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[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- Demises of the third phase government President Benjamin Mkapa, the Constitutional and Legal Affairs minister Augustine Mahiga, Members of Parliament (MPs) Rashid Akbar, Getrude Rwakatare and Richard Ndassa are the deaths that shocked the nation in 2020.
A November 26 letter from the presidency asked the head of Uganda's national drug authority to 'work out a mechanism' to clear the importation of the vaccines.
China has about five COVID-19 vaccine candidates at different levels of trials. It was not clear what vaccine was being imported into Uganda.
One of the frontrunners is the Sinopharm vaccine developed by the Beijing Institute of Biological Product, a unit of Sinopharm’s China National Biotec Group (CNBG).
On Wednesday, the United Arab Emirates said the vaccine has 86% efficacy, citing an interim analysis of late-stage clinical trials.
China has used the drug to vaccinate up to a million people under its emergency use program.
On Tuesday, Morocco said it was ordering up to 10 million doses of the vaccine.
Record cases
Uganda on Monday registered 701 new COVID-19 cases, the highest-ever daily increase, bringing its national count to 23,200.
The new cases were out of the 5,578 samples tested for the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said in a statement.
Tuesday's tally was 606, the second-highest ever number of new infections, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the east African country to 23,860.
Health authorities have blamed ongoing election campaigns which have drawn huge crowds for the rise in infections.
[HRW] New York -- Security Council Scrutiny Vital to Justice, Reform
[Vanguard] President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja ended a meeting with 36 state governors on the issue of security with a charge to them to work more with traditional rulers and community members to improve local intelligence gathering that will aid the work of security agencies.
An Eastern Cape municipal project manager was sentenced to five years in prison for fraud after awarding a tender for a concrete slab to his sister-in-law’s company.
[East African] Value for money is the name of the game for travel within Kenya during the Covid-19 pandemic. When containment measures in the Nairobi metropolitan area were lifted in July 2020, Kenyan families took the opportunity to go on holiday after three months of confinement. Now hotels and travel companies are looking ahead to the festive season.
[Algerie Presse Service] Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad said Sunday that Algeria noted \"with great concerns\" that significant funds are still being transferred to terrorist groups as ransoms for the liberation of hostages, a scourge that undermines counterterrorism efforts.
After over a month of counting (and in some cases, recounting,) the 2020 Presidential election results have finally been certified in all 50 states. President-elect Joe Biden has a 7 […]
The post It's Official—All 50 States Have Formally Tallied Votes, Biden Is Clear Winner appeared first on Essence.
[Nation] Dr Stephen Mogusu continued to serve patients under the most horrible conditions - working long hours and without a salary for several months - dreaming, like thousands of fellow frontline workers across the country, of a better day.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President of the General Commission on Resistance Fighters, Martyrs and Wounded of the Revolution and on Terrorist Attacks Abderrazak Kilani announced on Tuesday that the final list of the Revolution martyrs and wounded is \"almost ready.\"
[This Day] The House of Representatives yesterday passed for second reading a bill seeking to establish a Nigeria Health Infrastructure Development Bank, possessing all the powers and attributes of a financial institution, to provide provide loans either in Naira or foreign currencies and long term credit facilities at a single digit rate to Nigerian owned health and wellness facilities or projects.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT)'s national initiative on the organisation of a national dialogue proposes the setting up of a committee of scholars entrusted with supervising this dialogue with a view to reaching a consensus to save the country, UGTT Secretary General Noureddine Tabboubi said in a statement to TAP.
[Nairobi News] ODM party leader Raila Odinga has been receiving backlash from a section of Kenyans following his remark to doctors who have threatened to down their tools over what they termed as poor working conditions.
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and RYAN FOLEY Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Arguments over mask requirements and other restrictions have turned ugly in recent days as the deadly coronavirus surge across the U.S. engulfs small and medium-size cities that once seemed at a safe remove from the outbreak. In Boise, Idaho, public health officials about to vote on a four-county mask mandate abruptly ended a meeting Tuesday evening because of fears for their safety amid anti-mask protests outside the building and at some of their homes. One health board member tearfully announced she had to rush home to be […]
The post Tensions rise over masks as virus grips smaller US cities appeared first on Black News Channel.
[Daily Trust] The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and recall its certificate of registration given that it allegedly has no operational structures as required by law.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The East African Business Council (EABC) is urging East Africa Partner States to harmonise investment incentives and market East Africa as a single investment destination.
Kira Mercado Data News Weekly Contributor The holidays are a time when families come together, and food is often the heart and soul of the Black family. Through “Recipes and Remembrance of Fair Dillard, 1869-2019,” [...]
The post Cookbook Retraces New Orleans History Through Cuisine appeared first on New Orleans Data News Weekly.
FOW-chee, CAW-ma-la….dah-VIN-chee? America’s preeminent infectious disease expert, Anthony Fauci, and its incoming vice president, Kamala Harris, join the Renaissance master himself, Leonardo da Vinci, atop this year’s list of most mispronounced words, as compiled by the U.S. Captioning Company, which captions and subtitles real-time events on TV and in courtrooms. The list released Wednesday identifies […]
Press Release - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi is making the most of this period of global turmoil to entrench the relentless repression that has been his trademark. His seven-year rule has seen tens of thousands of political detentions in often horrendous conditions, the arrest and abuse of LGBT people, women activists, and social media influencers, systematic torture, and the free use of lethal force. His government's latest move is to detain the director and key staff of one of the few remaining independent in
[Cameroon Tribune] Although government has taken decisions to ease measures on foiling the insurgency launched by the Cameroon Renaissance Movement party (CRM) on September 22, 2020, a communiqué issued yesterday December 8, 2020 stipulates that the situation of the party and its leader will continually be monitored. Going by the release signed by Communication Minister and Government's Spokesperson, Rene Emmanuel Sadi, \"the situation of the CRM leader and his party will continue to be closely examined by the competen
[DW] The incumbent Ghanaian president Akufo-Addo has held on to power following the release of official results. Tensions are rising in the normally peaceful country as his opponent calls foul play.
[Nyasa Times] Malawi's Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has urged government and other stakeholders to ensure that human rights remain central in all recovery efforts from Covid-19 as Malawi joins the rest of the world tomorrow in commemoration of International Human Rights Day.
Rich the Kid is accusing an airline of racial discrimination after being kicked off a flight. The rapper shared video of the incident on Dec. 4 via
[Nation] Two days after Félix Tshisekedi's speech announcing the end of the coalition, the standoff continues in the National Assembly between, on the one hand, the office of the chamber of parliament and the deputies of Cape Town for change (CACH), and on the other hand, the supporters of President Felix Tshisekedi and those of former leader Joseph Kabila.
[East African] Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed were in northern Kenya on Wednesday for the opening of the One Stop Border Post in Moyale, Marsabit County.
