By Reuters COVID-19 vaccine maker BioNTech said construction of an mRNA vaccine factory to enable African nations to jump-start their own manufacturing network would start on June 23 in Rwanda. The German company’s modular factory elements, to be assembled in Africa to so-called BioNTainers, would be delivered to the Kigali construction site by the end of 2022….
By David Ochieng Mbewa Sadio Mane was Senegal’s hero once more as he scored a late goal to earn the Lions of Teranga a narrow 1-0 win against Rwanda in their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Tuesday. The match was played at the Stade Me Abdoulaye Wade in Dakar with Rwanda designated as the…
GENEVA — The risk of monkeypox becoming established in nonendemic nations is real, the WHO warned Wednesday, with more than 1,000 cases confirmed in such countries. World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the U.N. health agency was not recommending mass vaccination against the virus and added that no deaths had been reported from the…
By Reuters Egypt’s annual urban consumer inflation accelerated to a slower-than-expected 13.5 percent year-on-year in May, data from the state statistics agency CAPMAS showed on Thursday. The inflation figure, up from 13.1 percent in April, fell short of a median forecast of 14.2 percent in a Reuters poll of 17 analysts. The increased inflation could impact…
By XINHUA Kenya will begin to export livestock products from the Chinese-built Lamu Port in 2023, a government official said Wednesday. Harry Kimtai, the principal secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Cooperatives, told journalists in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, that the government has allocated 500 million shillings (4.27 million U.S. dollars) for…
BYKEHINDE GIWA Sadio Mane scored a 98th-minute penalty in Senegal’s 1-0 win over Rwanda to keep the African champions unbeaten in 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying. The forward ended a dull match in Dakar, Senegal, by holding his nerve to drill home and finally break Rwanda’s resistance. The Liverpool forward, who has been linked with a move…
As of June 8, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 11,757,022 while 301,428,973 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached 254,203 and 9,899,200 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases of 3,970,993 and 101,397 people died. Other most-affected countries are Morocco (1,171,034) ,…
By CGTN Africa The World Bank has sharply downgraded its outlook for the global economy, pointing to Russia’s action against Ukraine, the prospect of widespread food shortages and concerns about the potential return of “stagflation” — a toxic mix of high inflation and sluggish growth unseen for more than four decades. The 189-country anti-poverty agency predicted…
By Christine Maema The national immunization campaign against polio in Somalia was officially launched Tuesday by WHO Representative in Somalia Dr Mamunur Rahman Malik and the Governor and Mayor of Mogadishu HE Omar Mohamed Mohamud Flish officially launched a national immunization campaign against polio in Somalia. Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the United Nations Resident and…
By XINHUA Botswana is likely to enter its fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, health authorities warned Monday, as the numbers of the cases have been on the rise. Pamela Smith-Lawrence, health services director in Botswana’s Ministry of Health, revealed this when appearing before the southern African country’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in Gaborone, the capital…
