By David Ochieng Mbewa Defending champions Al Ahly will face Mamelodi Sundowns in the standout tie of the CAF Champions League quarterfinals following the draw for the knockout phase of this season’s competition. The tie is a rematch of last year’s semi-final which the Egyptian side triumphed 3-1 on aggregate as it went on to…
By Grace Kuria Tanzania’s ministry of health has on Wednesday banned all flights to and from India, due to the current surge in coronavirus cases and deaths in India. In a statement, the country’s health permanent secretary Prof. Abel N. Makubi said, ” all flights to and from India are banned in Tanzania. This ban…
By CGTN The Chinese mainland recorded seven new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, all from overseas, data from the National Health Commission (NHC) showed on Wednesday. Of the cases, two were reported in Sichuan, and one each in Tianjin, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Guangdong and Guangxi. No new deaths related to COVID-19 were reported on Tuesday, the…
By XINHUA Zimbabwe’s central bank said Tuesday it expects annual inflation to further decline and reach a low of 55 percent by July 2021. The bank was also satisfied with the disinflationary trend, as inflation had fallen from a peak of 837.53 percent in July last year to 194 percent last month, the monetary policy…
By XINHUA The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has allowed Zimbabwe to use the Chinese-built National Sports Stadium when the senior men’s football team – the Warriors – host South Africa for a World Cup 2022 qualifier in June. CAF had banned the use of all Zimbabwe’s stadiums in 2020 because they did not meet…
By XINHUA School reopened Monday in South Sudan after closure for more than one year due to COVID-19 pandemic. Hussein Abdelbagi Akol, vice president in charge of service cluster, said the decision came in the wake of the recent drop in COVID-19 infections since March. “COVID-19 is still with us but we have decided to…
By Grace Kuria UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore has said that it is “very worried” about the current COVID-19 crisis in India and urged the world to send urgent help to the country. CNBC reports that Fore also said it was a “race to save lives” through vaccinations, particularly in some of the world’s poorest countries…
By Grace Kuria Tanzania has on Monday issued a COVID-19 travel advisory aimed at controlling the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement, Tanzania’s Health Permanent Secretary Prof. Abel Makubi said The new measures effective Tuesday May 4, include: all travelers, whether foreigners or returning residents will be required to present a negative COVID-19 test certificate upon…
By XINHUA Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday launched Ardhisasa, a digital land information management system aimed to bring efficiency and transparency to the land sector in the country. The new system, which marks the end of manual land transactions in Nairobi, was developed by a team of Kenyan techies over a three-year period and…
By XINHUA Zimbabwe has received 75 million U.S. dollars from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and the COVID-19 pandemic, Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said. The funding is for three years from 2021 to 2023, Mutsvangwa said during a post-cabinet media briefing. “It should, however, be noted that the government continues to provide…
