AllAfrica

2021-05-10 17:15:06 Kenya: Tight Schedule, Covid-19 Rules as Schools Reopen for Third Term
‍[Nation] Schools will reopen tomorrow for the Third Term after a seven-week break to a unique crash academic programme amid tight health measures due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Third Term is usually the shortest in the school calendar and will this time last only two months as teachers race to complete the 2020 syllabus.
Also, for the first time in the history of the country, schools will open for the Third Term without the pressure of preparing candidates for national examinations.
Traditionally, Standard Eight
Read More Open / Comment

2021-05-10 16:48:15 Kenya: Floods, Traffic Mess as Heavy Rains Pound Nairobi Overnight
‍[Nairobi News] Nairobi residents woke up to heavy traffic snarl ups and flooded roads as heavy rains pounded the capital city on Monday morning.
The rains that pounded the city overnight left flood-prone areas submerged, with emergency services concerned on the fate of people living near river banks and riparian areas.
The Kenya Meteorological Department had over the weekend warned of heavy downpours in the city that will continue throughout the week.
A forecast of the rainfall situation by the weatherman indicated that
Read More Open / Comment

2021-05-10 16:48:10 Malawi: High Court Orders Chakwera to Reinstate, Two MEC Commissioners
‍[Nyasa Times] "... Pay their honorarium"
The High Court in Blantyre on Friday ordered President Lazarus Chakwera to immediately reinstate two embattled Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Commissioners Jean Mathanga and Linda Kunje.
The court has further ordered government to pay honorarium to the two mentioned MEC commissioners starting from the month they stopped receiving these benefits.
Apart from that, High Court Judge, Jack Nriva has also ordered said the office of the president to pay all the legal costs.
Read More Open / Comment

2021-05-10 16:39:10 Tanzania: President Samia Steps Up Tanzania's Economic Diplomacy Agenda
‍[Citizen] Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan, starting from the early days of her administration, has gestured that she would put a lot of emphasis on economic diplomacy.
She has done that by undertaking crucial visits and meetings recently which were expected to influence the trading partnership with the rest of the world.
From holding meetings with key players in the international economy, foreign traders to recent visits to Uganda and Kenya, the new Head of State, who was inaugurated in March, is repairing
Read More Open / Comment

2021-05-10 16:39:05 Kenya Runs Out of Syrup for Infants With HIV
‍[Nation] Children with HIV will have to go back to taking pellets after the country ran out of the syrup, following the current shortage of antiretroviral drugs in the country, the Nation has learnt.
Kenya moved from giving infants and children Lopinavir/ Ritonavir pellets to a syrup of the same drug, which is now out of stock.
In a crisis meeting held yesterday to discuss the shortage, the Council of Governors and the Global Fund admitted that Lopinavir/Ritonavir syrup is out of stock and that the country is await
Read More Open / Comment

2021-05-10 16:12:06 Nigeria: 2,000 Hectares of Land Mapped Out for Govt's Social Housing - Presidency
‍[Daily Trust] The Presidency yesterday said over 2,000 hectares of land with titled documents haf been given by 24 States for President Muhammadu Buhari administration's social housing programme.
A presidential spokesman, Laolu Akande in a statement, said 17 states had also indicated interest to participate in the solar power programme.
Akande said both programmes were important elements of the ongoing Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP).
He said these were some of the highlights emerging from a review meeting on the ESP
Read More Open / Comment

2021-05-10 16:00:13 Nigeria: A Second Wave Is On, but the Classroom Door Stays Open
‍[Daily Trust] The lockdown against coronavirus has been severe, and easing of restrictions to guard against the spread of the virus has been troubled.
As the country goes through a phase of reopening and restoring livelihoods, the new reality has emerged of a second wave of the pandemic.
It comes as new cases of coronavirus infections, which had earlier levelled off, began tipping up a second time.
It also comes at a time when businesses and places of worship had to reopen--and children who had been locked out of school
Read More Open / Comment