Botswana health authorities say, starting Monday, fully vaccinated travelers entering the country will no longer need a negative COVID-19 PCR test result. Unvaccinated visitors can also get inoculated free at Botswana’s entry points. From Gaborone. In a televised address on Friday, Minister of Health Edwin Dikoloti said all people age 12 and older will be…
By XINHUA Kenya plans to enhance its food safety in order to boost agricultural exports, a government official said on Wednesday. Joseph Kirubi, secretary of administration at the state department of crops, Ministry of Agriculture said in Nairobi that the country’s food safety will be strengthened to be aligned with the Food and Agriculture Organization of…
By AP German vaccine maker BioNTech, which developed the first widely approved shot against COVID-19 together with Pfizer, unveiled plans Wednesday to establish manufacturing facilities in Africa that would boost the availability of much-needed medicines on the continent. The modular design presented at a ceremony in Marburg, Germany, consists of shipping containers fitted with the equipment…
By CGTN Africa The Suez canal two-way section expansion is underway to increase it by 10 km, from 72 km to 82 km, the chairman of the authority managing the Egyptian waterway said Tuesday. Suez Canal Authority chairman Osama Rabie while giving an update on the expansion that started last year said that it would be…
By CGTN Africa Following a decline in coronavirus cases, the Zimbabwean government has ordered the re-opening of all ports of entry with immediate effect. Speaking to reporters, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa says that this decision was reached after a cabinet meeting in the capital Harare. Mutsvangwa says travelers will be required to present a valid negative…
By XINHUA Kenya’s Ministry of Health on Tuesday launched malaria and COVID-19 PCR diagnostic kits in a bid to boost timely detection and treatment of the two diseases. Rashid Aman, the chief administrative secretary in the Ministry of Health, said that the malaria rapid diagnostic kit (PlamoCheck) and the PCR COVID-19 testing kit (KEMCoV PCR) were…
GABORONE — In a bid to boost agro-tourism, the Botswana government is offering wildlife start-up stock to farmers to keep in their ploughing fields. The government says the move will give locals an improved stake in the lucrative tourism sector. Botswana’s National Parks and Wildlife director, Kabelo Senyatso, said the government will run a pilot project…
Eritrea’s Shannon Ogbnai-Abeda placed 39th in the men’s giant slalom, the only African who managed to complete his run in the event. A double blast of heavy snow and temperatures dropping to minus 22 degrees Celsius made the downhill race treacherous on Sunday, and only 46 of 87 skiers were able to finish the course….
By CGTN Africa Nigerian inflation remained steady in January, leaving room for the central bank to keep interest rates on hold, Bloomberg reported. According to the report, consumer prices rose 15.6 percent in January from a year earlier, compared with 15.63 percent in the previous month, Statistician-General Simon Harry told reporters Tuesday in Abuja, the capital….
By David Ochieng Mbewa Moroccan side RS Berkane overcame an almighty scare to defeat US Gendarmerie 5-3 in their CAF Confederation Cup Group D match at the Stade Municipal de Berkane in Berkane on Sunday. RS Berkane, winners of the competition in 2020, came into the match as overwhelming favourites and justified that tag racing into…
