By Jerry Omondi COVID-19 has disrupted Africa’s fight against Tuberculosis (TB), the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, pointing out that most focus had been placed on the response against the current pandemic. The WHO noted that in many countries, human, financial and other resources have been reallocated from tackling TB to the COVID-19 response,…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Four teams booked their places in the group stage of qualifying for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations after avoiding defeat in their respective second leg matches on Sunday. Peter Chol’s second half strike earned South Sudan a 1-0 win against Djibouti in Kampala to seal a comfortable 5-2 aggregate win. Eswatini…
By XINHUA Rwandan citizens on Saturday formally resumed monthly community work, locally known as Umuganda, after a significant decline in COVID-19 infections, for the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020. About 1,500 people gathered at Bumbogo, in a suburb of Rwanda’s capital city, Kigali, to clear bushes, drainage channels and to sweep…
By XINHUA Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced the re-opening of land and sea borders and the lifting of most of the COVID-19 restrictions. In his 28th nationwide COVID-19 address late Sunday, the president said the decision was made after reviewing the raft of measures put in place to help win the fight against…
By Christine Maema The African Development Bank and the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have signed a memorandum of understanding for $3.56 million in grant funding to support the development of pharmaceutical industries in West Africa. Lamin Barrow, Managing Director of the Bank for Nigeria and Mamadou Traoré, ECOWAS Commissioner in…
By XINHUA An inner-city road project contracted by a Chinese company kicked off Friday in Kumasi, Ghana’s second-largest city. The 100 km project undertaken by Sinohydro Corporation Limited includes drainage work, earthwork, and bituminous surfacing of the roads, which is expected to improve the road networks and facilitate transportation within the city. Speaking at the groundbreaking…
BLANTYRE, MALAWI — Southern Malawi has started recording a rise in cholera cases, which health authorities blame on flooding from a recent tropical storm and cyclone. More than 30 people have been infected and two have died. UNICEF is intervening to reduce the spread of the disease. Malawi confirmed the first cholera case March 2 in…
By XINHUA A two-day summit of African heads of state and government on cybersecurity ended on Thursday, with the adoption of a continental declaration to improve cybersecurity and more aggressively fight against cybercrime in Africa. Togo president, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe, told the summit about the need for “developing synergies to fight crime in the digital ecosystem,…
By AP Zimbabwe launched a new COVID-19 vaccination campaign that includes jabbing children aged 12 and above to rescue a drive faltering due to vaccine hesitancy and complacency. This week, schools in the southern African country have become vaccination zones with children in school uniforms lining up to get the injections. Many parents say they support…
By Jerry Omondi North African teams were the biggest beneficiaries of the first legs of the final round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup African Qualifiers, placing themselves at an advantage in the quest to secure slots in the global tournament. Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt secured vital victories against strong sub-Saharan African teams ahead of the…
