CORRECTION: New Hapag-Lloyd East Africa service arriving in Kenya and Tanzania

Seven 2,800 TEU vessels being deployed in the service

East Africa Service 3 (EAS3) to arrive in Kenya and Tanzania next week; New service will offer excellent connections to Hapag-Lloyd’s (www.Hapag-Lloyd.com) global network; Seven 2,800 TEU vessels being deployed in the service. Download Press Event Invitation: https://bit.ly/3buznyG The new East Africa Service 3 (EAS3) will offer direct weekly sailings between…

Day 3 - B-roll: African rugby teams are coming together to prepare for the Olympic Games and Olympic Repechage – Day 3

Copyright free broadcast-quality footage are available for media to download for free and unrestricted news use

This year's Men’s Sevens Solidarity Camp brought together champions of African Sevens Rugby under one camp. Teams are South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Currently only South Africa and Kenya have qualified for the Olympic Games in the men's category. But Uganda and Zimbabwe still stand a chance through the…

Basketball Africa League Unveils Team Rosters Ahead of Inaugural Season

BAL rosters feature 154 players from 24 countries across Africa, Europe, the Middle East and the U.S

BAL Rosters Feature 154 Players from 24 Countries Across Africa, Europe, the Middle East and the U.S.; Rwanda’s Patriots Basketball Club to Face Nigeria’s Rivers Hoopers in First BAL Game on May 16 at 4:00 p.m. CAT / 10 a.m. ET. The Basketball Africa League (BAL) today unveiled the rosters…

UN condemns killing of aid worker in South Sudan

The aid worker was killed when assailants fired at a clearly marked humanitarian vehicle

The top UN humanitarian official in South Sudan has called  for law enforcement along roads following the first killing of an aid worker in the country this year during an ambush in Budi, East Equatoria, on Wednesday. The aid worker was killed when assailants fired at a clearly marked humanitarian vehicle that was…

Egypt receives second shipment of 1.77 million COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility

To date, Egypt has been allocated to receive a total of 4.5 milion doses of AstraZeneca vaccine through the COVAX Facility

An additional 1.77 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine have arrived in Cairo, Egypt; The Ministry of Health and Population leads on scaling up vaccination campaigns across the country as Egypt faces third wave of COVID-19. Egypt yesterday received 1 768 800 COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine doses delivered via the COVAX Facility. This…

New Hapag-Lloyd East Africa service arriving in Kenya and Tanzania

Seven 2,800 TEU vessels being deployed in the service

East Africa Service 3 (EAS3) to arrive in Kenya and Tanzania next week; New service will offer excellent connections to Hapag-Lloyd’s (www.Hapag-Lloyd.com) global network; Seven 2,800 TEU vessels being deployed in the service. The new East Africa Service 3 (EAS3) will offer direct weekly sailings between China, South-East Asia, Kenya…

Siemens, the German Government and the Solidarity Fund hand over a 100-bed modular hospital solution

The modular solution will be equipped with Siemens Healthineers medical technology

A 100-bed modular solution donated to Cecilia Makiwane Hospital; The modular solution will be equipped with Siemens Healthineers medical technology; The modular hospital will be powered with a solar modular configuration to enable a decentralized and clean power supply. At a ribbon cutting ceremony, Siemens South Africa, the German Ministry…

Pozzovivo forced to withdraw from Giro d'Italia following stage 6 crash

The 38-year-old crashed twice in the opening kilometres of the race, in extremely wet conditions

Team Qhubeka ASSOS’ (www.TeamQhubeka.com) general classification leader Domenico Pozzovivo has sadly been forced to withdraw from the 104th Giro d’Italia following crashing twice on stage six from Grotte di Frasassi to Ascoli Piceno. The 38-year-old crashed twice in the opening kilometres of the race, in extremely wet conditions, but gamely…

Coronavirus - South Africa: COVID-19 Statistics in South Africa (13 May 2021)

Tests conducted: 11,010,999 Positive cases identified: 1,605,252 Total recoveries: 1,519,734 Total deaths: 55,012 New cases: 3,221

Coronavirus - Nigeria: COVID-19 case update (13 May 2021)

53 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria; Lagos-36 Rivers-14 Akwa Ibom-3 165,612 confirmed 156,387 discharged 2,066 deaths