AFRICA

Tuberculosis target of diagnosing and treating 40 million people by 2022 could be a mirage due to bottlenecks created by the pandemic Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The target of eliminating tuberculosis by 2030 appears elusive amid hiccups linked to COVID-19 pandemic and dwindling financial allocation by governments and multilateral lenders, …

Johannesburg, S.A | Xinhua | South African Airways (SAA) has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with Kenya Airways to enhance mutual growth potential by taking advantage of the strengths of the two airlines’ busy hubs, said SAA on Tuesday. According to the MoC, the two airliners would cooperate in the …

camera Younde, Cameroon | Xinhua | Five Cameroonian policemen have been arrested on suspicion of torture after a video was made public showing police officers torturing a detainee, according to a senior police officer. Cameroon’s police chief, Martin Mbarga Nguele said the five police officers were taken into custody and …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixteen Congolese fishermen who were arrested and detained by Ugandan authorities have been released. They were arrested on Lake Edward in Kasese District for illegal entry into Uganda. Earlier this month another 36 DRC fishermen who were arrested on Lake Edward in 2019 were …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzania’s Zanzibar authorities on Saturday launched a research project aimed at enhancing the use of herbal medicines as an alternative cure for non-communicable diseases. The research will also involve adding value to herbal medicines through manufacturing processes and marketing. “Research and developing herbal …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Binance has unveiled free classes to Ugandans as it continues with its mission to increase the freedom of money for users, drive blockchain adoption and enable greater accessibility to a wider population globally. Through the Binance Academy, the company remains at the forefront of …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | XINHUA |  The government of Tanzania has approved 30 billion Tanzanian shillings (about 13 million U.S. dollars) for the construction of state-of-the-art industrial park and business center in the east African nation’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam, an official said on Friday. The 13 million …

Kinshasa, DRC, | XINHUA | At least 11 people were killed Thursday night in an attack by rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in a shopping mall in northeastern Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to local security sources. The ADF rebels attacked the …

Brazzaville, Congo | Xinhua | COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Africa must rise by over seven times from around 20 million to 150 million each month on average in order to fully vaccinate 70 percent of its people by September 2022, said the World Health Organization in a statement Thursday. The 70 …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Seven bodies have been retrieved after a boat capsized on Lake Victoria, a Kenyan regional government official confirmed on Thursday. Homa Bay County Commissioner Moses Lilan said the seven bodies were retrieved from the lake after the accident on Tuesday. Four people are still missing. A …