The number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the African continent has reached 1,813,065, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Wednesday. The continental disease control and prevention agency said in a statement that the death toll related to the pandemic stood at 43,612 as of Wednesday afternoon. A total of…
The World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he will self-quarantine after being identified as a contact of someone who had tested positive for COVID-19. Ghebreyesus said he was well and had no symptoms, but did not mention any details of who the contact was. “I have been identified as a contact of…
Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany announced the winners of “Stay at Home” Media Recognition Awards for Ghana in partnership with H.E. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, the First Lady of Ghana, and for Nigeria in partnership with H.E. Dr. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, the First Lady of Nigeria. The theme of the awards was ‘Raising…
Seventeen miners at a coal mine in southern Zambia survived gas suffocation while working underground, a mining official said on Tuesday. The accident happened in the early hours of Monday at Collum Coal Mine situated in Sinazongwe district at shaft 6 underground when suspected carbon monoxide gas filled the underground passage as the miners were…
Senior students in all Rwandan primary and secondary schools resumed their studies on Monday after over seven months of suspension since March amid concerns over the spread of COVID-19. Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Teacher Training Colleges (TTC) have also reopened on the same day. Primary Five and Six, Secondary Three, Five…
Provisional election results out of Cote d’Ivoire indicate incumbent President Alassane Ouattara won reelection. Election commission president Ibrahime Coulibaly-Kuibiert said in an early morning broadcast Ouattara won 94 percent of the vote. 54 percent of Ivorians cast ballots. The landslide result had been widely expected after two leading opposition leaders called for a boycott of…
Lion cubs have been spotted in prides from Kenya’s Maasai Mara, Nairobi National Park and the Amboseli park — with the number of lion cubs being born across the country suggesting a baby boom. In the Amboseli area dominated by Maasai pastoralists and their livestock, there are now 6 to 7 lions per 100 square…
The Health Editor of Daily Trust newspapers, Ojoma Akor has won the Nigerian print category of the Merck Foundation ‘Stay at Home’ Media Recognition Awards. The award was organized by Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany in collaboration with the First Lady of Nigeria, Dr. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, the First Lady of Ghana, Rebecca…
Zimbabwe’s premier agricultural event, the Zimbabwe agricultural show, has ended with farmers and corporations from diverse sectors showcasing their products and services. The 110th edition of the show, which ran from Oct. 28 to 31, is normally held at the end of August, but this year it was postponed to October owing to the COVID-19…
Kenya has recorded 724 new cases of COVID-19 from a sample size of 5,085 tested in the last 24 hours, this is according to the Kenya Ministry of Health. The number of cases now stands at 56,601, which represents a positivity rate of 14.2 percent. At the same time, 14 more people have succumbed to…
