A boat carrying more than 50 people has capsized in the northern Nigerian state of Kano. Police say 20 bodies have been recovered and seven people rescued so far following the accident on Tuesday evening. Officials and residents told the BBC that the boat was carrying dozens of people from the village of Badau to […]
Zimbabwe has reimposed a lockdown and mandatory quarantines for all travellers amidst rising Covid cases and to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant. The country has recorded over 130,000 Covid cases and about 4,700 deaths since the pandemic began early last year. Zimbabwe authorities tightened Covid restrictions citing growing public complacency that they believe […]
By IREEN MULENGA Former Nchanga ward Councillor in Chingola Abed Lubumbe has called on the people of Chingola and the nation at large to stop politicizing the Covid-19 vaccines and get vaccinated. Speaking in an interview with the Independent Observer, Mr Lubumbe said that this is not the time to talk about human rights but […]
Malawi has announced that President Lazarus Chakwera has cancelled all public engagements “in order to attend to emerging national and regional matters”. The government statement doesn’t explain what those matters are, but these cancellation comes amid protests in the country over the high costs of living and alleged government corruption. President Chakwera was elected last year […]
The new Covid-19 variant, Omicron, was present in the Netherlands earlier than previously thought, officials say. It was identified in two test samples taken in the country between 19 and 23 November, which is before the variant was first reported by South Africa. It is not clear whether those who took the tests had visited […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Zambia Union of Nurses Organisation (ZUNO) says workers unions in the country have resolved not to support the discriminatory punitive measures being advanced by government to prevent the spread of Covid-19. ZUNO General Secretary Fray Michelo, said the unions have since urged government to revist its decision. Mr Michelo said the Unions […]
Barbados has officially removed Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and become the world’s newest republic. In an overnight ceremony in the capital, Bridgetown, Dame Sandra Mason was sworn in as president. The Prince of Wales and Barbadian singer Rihanna attended the event, which coincided with the country’s 55th anniversary of independence. In […]
Rwanda’s health ministry has announced that it will start giving third doses to the elderly and those who have underlying conditions starting on Tuesday. The ministry says the implementation will be done in phases and will begin in the capital, Kigali. Rwanda’s minister of state in charge of primary healthcare says third doses will be […]
China’s President Xi Jinping has promised to send to Africa some one billion Covid vaccine doses to help close the “vaccination gap”. The president made the pledge during the China-Africa summit. Out of the one billion, 600 million doses will come from China directly while 400 million will come from other sources like funded production […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Caritas Zambia Chingola Coordinator Eugene Mulenga has condemned the new Covid-19 restrictions of the no entry policy in government premises and barring of civil servants from work without proof of the Covid-19 vaccine. Mr Mulenga said that Government needs to be proactive than reactive to such situations because some of the new […]
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