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  • “Top 10 African Countries with Rising Fuel Prices in September”

    “Top 10 African Countries with Rising Fuel Prices in September”

    By  Milcah  Tanimu

    Here is a list of the top 10 African countries with the highest fuel prices in September compared to August, along with their global rankings for both months:

    1. **Central Africa Republic**
    – Fuel Price per Liter (September): $1.798
    – Global Rank (September): 35th
    – Fuel Price per Liter (August): $1.841
    – Global Rank (August): 27th

    2. **Malawi**
    – Fuel Price per Liter (September): $1.648
    – Global Rank (September): 47th
    – Fuel Price per Liter (August): $1.659
    – Global Rank (August): 41st

    3. **Senegal**
    – Fuel Price per Liter (September): $1.618
    – Global Rank (September): 48th
    – Fuel Price per Liter (August): $1.657
    – Global Rank (August): 44th

    4. **Zimbabwe**
    – Fuel Price per Liter (September): $1.610
    – Global Rank (September): 49th
    – Fuel Price per Liter (August): $1.570
    – Global Rank (August): 49th

    5. **Seychelles**
    – Fuel Price per Liter (September): $1.586
    – Global Rank (September): 51st
    – Fuel Price per Liter (August): $1.547
    – Global Rank (August): 51st

    6. **Mauritius**
    – Fuel Price per Liter (September): $1.512
    – Global Rank (September): 58th
    – Fuel Price per Liter (August): $1.527
    – Global Rank (August): 53rd

    7. **Cape Verde**
    – Fuel Price per Liter (September): $1.508
    – Global Rank (September): 59th
    – Fuel Price per Liter (August): $1.461
    – Global Rank (August): 60th

    8. **Morocco**
    – Fuel Price per Liter (September): $1.473
    – Global Rank (September): 63rd
    – Fuel Price per Liter (August): $1.521
    – Global Rank (August): 55th

    9. **Zambia**
    – Fuel Price per Liter (September): $1.435
    – Global Rank (September): 67th

    10. **Mali**
    – Fuel Price per Liter (September): $1.416
    – Global Rank (September): 69th
    – Fuel Price per Liter (August): $1.449
    – Global Rank (August): 61st

    These countries are experiencing varying levels of fuel price increases, which can have significant economic implications for their populations. Rising fuel prices can affect transportation costs, inflation rates, and the overall cost of living for citizens.

  • Omicron: Canada Lifts Travel Ban On Nigeria, Other African Countries

    Omicron: Canada Lifts Travel Ban On Nigeria, Other African Countries

    Canada announced Friday the lifting of a ban on foreign travelers from 10 African countries, while reimposing testing and warning that the Omicron variant of Covid-19 risks quickly overwhelming hospitals.

    The travel restriction on flights from South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini, Namibia, Nigeria, Malawi and Egypt will end at 11:59 pm on Saturday (0459 GMT Sunday), Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos told a news conference.

    The restriction had been announced last month “to slow the arrival of Omicron in Canada and buy us some time,” he said. But with Omicron now spreading within Canada it is “no longer needed.”

    Pre-arrival negative PCR tests for all travelers would also be reinstated as of December 21, Duclos said, while repeating a government warning earlier this week that “now is not the time to travel.”

    Officials said laboratory tests have confirmed as of Friday nearly 350 cases of the Omicron variant across Canada.

    The total average daily Covid case count, meanwhile, has jumped by 45 percent in the past week to about 5,000.

    “It is expected the sheer number of (Omicron) cases could inundate the health system in a very short period of time,” said Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam.

  • Zimbabwe Approves J&J Vaccine As Third Virus Wave Rages

    Zimbabwe Approves J&J Vaccine As Third Virus Wave Rages

    Zimbabwe on Wednesday approved the US-made Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, the first Western-manufactured jab to be administered in the country amid a spiralling third wave of infections.

    The only vaccines so far approved in the southern African country — which has frosty relationship with some western nations, including the US — are made in China, Russia and India.

    But the government came under fire for turning down an African Union (AU) donation of three million J&J doses in June — citing storage issues and possible side-effects — despite surging cases and vaccine shortages.

    And now, “based on the review of the submitted quality, safety and efficacy data… emergency use authorisation has been granted for (the vaccine) manufactured by Johnson and Johnson,” the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe said in a letter to government seen by journalists on Wednesday.

    Critics had accused the government of refusing the AU donation for political reasons, noting that J&J doses required the same storage temperature as China’s Sinopharm and Sinovac shots.

    Both the US and the European Union have, over the past decade, imposed economic sanctions on Zimbabwean entities and various top officials for alleged rights abuses.

    President Emmerson Mnangagwa last year unsuccessfully asked the United Nations for support in fighting the sanctions, claiming they hurt the country’s economic development.

    Just over 694,600 people in Zimbabwe have been fully vaccinated, while 1.5 million have received a first shot out of a population of 14.8 million.

    A warning this month that people would soon face restrictions if they are not fully immunised sparked a rush to vaccination sites.

    To date, Zimbabwe has recorded more than 70,400 cases of Covid-19, of which at least 3,280 have been fatal.

  • COVID-19: Zimbabwe Goes Into Immediate National Lockdown

    COVID-19: Zimbabwe Goes Into Immediate National Lockdown

    Zimbabwe’s government on Saturday imposed a national lockdown with immediate effect, following a surge in Covid-19 cases, creating a major problem for most citizens who rely on the informal employment sector.

    Only essential services, such as hospitals, pharmacies and supermarkets will remain operational for the next 30 days, putting more pressure on already poverty-stricken families.

    The southern African nation is already struggling with a deepening economic crisis, hyperinflation and high unemployment.

    The government first imposed a nationwide lockdown in March to contain the spread of Covid-19, but had eased most of those measures amid fears of further economic malaise

    Vice President and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga told reporters there had been a huge spike in cases over the festive season which almost doubled the number of infections recorded throughout the year.

    “In light of the recent surge in Covid-19 cases the following stiff lockdown measures are being put in place with immediate effect,” he said.

    “Gatherings are reduced to not more than 30 people at all funerals. All other gatherings at weddings, churches, bars, bottle stores, gymnasiums, restaurants etc etc are banned for 30 days,” he added.

    Even premises providing essential services will have to close at 3 pm.

    A new overall curfew will run from 6 pm to 6 am.

    Covid 19 cases have almost doubled in two months from 8,374 at the start of November to 14,084 now.

    A total of 369 virus-related deaths have been recorded in the country since the outbreak of the pandemic.

  • Nurse dies from Coronavirus barely 6 months after his graduation

    Nurse dies from Coronavirus barely 6 months after his graduation

    A Zimbabwean nurse identified as Petros Tauya has died from Coronavirus barely 6 months after he graduated from Sally Mugabe Central hospital.

    Bindura Provincial Hospital where the deceased was stationed following his graduation in April 2020, said he died from the disease on December 14. He is survived by his wife and a one-month-old baby.

    Nurse dies from Coronavirus barely 6 months after his graduation

    Read Petros Tauya’s obituary which was published by the Bindura Provincial Hospital below;

    OBITUARY

    Bindura Provincial Hospital wishes to announce the passing on of a hard-working RGN, Petros Tauya who succumbed to CovId 19 on the evening of the 14. of December 2020.

    Born on the 18. of April 1985 in Bikita District of Masvingo Province. he trained at Sally Mugabe Central hospital and finished his course in April 2020. He joined Bindura Provincial hospital on 07/07/2020 and worked tirelessly in the frontline during the peak of the covid disease. He leaves behind his wife and a one-month-old baby boy.

    The management and staff of Bindura Provincial Hospital extend our deepest condolence to his wife and the entire Tauya family as they mourn their dear departed.