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Ethiopian Wins 2021 African Best Airline Award
Walta
Addis Ababa, December 2021 (Walta) – Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopian) has remained the winner of the ‘Best African Airline Award’ from Skytrax, which many describe as “the Oscars of the aviation industry.”… Read More>>

HEALTH


Tanzania: Tz Heightens Fight Against Covid – 19

Daily News
TANZANIA rolled out its countrywide second integrated and fast plan for combating the Covid-19 pandemic campaign, which aims to attain a target of vaccinating 60 per cent of the country’s population in the next two years…Read more>>

South Africa’s huge omicron wave appears to be subsiding just as quickly as it grew
The Philadelphia Inquirer
NAIROBI, Kenya — South Africa’s huge wave of omicron cases appears to be subsiding just as quickly as it grew in the weeks after the country first announced to the world that the new coronavirus variant had been identified… Read more>>

TOURISM


Kenyans Rush for Covid Vaccine As Govt Insists On Travel Requirements

Capital FM
Nairobi — Long queues were witnessed at vaccination centres on Thursday as Kenyans rushed to get the COVID-19 jab following a government directive requiring Public Service Vehicle and hotel operators to demand proof of vaccination from their clients…Read More>>

Gambia’s tourism struggles with impact of Covid-19 as it seeks to diversify
Africa News
This is not the usual scene here at this beach here in Gambia. Ideally, as the yuletide approaches the beach would be full of tourist but the story changed since the emergence of Covid 19…Read More>>