ABU DHABI / WAM The United Arab Emirates on Monday sent an aid plane containing five metric tons of medical supplies to Botswana to bolster the country’s efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19. The aid will assist approximately 5,000 medical professionals as they work to combat the virus. Commenting on the aid delivery, Mahash Saeed Al Hameli, UAE Ambassador ...

ABU DHABI / WAM HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF), announced that the slogan, “Preparing for the next fifty years: Women are the support of the nation,” will be the slogan for Emirati Women’s Day. This ...

GENEVA / WAM The International Publishers Association (IPA) is offering financial support to African publishing entrepreneurs to overcome the staggering impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on education in 2020 and beyond. Under a four-year $800,000 fund administered by the IPA in partnership with Dubai Cares, the UAE-based global philanthropic organisation, the grants for 2020 will be directed towards locally-owned, digital learning ...