By AFP Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant was inducted posthumously into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday part of a star-studded group that also included Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett. Bryant was inducted as part of the Class of 2020, almost 16 months after he and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna were killed in…
By Ojoma Akor First ladies in the African region have pledged to ensure access to quality and equitable healthcare in their various countries and the region. Thirteen first ladies made the commitment during the ongoing 8th edition of the Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary virtual conference held in partnership with the Government of Zambia. Over…
By Reuters Argentina’s Health Ministry on Monday confirmed its first cases of the more contagious COVID-19 variants discovered in India and South Africa in three travelers returning to the South American country from Europe. The Indian variant of the coronavirus was detected in two minors who returned from Paris, while the South African variant was found…
By AFP Nigeria on Monday introduced new restrictions, including a ban on mass gatherings, after a spike in COVID-19 cases in some countries. Although Nigeria has seen a steady decline in new cases of the virus in recent months, the surges in India, Brazil and Turkey have raised fears of a third wave of the pandemic…
By XINHUA Botswana and Zambia on Monday jointly opened the Kazungula bridge, which is composed of a roadway and a rail track over the Zambezi river that connects the two countries as well as a one-stop border post. The $259.3 million bridge, which is 923 meters long, is expected to facilitate access to international markets through…
By Grace Kuria National carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) has signed an interline agreement with South Africa’s regional carrier Airlink. Citizen TV reports that the pact is expected to extend KQ’s reach in the Southern Africa region via the cities of Johannesburg and Cape Town. For instance, Kenya Airways customers flying into South Africa will be able to…
By XINHUA The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations on Saturday warned of the high risk of severe flooding in Somalia amid rising water river levels. According to the latest flood bulletin released in Mogadishu, at least 150,000 people are at immediate risk from imminent floods as river levels in parts of the…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Rwandan side the Patriots will tip off the inaugural Basketball Africa League against Nigeria’s Rivers Hoopers at the Kigali Arena in Rwanda’s capital Kigali on May 16 as the much-anticipated tournament edges closer to its historic start. The release of a fixture list revealed that three games will be played per day…
By Grace Kuria Madagascar received its first delivery of 250,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses on Saturday, supplied through the COVAX initiative. In a tweet, World Health Organization (WHO) Madagascar said this first batch is part of a first allocation which will continue in the coming weeks to initially cover 20% of the population. Minister of Public Health,…
By XINHUA Kenya is committed to lowering greenhouse gas emissions by 32 percent by the year 2030, said President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday. According to a statement of the presidency, Kenyatta made the pledge on the second day of a climate summit attended online by world leaders, describing climate change as a development and security…
