By AFP Cameroonian Salomon Banga set a trend of defenders scoring Wednesday as his country and Mali moved closer to the African Nations Championship (CHAN) quarter-finals, Burkina Faso remained in contention and Zimbabwe were eliminated. In a dramatic start to the top-of-the-table Group A clash in Yaounde centre-back Banga put hosts Cameroon ahead and Mali right-back…
By AFP Conservationists have started using satellite imagery to count elephants from space, a technique that British experts hope will help protect threatened populations in Africa. Researchers at the University of Oxford and the University of Bath said the use of algorithms, machine learning and satellite technology could replace current techniques used to count elephants — a…
By XINHUA The Zambian government says it is working with the private sector to create more hospital bedding space to accommodate the increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases the country is experiencing. Minister of Health Jonas Chanda said the private facilities will be added to the roster following a detailed assessment. He said in a statement that…
By Daniel Plafker South Africa’s Minister in the Presidency, Jackson Mthembu, died Thursday at the age of 62 from complications related to COVID-19. The country’s presidency revealed the news on Thursday via Twitter. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa described Mthembu as a “much-loved and greatly respected colleague and comrade, whose passing leaves our nation at a…
By XINHUA Educational attainment gaps have limited the success of women-owned businesses in Africa, according to a report newly published by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). The “Women’s Entrepreneurship Report” studied data from tens of thousands of African entrepreneurs and firms to establish links between education, access to finance and improved productivity. “Increasing…
By CGTN Africa Kenyan scientists have raised an alarm on a coronavirus variant they say differs from the one spreading in South Africa and Britain According to Voice of America News, about 10 investigators from the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) discovered the COVID-19 mutation. Charles Agoti, a principal investigator and researcher, says that the variant…
By CGTN Africa Nigeria will receive 100,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine by early February to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, said an official on Tuesday. The authorities will ensure that the vaccines get to rural areas in the country, and work on the modalities for the screening of the vaccines before they are administered, said Faisal…
By CGTN Africa Zimbabwe’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Dr. Sibusiso Moyo succumbed to COVID-19 early Wednesday morning at a local hospital, the presidency said in a statement. According to Zimbabwe’s state newspaper, The Herald, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Acting Minister Jenfan Muswere confirmed the minister’s death but did not give further details….
By XINHUA Uganda’s Health Ministry on Tuesday registered 449 new COVID-19 cases in the six-day period through Monday, taking the national tally to 38,534. A total of 322 new recoveries were recorded in the East African country, bringing the nationwide recoveries to 13,405, the statement said. The ministry did not release daily updates for the last…
By Reuters Britain is assisting Kenya to prepare for the roll-out of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, its foreign secretary, Dominic Raab said, as African nations race to ensure their populations are inoculated. “It is for us not just our moral duty, but in the British national interest to see Kenyans vaccinated just…
