardens

For most South Africans, spotting a snake slithering across the garden or coiled in the storeroom sparks fear Snake encounters in South Africa are more common than many people realise, but the types of snakes one sees often depend on the region...

On the shelf this week: A glimpse into the world of finance, history, and wellness

1. How Women Invest in a Man’s World by Jyoti Mehndiratta Kappal Publisher: Bloomsbury Page: 224 Price: Rs 399 –Drawing on years of research and interviews, the author uncovers the emotional and psychological factors that shape women’s financial...

‘Trump’s UK State Visit Highlights the Death of US Soft Power’

Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system Packed with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK is the ultimate demonstration of soft power – combining the pomp...

Mozambique remains South Africa’s largest trading partner in the SADC region with over $2billion annual trade volume.

By Bongiwe Dlamini MBABANE:Mozambique remains South Africa’s largest trading partner in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), recording an annual trade volume of over two billion dollars,AIM News reported. According to Puleng Chaba,...