By XINHUA Central African Republic (CAR) on Tuesday received a batch of COVID-19 vaccine donated by China. President of the CAR Faustin-Archange Touadera and his Prime Minister Henri-Marie Dondra went to the Bangui airport to welcome the Chinese vaccine donation, accompanied by the Chinese ambassador to the CAR Chen Dong. Facing the pandemic, China and the…
By Reuters The Ever Given, one of the world’s largest container ships, resumed its journey to leave the Suez Canal on Wednesday, 106 days after becoming wedged across a southern section of the waterway for nearly a week and disrupting global trade.A Reuters witness on board a tug boat saw the Ever Given start to move…
By XINHUA Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday said the country has received green monkey cells which are critical in the development of the COVID-19 vaccine. Museveni said that the acquisition of the green monkey cells is a big boost in the country’s quest to develop a COVID-19 vaccine to address the surge in coronavirus cases,…
By XINHUA Some provinces in Zimbabwe are facing a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) and healthcare workers at a time when the country is experiencing a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said on Tuesday. As a result, Treasury had been directed to urgently release some funds that it had committed…
By XINHUA Kenya’s Olympic javelin silver medalist Julius Yego has resigned as the captain for Team Kenya for Tokyo 2020 on Monday. Yego, who was selected for the role due to his experience, posted his resignation in a statement on Monday as the disquiet in the team training bubble in Nairobi came to the fore. “Hello,…
By XINHUA The first electric bus in active service in South Africa was officially launched here on Monday after having been in day-to-day operations carrying passengers in the city as of July. Western Cape Province’s Transport and Public Works Minister Daylin Mitchell and a centuried major local bus operator Golden Arrow Bus Services jointly launched the…
By XINHUA South Africa launched the vaccination of police officers with J&J vaccine to protect the police who are at the frontline in enforcing regulations. The vaccination started on Monday morning in Johannesburg with the vaccination of police minister Bheki Cele and national police commissioner Khehla Sitole. Cele said the vaccination of police officers would protect…
By XINHUA It has become a daily practice for 38-year-old Doreen Nyoya, a resident of Lusaka, Zambia’s capital, to buy fresh spices and make a concoction for her family in an effort to avert flu-like illnesses. “I make sure each one of my three children takes a hot cup of ginger drink every evening before they…
By XINHUA Namibia national football team coach Bobby Samaria has trimmed his squad down to 25 players ahead of the 2021 Council of Southern African Football Associations (COSAFA) Cup tournament in Port Elizabeth, South Africa from July 6 to 18. Namibia, who are in Group C, will start their campaign against Senegal on July 8 before…
By AP South Africa’s resurgence of COVID-19 is setting record numbers of new daily cases, centered in Johannesburg and driven by the delta variant, health officials said Sunday. More than 26,000 new cases were reported on Saturday, up from 24,000 the previous day, according to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, surpassing the highest number of…
