Day: December 7, 2021

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China launches second phase of education project in South Sudan

The Chinese Embassy in South Sudan has on Monday launched the second phase of a China-aided technical cooperation education project.

Speaking during the launch of the project in Juba on Tuesday, Hussein Abdelbaggi Akol, South Sudan’s Vice President for Service Cluster, said the cooperation between China and South Sudan will help the exchange of Chinese experience with the country.

“I believe that this technical cooperation in Education will bring the Chinese experience which could be merged into our developing concept for the development of educational innovation,” he said.

For his part, Hua Ning, Chinese Ambassador to South Sudan says they are prioritizing education projects in South Sudan.

”In ten years of our diplomatic relationship, the education sector has always been our priority area for our exchange and cooperation. China has supported the construction of a number of primary and secondary schools in South Sudan, trained over five thousand professionals in various sectors, and provided hundreds of scholarships for students to study in China,” Ambassador Ning said.

The Chinese Embassy in Juba also said it now wants to print textbooks for both primary and secondary schools and supply other scholastic materials soon.

Speaking during the same event, Awut Deng Achuil, the Minister of Education in South Sudan said some schools in South Sudan have started teaching the Chinese language as part of the cooperation between the two nations.

“Actually, implementation has already begun. For example, review of curriculum materials is underway, and teaching of the Chinese language is taking place at Juba Day Secondary School,” Achuil said.

South Sudan’s Ministry of Education says the cooperation between China and South Sudan includes taking teachers from South Sudan to China for training.

In the first phase, 54 teachers were trained including 14 members of parliament who are in the education committee.

Source: Radio Tamazuj

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Egypt reports 871 new coronavirus cases, 43 fatalities

The Health Ministry said on Monday night 6/12/2021that 871 new coronavirus cases were detected in Egypt over the past 24 hours, upping the total number of infections to 364,033.

Health Ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said 43 patients died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 20,770.

As many as 951 patients were discharged from hospitals after receiving medical care, taking the number of recoveries to 302,259, it added.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

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No need to panic over new Omicron Covid variant: Presidential adviser

The new Omicron variant of Covid-19 is not wildly different from any other variant, Presidential Adviser for Health and Prevention Affairs Mohamed Awad Tag Eddin said.

During a phone call with “Al-Hadath Al-Youm” satellite TV channel on Monday evening 6/12/2021, Tag Eddin added that “there’s no reason to panic over the new variant,” which has not yet been found to be linked to severe Covid-19 illness.

“The fear and anxiety have gotten totally out of proportion,” he said.

He indicated that “all vaccines are still effective against Covid,” explaining that vaccine effectiveness may just wane by few percentage points in case of mutations or new variants, but they remain effective.

Tag Eddin added the 4th wave of the Covid outbreak is about to reach its peak in Egypt, noting that incidence and fatality rates may continue to rise over the next two or three weeks before they subside.

He also urged citizens to adhere to all anti-Covid precautions and get their vaccine shots, especially in light of the fact that Covid-19 and the seasonal flu share a lot of the same symptoms.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

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Cabinet holds weekly meeting to discuss political, economic files

The Cabinet held its weekly meeting on Tuesday under Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli to discuss a number of political, economic and social files and preventive measures against the coronavirus.

The Cabinet will also discuss a number of draft laws and important ministerial decisions pertaining to the underway measures to introduce development in all fields, achieve economic and social stability and encourage investments.

The Cabinet will follow up progress in a number of major national projects in all governorates especially “Decent Life” project to overhaul the Egyptian countryside.

It will also follow up measures to be taken to implement President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s directives regarding the social protection, issues relevant to health, sports and education as well as protection of the limited-income people.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

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Strategic Egyptian-Russian ties model of political coordination: PM

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli said that the strategic Egyptian-Russian relations are an excellent model of political coordination and building win-win economic and trade partnerships.

Madbouli’s comments came in a speech that he delivered on Tuesday7/12/2021 at the conclusion of the Egyptian-Russian Nuclear Power Forum at Al Manara International Conference Center in New Cairo.

The forum was attended by Electricity and Renewable Energy Minister Mohamed Shaker, Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad, Communications and Information Technology Minister Amr Talaat, Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed Ahmed Morsi, Chairman of the Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) Abdel Moneim el Terras and Russian Ambassador in Cairo Georgy Borisenko.

In his speech, the premier added that El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant, the first nuclear energy facility in Egypt, would make a quantum leap in Egyptian-Russian cooperation.

He asserted that the State resorted to using nuclear energy to generate electricity for being one of the main pillars of the long-term strategic plan to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

It also constitutes one of the clean energy sources that is free from carbon emissions that cause climate change, along with its high competitive advantages, Madbouli said.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

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Egypt, Senegalese FMs discuss bilateral ties, host of regional, int’l issues

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry had talks with his Senegalese counterpart Aissata Tall Sall on bilateral ties and a host of regional and international issues of mutual concern.

In statements, Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Ahmed Hafez said that the talks took place on the sidelines of the 7th edition of Dakar Forum for Peace and Security.

The two-day forum kicked off on Monday6/12/2021. The forum focuses on the impact of Covid-19 across the continent as well as cyber security, terrorism, and climate change.

Source: State Information Service Egypt