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Somali politicians choose new president unruffled by explosions

MOGADISHU: Somali politicians voted on Sunday for a new president despite explosions near the fortified airport...

Published 16 May, 2022 05:42am

World

Somali lawmakers prepare to elect new president

MOGADISHU: Somalia’s newly elected parliament convened for the first time on Saturday, bringing the war-ravaged...

Published 17 Apr, 2022 05:51am

World

EU summit looks to boost strained ties with Africa

BRUSSELS: EU and African leaders meet for a two-day summit on Thursday, seeking to reboot ties with pledges of major...

Published 17 Feb, 2022 09:51am

World

African Union suspends debate on Israel’s status: diplomats

ADDIS ABABA: The African Union has suspended a debate on whether to withdraw Israel’s accreditation, avoiding a...

Published 07 Feb, 2022 05:22am

World

Coups, Covid and row over Israel test African leaders at summit

ADDIS ABABA: Leaders gathered at an African Union (AU) summit called on Saturday for the continent to have a bigger...

Published 06 Feb, 2022 04:42am

World

South Africa to donate 2mn J&J COVID-19 shots to African countries

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa said on Friday it would donate roughly 2 million doses of Johnson & Johnson's ...

Published 17 Dec, 2021 10:44am

World

Great Green Wall brings life back to Niger desert

Goats...

Published 23 Nov, 2021 11:07am

World

African Union to buy up to 110 million Moderna COVID-19 vaccines

WASHINGTON: The African Union (AU) intends to buy up to 110 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna Inc in an...

Published 26 Oct, 2021 11:03am

Opinion

WHO-backed vaccine hub for Africa to copy Moderna shot

Efforts to develop an African base for COVID-19 vaccine production will focus on trying to replicate Moderna’s...

Published 16 Sep, 2021 04:02am

World

Mali suspended from African Union after second coup in nine months

The AU "decides... to immediately suspend the Republic of Mali from participation in all activities of the African Union.

Published 02 Jun, 2021 10:19am

World

AU banks on Ghana’s Mahama to ease Somalia tensions

NAIROBI: The African Union on Saturday named former Ghanaian president John Mahama its High Representative to ...

Updated 09 May, 2021 10:30am

World

'Deep concern' at UN Security Council over Tigray crisis

African members in turn have favored mediation by the African Union.

Published 23 Apr, 2021 10:18am

World

Sub-Saharan Africa to see world's slowest growth in 2021: IMF

Africa rebounding from worst contraction on record.
International community must help make vaccines available.
External financing needs total $425 bln over 2021-2025.

Published 15 Apr, 2021 07:28pm

World

African Union says use of AstraZeneca COVID shot should continue

The recommendation comes after more than a dozen European countries suspended use of the AstraZeneca vaccine amid concerns over the risk of blood clots.
John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told a news conference the "benefits still outweigh the risks" and countries should "move forward".

Published 18 Mar, 2021 05:32pm

Markets

Kenya's shilling to ease, Nigeria's naira to hold steady

The Kenyan shilling is seen easing, on strong dollar demand from general merchandise importers and manufacturers.
Commercial banks quoted the shilling at 109.75/109.95, compared with last Thursday's close of 109.55/109.75.

Published 18 Mar, 2021 05:09pm

World

S.Africa in African Union talks on COVID-19 shots for 10 million people

S.Africa lags wealthier nations in vaccinations.
Seeks large volume of doses via continental platform.
Trying to sell AstraZeneca stock at same time.
Prefers Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson shots for now.

Updated 05 Mar, 2021 07:26pm

World

Sudan and Ethiopia trade accusations in escalating border conflict

KHARTOUM: Sudan on Saturday accused Ethiopia of an "unforgivable insult" in its sharpest statement since a...

Updated 21 Feb, 2021 05:10pm

World

African Union says Russia offers 300mn doses of Sputnik V vaccine

Africa scrambling to secure vaccine supplies.
Lags wealthier parts of world in immunisations.
Deal could be among biggest by Russia to date.
Russia says most deliveries to start from June.

Published 19 Feb, 2021 05:26pm

World

South Africa offers AstraZeneca jabs to AU

Vaccination will begin with healthcare workers as part of an implementation study, Mkhize said.

Published 16 Feb, 2021 09:21pm

World

AU leader Faki re-elected for second 4-year term

ADDIS ABABA: The chairman of the African Union's executive body, Moussa Faki Mahamat, was re-elected for a second...

Published 07 Feb, 2021 04:07am

World

Sixteen African nations show interest in AU vaccine plan

Africa CDC Director John Nkengasong said the 16 countries had asked for a total of a total 114 million doses under the AU's Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT).
"Our hope is that in the next two to three weeks, they should be having their vaccines," he told a virtual news conference.

Published 04 Feb, 2021 09:25pm

World

Africa begins vaccines, sceptical Tanzania told to trust science

Morocco, Egypt, Seychelles and Guinea start giving doses.
Tanzania's president says God and steam will protect people.
'Vaccines work', responds WHO'S top health official.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 08:56pm

World

African Union secures additional 400 million vaccine doses

This comes on top of an earlier announcement by the AU that it had secured 270 million vaccine doses.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 07:56pm

World

Zambia allocated 8.7mn COVID-19 vaccines from African Union

Zambia, with a population close to 18 million, has 45,337 COVID-19 cases and 639 people have died from the disease.

Published 24 Jan, 2021 06:27pm

World

Nigeria requests 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from African Union

As of Monday, Nigeria, the continent's most populous country of 200 million inhabitants, had 110,387 confirmed cases and 1,435 deaths.

Published 19 Jan, 2021 12:19am

World

Africa cannot relax now COVID-19 vaccines are coming, health boss says

Africa has not started vaccinations and there is concern that more prosperous regions will get an unfair head start in the global fight against COVID-19.
We should not see vaccines as a magic bullet for now, it will take time for vaccines to be rolled out in a way that we have herd immunity.

Published 14 Jan, 2021 05:43pm

World

Africa CDC says countries must act fast to prepare for Covid-19 vaccines

The AU deal announced Wednesday is intended to benefit countries unable to finance their own immunisation campaigns.

Published 14 Jan, 2021 05:29pm

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Pak Mod. / May 20 First Pak Modaraba(PAKMI)	3.30 ▲ 0.90 (37.50%)
B. F. Mod. / May 20 B.F. Modaraba(BFMOD)	7.00 ▲ 1.00 (16.67%)
Paramount Mod / May 20 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	8.99 ▲ 0.99 (12.38%)
S.G.Power / May 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	4.99 ▲ 0.47 (10.40%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / May 20 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	10.99 ▲ 0.91 (9.03%)
Flying Cement / May 20 Flying Cement Company Limited(FLYNG)	8.10 ▲ 0.64 (8.58%)
Pak Engineering / May 20 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	279.50 ▲ 19.50 (7.50%)
Sapphire Fib. / May 20 Sapphire Fibres Limited(SFL)	1099.72 ▲ 76.72 (7.50%)
Dadex Eternit / May 20 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	73.09 ▲ 5.09 (7.49%)
Maqbool Tex. / May 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	64.12 ▲ 4.47 (7.49%)

Stock	Price
Ask.Gen.Insur. / May 20 Askari General Insurance Company Limited(AGIC)	18.06 ▲ -2.73 (-13.13%)
Oilboy Energy / May 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	10.35 ▲ -1.39 (-11.84%)
Sakrand Sugar / May 20 Sakrand Sugar Mills Limited(SKRS)	8.25 ▲ -0.79 (-8.74%)
Punjab Mod / May 20 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	1.64 ▲ -0.15 (-8.38%)
Service Textile / May 20 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	10.00 ▲ -0.90 (-8.26%)
TPL Insurance / May 20 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	30.63 ▲ -2.48 (-7.49%)
AL-Noor Sugar / May 20 Al-Noor Sugar Mills Limited(ALNRS)	57.50 ▲ -4.36 (-7.05%)
Shield Corp. / May 20 Shield Corporation Limited(SCL)	235.50 ▲ -16.50 (-6.55%)
Dynea Pakistan / May 20 Dynea Pakistan Limited(DYNO)	150.13 ▲ -9.87 (-6.17%)
Bal. Wheel / May 20 Baluchistan Wheels Limited(BWHL)	73.85 ▲ -4.78 (-6.08%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / May 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,994,000 ▼ 0.00
Silk Bank Ltd / May 20 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	16,885,500 ▼ 0.00
Pak Elektron / May 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	16,358,000 ▼ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	12,930,788 ▼ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	12,253,500 ▼ 0.00
Waves Singer / May 20 Waves Singer Pakistan Limited(WAVES)	6,934,500 ▼ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / May 20 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	6,538,000 ▼ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	5,919,271 ▼ 0.00
Fauji Cement / May 20 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	5,880,500 ▼ 0.00
Ghani Glo Hol / May 20 Ghani Global Holdings Limited(GGL)	5,477,638 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 20	200.20
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 20	199.80
USD to Japanese Yen / May 20	128.12
USD to Swiss Franc / May 20	0.97
Pound Sterling to USD / May 20	1.24
Euro to USD / May 20	1.06
UK LIBOR % / May 20	0.82

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 20	3900.79
India Sensex / May 20	52792.23
Tokyo Nikkei / May 20	26673.91
Nasdaq / May 20	11388.50
Hang Seng / May 20	20581.03
FTSE 100 / May 20	7302.74
Dow Jones / May 20	31253.13
Germany DAX 30 / May 20	13882.30
France CAC40 / May 20	6272.71

Item	Value
Crude Oil / May 20	112.00
Karachi Cotton Assoc. / May 20	21180.00
Gold 10 Grams / May 20	113300.00
Gold Spot / May 20	1838.55
Cotton / May 20	128.58

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