South Africa’s COVID-19 caseload tops 2.9 million mark
By Jerry Omondi The number of COVID-19 infections in South Africa surpassed the 2.9 million mark on Wednesday as efforts to contain further spread of the virus continue. The country’s health ministry reported 2,106 new infections from tests conducted in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 2,900,994. In the same
DR Congo receives a batch of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines
By XINHUA The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Wednesday received a batch of Chinese Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines offered by the Chinese government at the N’djili Airport in the capital city Kinshasa. In a hand-over ceremony at the airport in the presence of the Chinese Ambassador to the DRC, Zhu Jing and several officials of
Tanzania’s environment watchdog destroys 7.5 tons of banned plastic bags
By XINHUA Tanzania’s environment watchdog has destroyed 7.5 tons of banned plastic bags seized in Dar es Salaam and Coast regions, an official said on Wednesday. Boniface Guni, the state-run National Environment Management Council (NEMC) manager for southern zone, said the prohibited plastic bags seized in the two regions at various times were destroyed on Tuesday
Kenya’s economy projected to grow by 6.1% in 2021
By XINHUA Kenya’s economy is projected to grow by 6.1 percent in 2021 after a 0.3 percent contraction in 2020, the central bank said on Wednesday. Patrick Njoroge, Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) said that some dynamism is beginning to come back especially in the service sectors such as hospitality that were negatively
Namibia receives donation of 100,620 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines
By CGTN Africa Namibia on Tuesday announced that it received a donation of 100,620 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from the U.S. Embassy in Windhoek as part of its global efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The donated vaccines are part of the U.S. pledge to initially provide at least 25 million of 80 million doses globally to Africa. The U.S. government coordinated closely with the African Union,
South Africa pledges more ambitious climate targets
By AP South Africa pledged more ambitious emissions targets Monday, a move that was welcomed by climate activists. The South African government informed the U.N. climate office that it will aim to limit greenhouse gas emissions to no more than 510 million metric tons of carbon dioxide by 2025 and no more than 420 million tons