By XINHUA The World Bank has approved 500 million U.S. dollars that will benefit more than 12 million children in preprimary and primary education in Tanzania’s mainland, the bank said in a statement on Wednesday. The program called BOOST Primary Student Learning Program for Results is aimed at making preprimary and primary education better and more…
By XINHUA About Ugandan 50 legislators and staff who recently visited neighboring Tanzania have tested positive for COVID-19, a Ugandan parliamentary spokesperson said Tuesday. Chris Obore said in a tweet that the legislators were returning from the East African Community legislative assemblies’ games held in Tanzania’s Arusha city. “They are being managed by Ministry of Health…
By Jerry Omondi Uganda’s COVID-19 infections surpassed the 130,000 mark on Wednesday as the country continues to see a spike in new cases. According to the latest data from the health ministry, the country recorded 502 new cases, bringing the total number of infections to 130,178. As the festive season approaches its peak, the government is…
By XINHUA Nigeria is now experiencing a fourth COVID-19 wave, health authorities in the country have said, attributing it to the rise in Delta and Omicron variants infections. The most populous African country has recorded a 500 percent increase in infections in the past two weeks, Ifedayo Adetifa, head of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control…
By AFP African football chief Patrice Motsepe confirmed Tuesday that the Africa Cup of Nations will go ahead as planned in Cameroon next month, dispelling rumors that the already delayed continental showpiece could fall victim to the COVID-19 pandemic.“I am going to watch on the 9th of January, Cameroon and Burkina Faso,” Motsepe said, referring to the…
By Jerry Omondi The number of fully vaccinated people in Kenya rose by 19,040 over the past 24 hours as the country continues its nationwide COVID-19 inoculation drive. With the increase, the total number of complete vaccinations stands at 3,572,863 from a total of 8,861,039 vaccine doses administered so far. Kenya’s mass vaccination drive is currently…
By XINHUA Zimbabwe on Monday received a batch of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine donated by China, which will boost the country’s vaccination campaign as it battles the fourth wave of COVID-19 pandemic. The latest donation – on top of other batches of vaccine that China has already donated to Zimbabwe – follows a pledge made by China…
By XINHUA With Christmas and New Year holidays around the corner, the Rwandan government has imposed restrictions for unvaccinated people in the country, excluding them from indoor restaurants, worship places, public transport and bars starting December 20 to minimize the spread of coronavirus and encourage vaccine skeptics to get their jabs. The measures were announced by…
By XINHUA The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 9,155,691 as of late Sunday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU) said the death toll across the continent stands at 225,967 and some 8,329,481 patients have recovered from the…
By CGTN Africa The World Health Organization’s chief scientist said on Monday it was too early to conclude the Omicron variant was milder than other coronavirus strains, saying it could still make enough people sick to “overburden” healthcare systems. “It is probably unwise to sit back and think this is a mild variant, it’s not going…
