By XINHUA Gabon’s first lady Sylvia Bongo Ondimba on Friday launched in capital Libreville the 8th edition of the “Pink October” campaign, an awareness campaign for women’s cancers. Accompanied by the Minister of Health, Guy Patrick Obiang, Sylvia Bongo Ondimba inaugurated this year’s national campaign on women’s cancers, in Agondje General Hospital-Libreville Cancer Institute, dedicated to…
By CGTN Africa Worldwide deaths related to COVID-19 surpassed five million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, with unvaccinated people particularly exposed to the virulent Delta strain. The variant has exposed the wide disparities in vaccination rates between rich and poor nations, and the upshot of vaccine hesitancy in some western nations. More than half of all…
By XINHUA Tanzania’s environment watchdog has destroyed 7.5 tons of banned plastic bags seized in Dar es Salaam and Coast regions, an official said on Wednesday. Boniface Guni, the state-run National Environment Management Council (NEMC) manager for southern zone, said the prohibited plastic bags seized in the two regions at various times were destroyed on Tuesday…
By AP South Africa pledged more ambitious emissions targets Monday, a move that was welcomed by climate activists. The South African government informed the U.N. climate office that it will aim to limit greenhouse gas emissions to no more than 510 million metric tons of carbon dioxide by 2025 and no more than 420 million tons…
By XINHUA Approximately 100,000 Bissau-Guineans, who make up about 13 percent of the target population (over the age of 18), have been vaccinated against COVID-19, authorities said on Tuesday. Placido Cardoso, secretary of the High Commission for the fight against COVID-19, made the announcement during a regular briefing on the epidemiological situation. Cardoso noted that the…
By Jerry Omondi The number of COVID-19 fatalities in Africa surpassed the 210,000 mark on Tuesday even as the continent continues its vaccination efforts to curb further spread of the virus. According to the latest data published by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), a total of 210,435 virus-related deaths have been…
By XINHUA A cholera outbreak in Nigeria has killed 2,791 people since its onset in January, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) reported on Wednesday. There were 55 deaths out of 1,825 suspected new cases recorded in nine states during the Sept. 13-19 period, the NCDC said in an update made available to Xinhua. It…
By Jerry Omondi Botswana will extend its COVID-19 vaccinations to persons aged 30 years and above as it continues to inoculate its population against the virus. A notice issued by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Nyanga, said the vaccines that are currently being offered are the Chinese-manufactured Sinovac and…
By XINHUA Eleven outstanding students from the University of Zimbabwe were awarded scholarships on Saturday under the China-Zimbabwe Friendship Scholarship to cover part of their tuition fees. The inaugural ceremony of the scholarship program, which was hosted by the Confucius Institute at the University of Zimbabwe (CIUZ), was facilitated by the China Africa Economic and Culture…
By XINHUA Namibia on Friday launched a new port container control unit to improve the smooth flow of goods at the recently upgraded Walvis Bay port. Minister of Finance Iipumbu Shiimi said the opening of the port control unit, to host a sophisticated container control program is essential in cutting out loopholes in the clearance of…
