By XINHUA In a sports center located at the heart of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, a burst of shouts come out from trainees practicing Chinese martial arts. The trainees, aged from 7 to 65 years, practice the Chinese martial arts, Kung Fu and kickboxing at the Dave Dan Wushu and Kickboxing Training Center. “Martial arts…
By XINHUA The government of Tanzania announced on Monday that it has released 5.5 billion Tanzanian shillings (about 2.4 million U.S. dollars) to support 40,740 poor households affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The government has released the funds through the Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF) to support the affected poor households, mostly in cities and urban…
By AFP South Africa’s health products regulator on Monday said it would not approve Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine due to concerns it could increase the risk of HIV infection among men. The decision was based on earlier studies testing the safety of a modified form of adenovirus, a type of virus that causes respiratory infections,…
By AP One of the world’s last three countries to administer COVID-19 vaccines started giving out doses on Monday as the East African nation of Burundi launched its national campaign. The vaccinations started in the commercial capital, Bujumbura, though health workers told The Associated Press that barely more than a dozen people had received doses by…
By Jerry Omondi Angola on Sunday reported 183 new COVID-19 infections, taking the country’s total number of cases to 62,789. Of the new infections, 81 were males while 102 were females. The youngest patient was two years old while the oldest was 88 years old. According to figures published by the health ministry, the number of…
By Jerry Omondi The number of COVID-19 infections in Africa surpassed the 8.42 million mark ok Sunday as the some countries on the continent continue to see declines in new daily cases. According to the latest data from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the continent has so far registered 8,426,107 confirmed…
By CGTN Africa Three new Ebola cases have been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing the total to five in the last 10 days, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. Health officials have said the latest flare-up of the virus appeared to be linked to the massive 2018-20 outbreak, which killed more…
By XINHUA The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is preparing to set up “in the coming days” a new national aviation company called “Air Congo”, DRC’s Ministry of Transport said Sunday. The new airline “will have to be born in the coming days in the DRC with quality aircraft”, thanks to a partnership with Ethiopian…
By XINHUA China’s financial pledge to support biodiversity conservation in developing countries illustrates its commitment to promoting planetary health, the Nairobi-based African Wildlife Foundation said in a statement. During the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, or COP15, in Kunming, the capital of southwest Yunnan Province, China…
By CGTN Africa Kenya’s Elisha Rotich won the men’s race and Ethiopia’s Tigist Memuye topped the women’s podium at the Paris Marathon on Sunday. Rotich set a course record as he crossed the line in two hours four minutes 21 seconds to finish ahead of Ethiopia’s Hailemaryam Kiros. The 31-year-old Kenyan took nearly a minute off…
