Faith Nyasuguta The government of South Africa has vowed to donate two million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to other African countries in a bid to boost Africa’s inoculation drive. The jabs, estimated to cost $18m, are set to be manufactured at the Aspen Pharmacare manufacturing facility in Gqeberha, previously Port Elizabeth, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta For the seventh time in a row, Kenya has been named a world-leading safari destination by the World Travel Awards (WTA). In the 2021’s prestigious awards, the East African nation beat Botswana, South Africa, Tanzania, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. This was revealed late last week during the WTA grand final winners’ day, held […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The government of Nigeria has given a nod to a 20 per cent salary increase for police officers. In the wake of mass protests against police brutality in 2020 dubbed #EndSars, President Muhammadu Buhari vowed to give the police a pay rise. Following a Wednesday cabinet meeting, police Affairs Minister Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi […]
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Faith Nyasuguta At least 2,200 Zimbabwe health professionals have left the country for jobs in the US, UK, Australia and neighbouring states amid growing cases of Covid-19. The nation’s Health Service Board says the number is more than twice the number of doctors, nurses and pharmacists who left last year, and thrice the number that […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Days after the prison fire at the Gitega prison in Burundi, relatives of the victims are still in the dark about the remains of their loved ones. The fire was caused by a short circuit. At the moment, a number of the families have already lifted their partial mourning. An orphaned young man […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The high court in South Africa has directed the return to jail of former president Jacob Zuma. The order invalidates a previous decision to free Zuma on parole on medical grounds. Zuma, 79, was sentenced to 15 months in prison after repeatedly refusing to appear before an inquiry commission probing corruption during his […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta A Nigerian man, Simon Odo commonly known as “King of Satan“, who passed away at the age of 74 was buried in a car in his village in south-eastern Enugu state. According to witnesses, the car engine was on and Simon Odo’s favourite song was played in the vehicle, which served as […]
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Faith Nyasuguta On Wednesday Kenya detected its maiden three cases of the Omicron variant among travellers, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said. Having been named a variant of concern by the World Health Organization (WHO), Omicron has been said to spread fast. But, so far, it does not lead to severe disease. Following its fast-spreading nature, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta On Tuesday, the United Nations’ cultural agency UNESCO added the Congolese rumba dance to its intangible cultural heritage list, triggering delight in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo-Brazzaville. In a UNESCO summit, the joint application by the two nations to add rumba to its Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list was approved. […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The UK has removed all 11 African nations from its red list, a list that severely restricted travel between those states and the UK. Previously, only British or Irish nationals or those with residency in the UK could re-enter the country. The restrictions were enforced last month in a bid to slow down […]
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