African children from Masaka Kids Africana are making waves on the internet after their performance on the popular song, 'Electricity' by Pheelz and Davido surfaced on the internet. Check out the viral video.
An Ethiopian Airlines plane traveling from Sudan to Ethiopia missed its landing on Aug 15 as both pilots had fallen asleep. Concern was brewing as an alert was issued when flight ET343 approached the Addis Ababa airport but did not start to descend.
Globally, more than 30 countries have reported 1,880 infections in countries that don’t typically report monkeypox, with 85% of cases in Europe. No deaths have been reported.
According to reports, one of the three people who were infected with Lassa fever has died in the UK on February 11. The infections have been linked to travel to West African countries.
His sample has been sent for genome sequencing and the report on the same is awaited.
The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU), said the death toll from the pandemic across the continent stands at 213,877. Besides, some 7,733,014 patients across the continent have recovered from the disease so far, Xinhua news agency reported.
As of mid-September, fewer than 4% of Africans have been fully immunized and most of the 5.7 billion vaccine doses administered around the world have been given in just 10 rich countries.
It is essential for the responsible nations of the world to counter these selfish designs, through exposing the true intentions and countering the Chinese financial juggernaut with viable alternatives. Neither Beijing nor Islamabad is likely to bat an eyelid to address the problems being faced by Africans, beyond their own economic interest.
A new study has examined vaccine acceptance and hesitancy rates in ten low and middle-income countries from Asia, Africa, and South America.
Some 35 million doses are to be delivered by the end of 2021, Xinhua news agency quoted the Unicef as saying in a statement on Thursday.
In the global race to vaccinate people against COVID-19, Africa is tragically at the back of the pack. In fact, it has barely gotten out of the starting blocks.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and rap artist Jay-Z will invest 500 bitcoins (approximately Rs 174 crore) in an endowment to fund Bitcoin development with a focus on India and Africa in the beginning, Dorsey said on Friday.
Health authorities on Tuesday declared the African continent free of the wild poliovirus after decades of effort, though cases of vaccine-derived polio are still sparking outbreaks of the paralyzing disease in more than a dozen countries.
As many as 190,000 people across Africa could die in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic if crucial containment measures fail, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday.
Africa could see 300,000 deaths from the coronavirus this year even under the best-case scenario, according to a new report released Friday that cites modeling from Imperial College London.
Coronavirus outbreak: Ethiopia said all arriving passengers will face mandatory quarantine as of Monday. Republic of Congo and Ghana are closing their borders. But Somalia is lifting its ban on international flights for two days so stranded citizens can come home.
Due to the cyclonic storm 'Pawan' near Africa, Fishermen in Gujrat advised refrain from venturing into the area because of unseasonal rain for the next two days.
The company, majority-owned by ArcelorMittal, announced on its website that "568 people work at the plant which has produced steel products for more than two decades." As part of a strategic review of its operations, the steel manufacturer found that its Saldanha operations had lost their competitive cost advantage to compete in the export market, "mainly due to raw material and regulated prices"
"Airtel Africa has crossed the 100-million subscriber mark. The positive momentum we have seen in customer acquisition further underpins our medium-term aspirations for revenue and profit growth," Raghunath Mandava, chief executive officer of Airtel Africa, said in a statement.
The girls, aged between 15 and 18 years, were shortlisted on the basis of performance and their physical and mental fitness.
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