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Zimbabwe pins hope on vaccination to sustain economic recovery

By XINHUA Zimbabwe is pinning its hope on a comprehensive vaccination program to sustain economic recovery, as tourism and education sectors remain the most battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said Wednesday. “Our medium to long-term economic strategy is the vaccination program,” Ncube said during an international business conference at the…

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Angola counts 18,000 new cases of HIV/AIDS in first half of 2021

By XINHUA Angola has registered 18,000 new cases of HIV/AIDS in the first half of 2021, the country’s Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday. The data resulted from 1,046,908 tests performed at various diagnostic centers and health facilities in the country. Compared to the same period in 2020, there was a reduction in new cases, taking…

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South African Airways to resume flights on Thursday

By CGTN Africa South African Airways will resume flights on Thursday, after being grounded for over a year due to business rescue. SAA has had to let go of several aircraft and it’s unclear where the state-owned airline will find money to buy more planes. Starting on Thursday flights are expected to operate between Johannesburg and Cape Town…

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Ugandan president urges intensive inoculation as COVID-19 vaccines to expire

By XINHUA Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday called for massive mobilization for the inoculation of priority groups before 67,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses donated to the country expire at the end of September. The 4.8 million people in the priority groups include health workers, teachers, security personnel, elderly persons of 50 and above, people who are…

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WHO says air pollution kills 7 million a year, toughens guidelines

By AFP The World Health Organization strengthened its air quality guidelines on Wednesday, saying air pollution was now one of the biggest environmental threats to human health, causing seven million premature deaths a year. It said urgent action was needed to reduce exposure to air pollution, ranking its burden of disease on a par with smoking…

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CAF to hold Women’s Champions League draw on September 29

David Ochieng Mbewa The draw for the inaugural CAF Women’s Champions League will take place on September 29 in the Egyptian capital Cairo. Eight teams will participate in the tournament which will take place between November 5 and 19 following the conclusion of the six CAF regional preliminary qualifiers. The eight teams will be divided…

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African Union says ongoing misinformation has made many Africans wary of COVID-19 vaccination

By XINHUA Ongoing misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines is contributing to many people across Africa being skeptical of getting COVID-19 vaccine jabs, the African Union (AU) has said. The statement was made by William Carew, head of the Secretariat of AU’s Economic Social and Cultural Council, as he urged the African populace to get vaccinated if herd…

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Death toll from Nigeria’s cholera outbreak rises to 2,404

By XINHUA The cholera outbreak in Nigeria has killed 2,404 people in the country since its onset in January, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Tuesday. In a statement, the NCDC said 23 new deaths were linked to the outbreak across the country between September 6 and 12. Within the stated period, the…

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Nigeria, Ghana sprint to join digital currency race

By AFP Nigeria and Ghana are racing to adopt a central bank digital currency as they look to ride the wave of popularity of cryptocurrencies in West Africa’s two largest economies. Central banks in both countries have partnered with foreign financial tech companies to create digital versions of their currencies, joining the global train of countries exploring…

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14 African countries fully vaccinate more than 10 percent of their population against COVID-19

By David Ochieng Mbewa Rwanda is the latest African country to fully vaccinate at least 10 percent of its population thereby achieving a target set out by the World Health Organization (WHO) to do so by the end of September. According to Rwanda’s Ministry of Health, 1,399,753 people in Rwanda have received two vaccine doses while…