By Timothy Olobulu Nairobi — Ferdinand Omanyala promised and he has delivered. The 26-year-old has become the first ever Kenyan in 60 years to win the Commonwealth Games 100m title after blistering through the final on Wednesday night. Seraphino Antao was the first and only Kenyan to win the 100m sprint at the Club games…
Leaders of African countries are likely to use the next UN climate summit in November to push for massive new investment in fossil fuels in Africa, according to documents seen by the Guardian. New exploration for gas, and the exploitation of Africa’s vast reserves of oil, would make it close to impossible for the world to limit…
Reuters South Africa’s health regulator reported on Thursday a causal link between the death of an individual and Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) (JNJ.N) COVID-19 vaccine, the first time such a direct link has been made in the country. The person presented with rare neurological disorder Guillain-Barre Syndrome soon after being given J&J’s vaccine, after which the person…
By AP New coronavirus cases fell 9 percent globally last week while deaths remained stable, according to the latest weekly assessment of the pandemic released Wednesday by the World Health Organization. The UN health agency said there were 6.5 million cases reported last week with more than 14,000 deaths. The WHO said the number of new…
Reuters Morocco’s trade deficit widened 48.7% to 150.5 billion dirhams ($14.6 billion) in the first six months of this year, as global commodities prices surged, the foreign exchange regulator said on Monday. Imports rose 44.2% from a year earlier to 365.5 billion dirhams, while exports increased 41.2% to 215 billion dirhams, the regulator said in…
By CGTN Africa As funding for startups falls across the globe, Africa is standing out as a notable exception, with its under-served population outweighing the impact of inflation and slowing economies. Funding for startups in the world’s second-largest continent more than doubled to 3.14 billion U.S. dollars in the first six months of the year, according…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Ugandan long-distance runner Jacob Kiplimo clinched the biggest title of his career so far after winning the men’s 10,000m at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Kiplimo won the race in a season’s best time of 27:09.19 which was also a Games record. The 21-year-old adds the gold to his bronze medals over…
By Reuters A child who contracted the highly infectious Marburg virus in Ghana has died, a World Health Organization official said on Tuesday. The child’s death is the third from the Marburg virus since Ghana reported the first two cases of the virus in the country in July. Ghana is the second country in West Africa…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Egypt is, undoubtedly, currently the most dominant nation in the world of squash with the North African country accounting for at least half of the players ranked in the top 10 in both the men and women’s world rankings. Egypt has also produced a world champion in the men’s event in eight…
Reuters NAIROBI, July 29 (Reuters) – Kenya’s consumer inflation (KECPI=ECI) rose to 8.3% year-on-year in July, up from 7.9% a month earlier, the statistics office said on Friday. On a monthly basis, inflation was 0.7% compared with 0.9% in June, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement.
