South African Airways to resume flights on Thursday
By CGTN Africa South African Airways will resume flights on Thursday, after being grounded for over a year due to business rescue. SAA has had to let go of several aircraft and it’s unclear where the state-owned airline will find money to buy more planes. Starting on Thursday flights are expected to operate between Johannesburg and Cape Town
Ugandan president urges intensive inoculation as COVID-19 vaccines to expire
By XINHUA Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday called for massive mobilization for the inoculation of priority groups before 67,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses donated to the country expire at the end of September. The 4.8 million people in the priority groups include health workers, teachers, security personnel, elderly persons of 50 and above, people who are
WHO says air pollution kills 7 million a year, toughens guidelines
By AFP The World Health Organization strengthened its air quality guidelines on Wednesday, saying air pollution was now one of the biggest environmental threats to human health, causing seven million premature deaths a year. It said urgent action was needed to reduce exposure to air pollution, ranking its burden of disease on a par with smoking
CAF to hold Women’s Champions League draw on September 29
David Ochieng Mbewa The draw for the inaugural CAF Women’s Champions League will take place on September 29 in the Egyptian capital Cairo. Eight teams will participate in the tournament which will take place between November 5 and 19 following the conclusion of the six CAF regional preliminary qualifiers. The eight teams will be divided
African Union says ongoing misinformation has made many Africans wary of COVID-19 vaccination
By XINHUA Ongoing misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines is contributing to many people across Africa being skeptical of getting COVID-19 vaccine jabs, the African Union (AU) has said. The statement was made by William Carew, head of the Secretariat of AU’s Economic Social and Cultural Council, as he urged the African populace to get vaccinated if herd
Death toll from Nigeria’s cholera outbreak rises to 2,404
By XINHUA The cholera outbreak in Nigeria has killed 2,404 people in the country since its onset in January, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Tuesday. In a statement, the NCDC said 23 new deaths were linked to the outbreak across the country between September 6 and 12. Within the stated period, the