By Jerry Omondi The number of COVID-19 deaths in South Africa is approaching the 80,000 mark as the country continues to battle the pandemic. Figures recorded by the country’s health authorities show an average of 340 daily deaths for the past week, by far the highest in Africa. With its 79,251 coronavirus-related fatalities, South Africa accounts…
By CGTN Africa The World Health Organisation has said it is sending a team to Lesotho in South Africa to investigate the deaths of five people allegedly after being vaccinated. According to a report by SABC, the deaths occurred in Lesotho’s district of Leribe. “We quickly assembled our local team of experts here to do the investigations, and…
By Reuters Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah won the women’s 100 metres in the second-fastest time ever at the Eugene Diamond League, crossing the finishing line in 10.54 seconds on Saturday, Reuters reported. According to the report, Thompson-Herah, who completed a 100m-200m double for a second successive Olympics in Tokyo, said she surprised even herself at Hayward…
By Jerry Omondi 75 percent of the world’s vaccine supply has been administered in only 10 countries while low-income states have vaccinated barely 2 percent of their populations, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom warned at a media briefing on COVID-19 that the world’s response to the pandemic would continue to…
By XINHUA The global number of new COVID-19 cases has been increasing for the last two months, as cases of the Delta variant have been reported in 148 countries, territories or areas, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a weekly overview report issued Wednesday. With over 4.4 million new cases reported in the past week,…
By XINHUA Ahmadou Lamin Samateh, health minister of The Gambia, declared on Wednesday a national public health emergency across the country following the confirmation of registering two positive cases of polio type 2. The minister told a news conference that the declaration came in accordance with the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) on polio…
By David Ochieng Mbewa South Africa will play Australia in the opening fixture of the second round of the Men’s T20 World Cup – the Super12s stage – on October 23 in Abu Dhabi. South Africa and Australia are part of Group 1 in the Super 12s, along with England, West Indies and two qualifiers from…
By XINHUA Nigeria’s inflation rate fell slightly to 17.38 percent in July, down from the 17.75 percent recorded in June, according to data released Tuesday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This fall between both months was 0.37 percent, the NBS said in its report. The inflation rate has been on a steady decline for…
By David Ochieng Mbewa The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Tuesday held the draw for the group stage of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) at the Yaoundé Conference Centre in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The hosts and five-time champions Cameroon were drawn in Group A alongside 2013 finalists Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Cape Verde. 2019…
By XINHUA Since last April, Angola has granted a total of 578.19 billion kwanzas (894 million U.S. dollars) in credit to the real economy, the National Bank of Angola (BNA) announced Monday. The amount disbursed by commercial banks until July totaled 326.82 billion kwanzas (505 million U.S. dollars), up 30.83 billion kwanzas (48 million U.S. dollars),…
