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Zimbabwe witnesses triple burial of senior officials who succumbed to COVID-19

Zimbabwe’s Vice President Constantino Chiwenga on Wednesday officiated the historic triple burial of three senior officials who succumbed to COVID-19 last week. Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Sibusiso Moyo, Transport Minister Joel Biggie Matiza and former prisons chief Paradzai Zimondi were laid to rest at the National Heroes Acre in the capital Harare. Moyo, 61, died last Wednesday, while Matiza and Zimondi both died on Friday. The three were veterans of the liberation struggle who fought for …

Pharmaceutical giants ink deal to boost access to malaria vaccine in Africa

British pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) on Wednesday signed a product transfer agreement for malaria vaccine with Bharat Biotech (BBIL) of India to boost its access in Africa. The agreement will facilitate seamless transfer of manufacturing of the protein part of the malaria vaccine from GSK to BBIL and boost action on the leading killer of African children and pregnant mothers. “With a child dying from malaria every two minutes, helping secure the long-term future of the only …

Former Ghanaian President Rawlings buried

Former Ghanaian President Jerry John Rawlings was on Wednesday laid to rest at the military cemetery after a burial service at Ghana’s Independence Square. In his tribute, Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo described the late former president as charismatic, energetic, and fearless. “It is for good reason that his well-known and often-cited ideals of probity and accountability, in which he invested a great deal of his political life, are enshrined in the fourth Republican constitution,” said …

Kenya records 130 new COVID-19 cases, total caseload at 100,323

Kenya’s health ministry on Wednesday reported 130 new COVID-19 infections, taking the country’s total caseload to 100,323. The ministry said the new cases were recored after 4,918 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. “Of the new cases, 115 are Kenyans while 15 are foreigners, 88 are males while 42 are females. The youngest is a four-month-old infant while the oldest is 88,” the ministry said. The Ministry further announced that one more patient had succumbed to the disease, …

Favorable weather prolongs locust menace in Horn of Africa: FAO

Photo taken on Feb. 4, 2020, shows a cloud of locusts flying in Mwingi North, Kenya. (Xinhua/Fred Mutune) Locusts remain a major threat to the Horn to Africa due to favorable weather conditions, Keith Cressman, a senior locust forecasting officer at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the …

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