By CGTN Africa The African Development Bank has approved a grant of $11.26 million to the Government of Chad to finance the Girls’ Education and Women’s Literacy Project– the first Bank grant exclusively targeting women and girls. “Through this financing, the African Development Bank is providing support to the Chadian government to reduce inequalities through access…
By XINHUA A total of 3.5 million tourists visited Egypt in 2020 compared to 13.1 million in 2019, according to the Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled al-Anany. The revenues of tourism in 2020 hit 4 billion U.S. dollars, said al-Anany on Monday, compared to 13.03 billion U.S. dollars in 2019. “Occupancy of the hotels…
By CGTN Africa Zimbabwe extended a nationwide curfew, banned gatherings and ordered non-essential businesses closed for a month on Saturday in an effort to curb a surge in coronavirus infections. Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also health minister, said some of the tighter restrictions were effective immediately and included a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m….
By XINHUA The Zimbabwean government on Wednesday announced the postponement of schools reopening as COVID-19 cases surge, coupled with the threat of flooding posed by Cyclone Chalane. The schools were supposed to reopen for the first term of 2021 on January 4. Secretary for Primary and Secondary Education Tumisang Thabela said in a notice to learners,…
By Halligan Agade In the early 1990s, HIV and AIDS stigma was one of the major obstacles to fighting the pandemic. This stigma frequently led those infected to deny having the infection and thus avoid treatment out of fear of being shunned or abandoned by friends and family. As a result, many children with HIV positive or AIDS-infected…
South Africa’s COVID-19 caseload surpassed the one million mark on Sunday as the county continues to see a steady surge in in virus numbers. Health minister Zweli Mkhize reported 9,502 new infections from tests conducted over the past 24 hours, taking the country’s total number of cases 1,004,413. South Africa is Africa’s hardest hit country…
Rwanda on Sunday reported 153 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily increase since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in the country on March 14. The new infections included 103 cases in a prison in Southern Province, according to the health ministry. Rwandan Minister of Health Daniel Ngamije earlier this month warned that the COVID-19…
The number of COVID-19 infections in Africa rose to 2,644,112 on Monday, according to the latest data from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) The data from the continental health body also showed a total of 62,366 deaths even as countries now shift focus to acquisition and distribution of vaccines. South…
EgyptAir, the flagship carrier of Egypt, decided on Monday to resume its flights to and from Oman. “The flights, Cairo-Muscat-Cairo, will be resumed starting from Dec. 28 in light of the new instructions of Omani Civil Aviation Authority,” the national airline company said in a statement posted on its Facebook page. Omani authorities decided on…
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Uganda rose to 33,811 after the Ministry of Health on Sunday reported 248 new cases. The capital Kampala recorded about half of the new cases with 123 followed by the districts of Wakiso (22), Mukono (18), Luwero (17), Mbarara (10) and others. Among the new cases also was…
