By XINHUA Kenya and the United States have held virtual talks on signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), Betty Maina, Kenya’s cabinet secretary of Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development said in a statement on Thursday. Betty Maina said that she discussed with Katherine Tai, the U.S. Trade Representative, following up on the FTA…
By XINHUA Zimbabwe is targeting to attain food security by 2022 and to increase household income by 100 percent by the year 2024, Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka said on Wednesday. Apart from eliminating food imports that are resulting in a bloated import bill, the government is also targeting 40 percent value addition, to create about…
By Reuters The African Union has dropped plans to secure COVID-19 vaccines from the Serum Institute of India for African nations and is exploring options with Johnson & Johnson, the head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. The institute will still supply the AstraZeneca vaccine to Africa through the…
By Grace Kuria Research released on Wednesday by World Animal Protection found high levels of contamination in many meat samples across Kenya. The highest contamination was found in pork and chicken brands managed by supermarkets. Dr. Victor Yamo, campaigns manager at World Animal Protection, said 95 percent of meat sold in supermarkets in Kenya contains…
By XINHUA Ethiopia registered 2,054 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 219,381 as of Tuesday evening, the country’s Ministry of Health said. The ministry said 25 new deaths were reported across the country during the same period, bringing the national death toll to 3,025. The East African country…
By AP Tanzania’s new president appears to be taking a new, scientific approach to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. President Samia Suluhu Hassan said Tuesday she will form a technical committee to advise her about the scope of COVID-19 infections in the country and how to respond to the pandemic. COVID-19 is “not something we should…
By CGTN Africa A trial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine on children and teenagers has been paused pending further information about rare blood-clotting issues in adults who have received it. An Oxford spokesman speaking to the Wall Street Journal said that no safety issues have arisen in the trial itself, but broader concerns about rare clotting…
By Jerry Omondi Two Chinese-manufactured COVID-19 vaccines are expected to be reviewed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for emergency use by the end of April, a spokesperson said. The Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines have already been approved for emergency use in various countries around the world, boosting their mass inoculation drives. If approved by…
By Grace Kuria The Bureau of the FIFA Council on Wednesday announced that it has decided to suspend the Chadian Football Association (FTFA) with immediate effect due to government interference. FIFA says “The suspension was prompted by the recent decisions of Chadian government authorities to permanently withdraw the powers delegated to the FTFA, establish a…
By AFP Authorities in Ghana on Monday said they were investigating after the country’s coastal areas were flooded with different species of dead fish and scores of dolphins. The dead fish washed up on three different Atlantic Ocean coastal areas of the West African country over the weekend, officials said. “We’ve counted about 60 dead…
