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Kenya joins global trial of Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine
By Citizen Reporter,
949, October 31, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya has joined the global efforts in search of an effective vaccine for COVID-19 with the start of a trial evaluating a leading COVID-19 vaccine can...
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COVID-19 could push 49 million Africans into extreme poverty
By CNN,
1148, October 29, 2020 (EAT)
It is now widely recognized that in Africa, the Covid-19 pandemic is on a different trajectory than much of the rest of the world, including the West....
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OPINION: Why we’re uniting in support of African girl leaders to beat AIDS, shift power
By Guest Writer,
1308, October 11, 2020 (EAT)
The International Day of the Girl Child on October 11 is a call for us to reflect on our responsibilities. 25 years ago, governments adopted the hi...
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In tackling COVID-19, Africa gives world lesson
By VOA,
1904, October 8, 2020 (EAT)
Africa's response to COVID-19 has gained global recognition for its fast and targeted action. The Africa Centres for Disease Control has helped dir...
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40 Kenyans volunteer to take part in human trials for COVID-19 vaccine
By Raquel Muigai,
1106, September 25, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya is in the next few weeks expected to begin its first COVID-19 vaccine trials following approvals by responsible authorities. The trial is spe...
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Michelle Obama and Melinda Gates: We can’t ignore adolescent girls in Covid-19 response
By CNN,
1109, August 8, 2020 (EAT)
Today should have been a school day for 15-year-old Fortunate Ayomirwoth. But for the past five months, her school has been closed. Fortunate now s...
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Large U.S. COVID-19 vaccine trials will exclude pregnant women for now
By Reuters,
1459, July 31, 2020 (EAT)
The first two COVID-19 vaccine trials in the U.S. will not be tested in pregnant women this year, raising questions about how this vulnerable populati...
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Counting the burials: African nations scramble to track COVID-19
By Reuters,
1547, July 13, 2020 (EAT)
Long after the funding for his project was frozen, Bilal Endris has kept a lonely watch over cemeteries in Ethiopia’s capital by slipping cash to gr...
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to head WHO COVID-19 review amid anti-globalism barbs
By Reuters,
2120, July 10, 2020 (EAT)
Avowed multilateralists Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Helen Clark will lead a World Health Organization (WHO) panel scrutinising the global response to th...
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WHO urges African countries resuming air travel to take safety measures
By VOA,
1619, July 3, 2020 (EAT)
The World Health Organization called on African countries Thursday to take comprehensive safety measures to “mitigate a surge” in COVID-19 cases, ...
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OPINION: Africa’s twin battles – COVID-19 and fake news
By Guest Writer,
2053, June 27, 2020 (EAT)
By Yemisi Adegoke Just under four months after Africa recorded its first coronavirus case, the number of confirmed cases has reached more than 250,...
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Coronavirus poses test for African leaders
By VOA,
1146, June 13, 2020 (EAT)
As Burundi enters a period of mourning for President Pierre Nkurunziza, who died Monday, his leadership during the coronavirus pandemic is being scrut...
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COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating in Africa, WHO says
By VOA,
1931, June 11, 2020 (EAT)
The World Health Organization reports the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating in Africa and moving from the continent’s large capital cities into the ...
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Five dead in new Ebola outbreak
By CNN,
825, June 2, 2020 (EAT)
Five people, including a 15-year-old girl, have died of Ebola in a fresh outbreak of the virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations...
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DIAZ: A silver lining amidst COVID-19 pandemic
By Guest Writer,
1124, May 30, 2020 (EAT)
The better part of Sunday April 12 saw the majority of social media platforms remain awash with doctored images showing Mt. Kenya as supposedly seen f...
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Coronavirus is killing more men. But the lockdown is disastrous for women and their rights
By CNN,
1202, May 24, 2020 (EAT)
The novel coronavirus seems to be more deadly for men. But in every other way, women are bearing the brunt of this pandemic. From a spike in domest...
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MCKINSEY: Priorities for school systems in the age of coronavirus
By Guest Writer,
1652, May 23, 2020 (EAT)
As of mid-April, 191 countries had shut down all their primary and secondary schools, affecting almost 1.6 billion children. The shift to remote le...
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African music legend Mory Kante dies aged 70 in Guinea
By Reuters,
1223, May 23, 2020 (EAT)
Musician Mory Kante, who helped win African music a global following, has died in the capital of his homeland Guinea at the age of 70, his agent said ...
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Coronavirus found in men’s semen raising possibility it could be sexually transmitted
By CNN,
1702, May 8, 2020 (EAT)
The new coronavirus can persist in men's semen even after they have begun to recover, a finding that raises the possibility the virus could be sexuall...
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What happens if a coronavirus vaccine is never developed? It has happened before
By CNN,
924, May 3, 2020 (EAT)
As countries lie frozen in lockdown and billions of people lose their livelihoods, public figures are teasing a breakthrough that would mark the end o...
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