Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp return online
By CGTN Africa Facebook along with its Instagram and WhatsApp services began returning online Monday after a massive and lengthy outage that added to the social network’s woes. Facebook’s family of apps essentially “disappeared” from the internet for several hours after a traffic routing problem that made the sites unreachable by users, according to Cloudflare, a
Rwanda’s COVID-19 fight boosted by arrival of 857,000 vaccine doses
By Jerry Omondi Rwanda’s fight against COVID-19 has received a boost after the country received 857,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine. The shipment arrived at the Kigali International Airport on Monday and was received by the Director of Vaccination Program Hassan Sibomana. The East African country has embarked on a nationwide vaccination drive in efforts to contain
South Africa will soon be removed from UK’s COVID red list
By AFP South Africa will soon be taken off the UK COVID red list. According to the Sunday Telegraph, the UK will soon allow quarantine-free travel for almost all countries, including South Africa. The publication reports that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to allow fully vaccinated arrivals from countries including South Africa, Brazil, Mexico and
Africa’s COVID-19 cases surpass 8.33 million: Africa CDC
By XINHUA The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 8,333,206 as of Sunday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU), said the death toll from the pandemic across the continent stands at 212,055. Some 7,671,969 patients across
Ethiopia’s Sisay Lemma wins the men’s London Marathon
By David Ochieng Mbewa Ethiopian runner Sisay Lemma claimed his first world marathon major by winning the men’s London Marathon in 2:04:01 in London, England, on Sunday. It was Lemma’s first win in nine attempts at a marathon major and also saw him improve on his seventh and third place finishes at this event in 2016
Gabon launches 8th edition of awareness campaign on women’s cancers
By XINHUA Gabon’s first lady Sylvia Bongo Ondimba on Friday launched in capital Libreville the 8th edition of the “Pink October” campaign, an awareness campaign for women’s cancers. Accompanied by the Minister of Health, Guy Patrick Obiang, Sylvia Bongo Ondimba inaugurated this year’s national campaign on women’s cancers, in Agondje General Hospital-Libreville Cancer Institute, dedicated to