More than 50 countries have missed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) target for 10% of their populations to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by the end of September. Most are in Africa, where the WHO’s overall figure for those fully vaccinated is currently 4.4%. In the UK, nearly 66% of the whole population has been…
President Cyril Ramaphosa says that he is hesitant to lift South Africa’s national state of disaster as the government may need to rely on the legislation in the coming months. Ramaphosa told TimesLive that the government was dependent on the legislation to respond to potential Covid-19 waves in South Africa going forward. “I wish it could end…
The new Cape Town Stock Exchange opens on Thursday pledging to lure firms from across the continent with listing costs that are a third of the JSE’s. TWK Agri Pty. will be the first company to trade on the bourse, which was previously called 4 Africa Exchange. The Cape Town Stock Exchange’s CEO said Eugene…
Algeria on Wednesday started producing the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Chinese firm Sinovac, with production expected to be eight million doses a month. Prime Minister Aimene Benabderrahmane, who attended the launch of the production process at a factory in the eastern city of Constantine, called it a “big achievement”. Production could be doubled in the…
U.S. President Joe Biden’s national security adviser held talks Wednesday with Egypt’s president that focused on regional tensions and the ties between Washington and its Mideast ally, the Egyptian leader’s office said. The meeting in Cairo with Jake Sullivan came as the Biden administration presses Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi’s government to stop his crackdown…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the release of the Special Investigating Unit’s final report into the Digital Vibes tender. The controversial R150 million tender led to the resignation of former health minister Zweli Mkhize. This comes after the contract was awarded to his close associates. President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the release of the Special…
Eness Paidamoyo Mutsvangwa-Sammie Zimbabwe has reported a bumper harvest of maize and other grains, capable of feeding the country’s 14.65 million people for the next year. According to Zimbabwe’s Second Crop and Livestock Assessment report and the US department of agriculture, the estimated maize production for 2021 stands at 2.7 million tons. This maize yield…
An economic bounce from 2020 is well underway and it is higher than figures put out earlier in the year, thanks in part to an increased supply of Covid-19 vaccines, a recently published index shows. By Conrad Onyango – bird Newsroom. Africa’s economy is starting to recover, despite being in the midst of a pandemic,…
Malian transitional Prime Minister Choguel Maiga is welcomed by ministers and a crowd of supporters upon his return to Mali from New York at the United Nations General Assembly . In his speech on Saturday, Maiga reproached France for the drawdown of the Barkhane mission, saying that it was an “abandonment” of Mali, a claim…
At least 20 fishermen were killed accidently in a Nigerian military strike on a jihadist camp in northeast Nigeria, two security sources and locals said on Monday. A Nigerian fighter jet early on Sunday bombarded Kwatar Daban Masara in Lake Chad, which straddles Nigeria and neighbouring Niger, Chad and Cameroon, the sources said. The area…