Africa 54 - Aug 25, 2021. Top Stories: The Somali government reopened schools this month despite a new wave of coronavirus infections. Despite COVID-19 vaccines being available to all South African adults, uptake remains low with just 20 percent of adults having received a first dose. The Muslim Association of South Africa is one of many groups combatting vaccine hesitancy by delivering jabs to doorsteps. ZAMBIAN PRESIDENT HAKAINDE HICHILEMA INTERVIEW PART TWO: Clottey Guest: Hakainde Hichilema, President of Zambia VOA’s Peter Clottey continued his conversation with newly inaugurated Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema on his vision for Zambia that include encouraging democracy and developing infrastructure strategies that will help stabilize the country and the economy. Abubakar Adam sold his car, a plot of land and cleared out his savings hoping to secure the release of his kidnapped children - but for the bandits in Nigeria's northern Niger state, it still wasn't enough. UN Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi is urging support for Ethiopians fleeing to Sudan. The UNHCR chief visited Um Rakuba camp in eastern Sudan where refugees who escaped fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region have settled. A criminal trial over the $2 billion debt scandal that crashed Mozambique's economy is underway this week and South Africa says it's ready to extradite a chief suspect that it has detained. Uganda on Wednesday received 51 people evacuated from Afghanistan after the Taliban swept back into power, but officials said they would stay temporarily until resettled by the United States and other nations.The evacuees included men, women and children, according to statement by the Foreign Ministry. They are in transit to the United States and other countries, the statement said. Last week, Uganda said it had agreed to a request from the United States to temporarily take in 2,000 Afghans fleeing the country. U.S. President Joe Biden said Tuesday the United States will complete its mission of evacuating Americans and Afghans from Afghanistan by the August 31 deadline. While the pace of evacuations has accelerated, U.S. lawmakers remain concerned about the threat posed by the Taliban and Islamic State in Khorasan, and by the lack of U.S. preparation for the chaos unfolding in Kabul. At 23 years old, Arnold Nyendwa is a Zambian multi-award-winning inventor – who is already making headlines internationally, perhaps for a good reason. Inspired by circumstances surrounding his community, for example, unreliable electricity power supply, he set out on a mission to invent Zambia's first stainless-steel stove that uses gas, electricity, and solid fuel. For more, Africa 54 Technology Correspondent Paul Ndiho, via Skype, spoke to Arnold Nyendwa, Founder/CEO; Venturus Jumpstart Ltd, a Stainless-Steel Tech company based in Lusaka, Zambia