By XINHUA Almost two years after Africa identified its first case of COVID-19 on February 14, 2020, the continent is on the track to end the disruption caused by the pandemic in 2022, said the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday. “Although COVID-19 will be with us for the long-term, there is light at the end…
Nigeria is making its debut in cross-country skiing at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Samuel Ikpefan is representing Africa’s most populous nation, though he holds French citizenship as well. On Monday, Ikpefan took to Instagram in a green headscarf with the flag of Nigeria in green and white on the front, saying “I am looking…
By David Ochieng Mbewa African champions Al Ahly will face Asian champions Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia in the third/fourth place playoff at the FIFA Club World cup after both sides lost their respective semifinals. Al Ahly lost 2-0 to Brazil’s Palmeiras at the Al Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi as the Copa Libertadores winners reached…
By XINHUA The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) said on Wednesday that Business Confidence Index (BCI) increased from 92 in December to 94.1 in January as the country opened business activity following the COVID-19 infection. The SACCI said even though there were no active economic incidents in January 2022, the business sentiments increased…
By CGTN Africa United Nations chief Antonio Guterres was among world leaders calling for 23 billion U.S. dollars to make COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatments available to everyone worldwide. Guterres says that vaccine inequity is “the biggest moral failure of our times – and people are paying the price”. The money would be used to fund…
By AFP 32 people have died in an outbreak of cholera in the central-western African state of Cameroon, the authorities said Wednesday. The water-borne disease was first detected in the Southwest and Centre regions in late October and then spread to three other regions. As of January 1, there were 32 deaths out of 1,102 recorded cases,…
By AFP Mozambique, whose coastline has been ravaged by rising sea levels and tropical storms, announced plans on Tuesday to plant over 100 million trees to restore its battered mangroves. Large portions of mangroves along the country’s 2,500-kilometre (1,500-mile-long) coastline have been decimated by high seas and the harvesting of firewood for charcoal. The Ministry of…
By David Ochieng Mbewa The second Basketball Africa League (BAL) season begins on March 5 with seven new teams and four new countries. Five teams from the inaugural BAL season are returning, led by defending champions Zamalek of Egypt, Angola’s Petro de Luanda, Morocco’s AS Salé and Tunisia’s US Monastir, who all earned their spots by…
A radio program in Nigeria is helping break through conservative culture barriers by highlighting cases of gender-based violence, or GBV. Even before the COVID-19 lockdowns, many women and girls were victims of GBV. Fatima talked to VOA at a shop in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria where she is learning tailoring. Fatima, who asked that we…
By XINHUA Ghanaian health authorities have set up at least 6,000 vaccination centers nationwide to accelerate COVID-19 immunization, Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu said Tuesday. The country had a stock of 10 million COVID-19 vaccines available for the current vaccination drive in addition to the 16 million already administered, he said. “We are deploying vaccines and still…
