British dialysis patient first to receive AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine
2021-01-04
Brian Pinker, a dialysis patient is the first person in the world to receive the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine outside a clinical trial.Continue Reading
17 U.S. soldiers, 6 civilians in S. Korea test positive for COVID-19
2021-01-04
Seventeen more U.S. soldiers and six civilians in South Korea test positive for COVID-19, U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) say.Continue Reading
S/Korea stocks start year at record high on chip, auto boost
2021-01-04
South Korean shares touched a record high as it began trading in 2021, driven by major heavyweights, as more investors bet on a swifter economic recovery.Continue Reading
COVID-19: Botswana extends night time curfew to Jan. 31
2021-01-04
Botswana announced on Sunday extension of nighttime curfew up to Jan. 31 following the emergence of a new and more transmissible strain of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).Continue Reading
U.S. Congress re-elects Pelosi as Speaker
2021-01-04
The 117th U.S. Congress took office on Sunday with Nancy Pelosi securing re-election as Speaker of the House of Representatives with a narrow voting margin.Continue Reading
U.S. COVID-19 cases exaggerated — Trump tweets
2021-01-03
President Donald Trump, on Sunday, said the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the United States was exaggerated.Continue Reading
Train accident kills 3 in central Tanzania
2021-01-03
Three people were killed and 66 others injured after a passenger train derailed in central Tanzania on Saturday evening, said the Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) on Sunday. The train was ferrying 720 passengers from the country’s port city Dar es Salaam to up-country regions of Tabora, Katavi, Kigoma and MwanzaContinue Reading
African nations begin trading under AfCFTA pact
2021-01-03
African Union (AU) Chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed have congratulated Africans for starting trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Abiy tweeted: “Congratulations to our continent for the beginning of trading under AfCTA. The new frontier for Africa is indeed regional integration, where mindsContinue Reading
Former Malian Prime Minister Modibo Kéita dies
2021-01-03
Former Malian Prime Minister, Modibo Keïta, died on Saturday in Morocco where he was receiving medical care, an official source said. He was aged 78. “It is with great sadness that we learnt this morning of the death of Mr. Modibo Kéita, former Prime Minister,” the Communication service of theContinue Reading
Monoxide poisoning: 5 family members die in Kenya
2021-01-02
A middle-aged couple and their three children were found dead on Saturday morning inside their house in Githurai 45 area, Kiambu County, Central Kenya. They were suspected to have died due to inhaling of carbon monoxide poisoning. Phineas Ringera, Ruiru Divisional Police Commander said that the father earned a livingContinue Reading