By XINHUA Angola has registered 18,000 new cases of HIV/AIDS in the first half of 2021, the country’s Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday. The data resulted from 1,046,908 tests performed at various diagnostic centers and health facilities in the country. Compared to the same period in 2020, there was a reduction in new cases, taking…
By CGTN Africa South African Airways will resume flights on Thursday, after being grounded for over a year due to business rescue. SAA has had to let go of several aircraft and it’s unclear where the state-owned airline will find money to buy more planes. Starting on Thursday flights are expected to operate between Johannesburg and Cape Town…
By XINHUA Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday called for massive mobilization for the inoculation of priority groups before 67,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses donated to the country expire at the end of September. The 4.8 million people in the priority groups include health workers, teachers, security personnel, elderly persons of 50 and above, people who are…
By AFP The World Health Organization strengthened its air quality guidelines on Wednesday, saying air pollution was now one of the biggest environmental threats to human health, causing seven million premature deaths a year. It said urgent action was needed to reduce exposure to air pollution, ranking its burden of disease on a par with smoking…
David Ochieng Mbewa The draw for the inaugural CAF Women’s Champions League will take place on September 29 in the Egyptian capital Cairo. Eight teams will participate in the tournament which will take place between November 5 and 19 following the conclusion of the six CAF regional preliminary qualifiers. The eight teams will be divided…
By XINHUA Ongoing misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines is contributing to many people across Africa being skeptical of getting COVID-19 vaccine jabs, the African Union (AU) has said. The statement was made by William Carew, head of the Secretariat of AU’s Economic Social and Cultural Council, as he urged the African populace to get vaccinated if herd…
By XINHUA The cholera outbreak in Nigeria has killed 2,404 people in the country since its onset in January, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Tuesday. In a statement, the NCDC said 23 new deaths were linked to the outbreak across the country between September 6 and 12. Within the stated period, the…
By AFP Nigeria and Ghana are racing to adopt a central bank digital currency as they look to ride the wave of popularity of cryptocurrencies in West Africa’s two largest economies. Central banks in both countries have partnered with foreign financial tech companies to create digital versions of their currencies, joining the global train of countries exploring…
ساجد النورى اختيرت الدكتورة رشا قلج عضو مجلس الشيوخ المصري والمدير التنفيذي لمؤسسة ميرك الدولية الخيرية، ورئيسة تنزانيا “سامية حسن صولحو”، ورئيسة وزراء توغو ، ونائبات رئيس أوغندا وبنين، باعتبارهن أكثر النساء تأثيرًا في افريقيا ، حيث أصدرت مجموعة أڤانس ميديا جروب كجزء من مبادرة كونى فتاة قائمة أكثر 100 امرأة تأثيرًا في افريقيا لعام…
By David Ochieng Mbewa South Africa lived up to their tag as pre-tournament favorites to claim the HSBC Canada Sevens at BC Place by defeating Kenya in the final on Sunday. South Africa beat Kenya 38-5, in what was only the second all-African Cup final ever, in a match that saw a number of records set…
