By Jerry Omondi Kenya has now administered more than thirteen million COVID-19 vaccines, with more than six million people fully vaccinated. According to the latest data from the health ministry, a total of 13,134,929 doses had been administered by Friday. Of these, 6,014,919 people have been fully inoculated while 6,773,782 people are partially vaccinated. The East…
By XINHUA With only 11 percent of the population fully vaccinated in Africa, the vaccination rate on the African continent needs to increase six times to meet the 70 percent target set for mid-2022, warned the World Health Organization (WHO). “The world has finally heard our calls. Africa is now accessing the vaccines it has demanded…
By AP Liverpool teammates Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mané — two of African football’s leading forwards — will be facing off as rivals for the continental title. Salah didn’t even get a chance to take a penalty for Egypt in a 3-1 shootout victory over Cameroon in the African Cup of Nations semifinals on Thursday after…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Hosts Cameroon ended their Africa Cup of Nations campaign on a high by claiming third place at the tournament after defeating Burkina Faso 5-3 in a penalty shootout following a dramatic late comeback against their opponents at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaoundé. The Indomitable Lions had trailed Burkina Faso 3-0 at…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Spanish giants Barcelona on Wednesday officially announced the signing of Gabon forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on a free transfer from English club Arsenal. Aubameyang signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with the Catalan club until June 2025, with an option to terminate the contract at the end of next season and a buy-out clause set…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Africa’s representatives in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, South Africa and Kenya, will go head-to-head in the pool stage of the upcoming Singapore Sevens event. The two teams were grouped with North American rivals the United States and Canada in Pool A. The last time the two African sides met in…
By XINHUA At least 32 people have died so far during a Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria. According to a report by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), the number of confirmed cases is up to 74. 759 suspected cases have been reported since the beginning of the year. On January 26, health authorities said…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Uganda’s civil aviation authority confirmed that the United Arab Emirates has eased COVID-19 travel protocols imposed on travelers from Uganda imposed due to the Omicron variant. Travelers from Uganda to Dubai are no longer required to undertake a second COVID-19 PCR test within six hours prior to their departure, according to a…
By AFP The final of the Africa Cup of Nations will go ahead at Paul Biya (Olembe) Stadium in Yaounde after the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Sunday lifted its suspension of the venue where eight people died in a stampede on January 24. CAF’s announcement means that the second semi-final scheduled for February 3 will go…
By AFP A sub-variant of the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus strain has been detected in 57 countries, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. The fast-spreading and heavily mutated Omicron variant is now the dominant variant worldwide since it was first detected in southern Africa 10 weeks ago. In its weekly epidemiological update, the WHO said that…
