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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua |  The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 8,420,043 as of Saturday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU), said the death toll from the pandemic …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Deaths from tuberculosis – one of the top infectious killers in the world – have increased for the first time in a decade, as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the World Health Organization. Tuberculosis (TB) is the second deadliest infectious …

Google’s plans to invest $1bn in Africa’s tech infrastructure and talent over the next five years has sparked a debate over big tech’s tax obligations | SOSHANA KEDEM | Google announced $1bn of investments in Africa’s digital transformation in its first ever Google for Africa event on Oct.06. Over the …

Poor market information has made the ability to monitor market prices in close to real time difficult | GRACE NSOMBA AND SIMON ROBERTS | Southern and Eastern Africa face the twin challenges of growing agricultural production to meet food demand while adapting to extreme weather. And climate change makes addressing …

Kinshasa, DRC | Xinhua |  The UN children’s fund, UNICEF, said Saturday in a statement that it is working with health authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after a new Ebola case was reported in the northeastern part of the country. DRC’s government confirmed late Friday that …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy is expected to expand by 3.3 percent in 2021 after a contraction of 2 percent in 2020, the World Bank said on Wednesday. According to analysis in the Pulse, the World Bank’s twice-yearly economic update for the region, the economic recovery will …

Wagner Group mercenaries are a sinister and troubling side of Russia in Africa which needs to be confronted COMMENT | HILDA NASSOZI MUKIIBI | Much of Africa and the developing world was for years fascinated by the Russian assault rifle; the Avtomat Kalashnikova (AK47) which the then-Union of Soviet Socialist …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fifteen African countries, accounting for nearly a third of the continent’s 54 nations have fully vaccinated 10 per cent of their people against COVID-19, as per the global target set by the World Health Assembly. The assembly set in May that countries ensure to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MultiChoice Group has published its Social Impact Report which details how Africa’s leading entertainment company continues to make a meaningful difference in the communities in which it operates. The group operates in 50 countries across Africa. The report covers initiatives implemented which had a significant impact …

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 …