AFRICA

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | A rugby player on Uganda’s national team has disappeared from his hotel in Monaco where the team was isolated after some members tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the repechage qualifier for the Tokyo Olympics. Uganda Rugby Union in a statement issued here on Saturday …

  Accra, Ghana | XINHUA | Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said Ghana would use its membership of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to articulate African security needs, a statement by the Ghanaian Presidency said Saturday. He said the West African country would use its recent election to …

Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | Greater adoption of mobile payment innovations should be at the heart of preventive and curative interventions aimed at reducing Africa’s burden of infectious diseases, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Friday. Ahmed Hamani, finance officer at WHO Regional Office for Africa said that …

Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | Kenya on Friday called for new approaches and effective strategies to eliminate malaria in Africa by 2030. Mutahi Kagwe, Health Cabinet Secretary said the continent must focus on the prevention from the source and embrace the principles of primary healthcare. “To eliminate malaria, we must …

Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda joined the Clean Seas Campaign on June 25 demonstrating the country’s commitment to halt the flow of plastic waste entering its lakes and rivers. The Clean Seas Campaign, launched by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in 2017, has been a catalyst for change, …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The African Telecommunications Union (ATU), a specialized agency of the African Union (AU) and China’s technology firm, Huawei on Thursday in Nairobi signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to boost capacity for ICT transformation in the continent. John Omo, ATU secretary-general said under the agreement, Huawei …

Mogadishu, Somalia | Xinhua | The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) said Thursday it has completed training of 50 police personnel from Jubaland State on prevention and countering violent extremism and radicalization. The AU mission said the training of the police officers drawn from various police stations across Jubaland aimed …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The number of COVID-19 cases in Africa has surged at an unprecedented pace as the continent grapples with a third wave that has posed a dire threat to public health infrastructure, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Thursday. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | Ethiopia’s flag carrier Ethiopian Airlines has started operating flights with fully vaccinated crew against the COVID-19 virus, it said in a statement issued late Wednesday. Operating flights with fully vaccinated crew is a vital move to keep travelers and its crew safe in light of …

  Ethiopia’s military has denied it carried out air strike on a busy market in Tigray, which left dozens of people dead, but it acknowledged targeting rebel fighters “in civilian clothes” in the restive region. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The Ethiopian government doesn’t target civilians in the ongoing war …