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Africa COVID cases on longest run of declines since pandemic's start: WHO 14 Apr 2022 - 09:40 pm

DAKAR: Africa is experiencing its longest-running decline in weekly COVID-19 infections since the start of the pandemic, the World Health Organization said on...

South Africa declares floods a disaster as deaths pass 300 14 Apr 2022 - 04:11 pm

South Africa declared floods that killed more than 300 people in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province a disaster, enabling the government to free up...

S.African leader visits flood victims as death toll rises to 259 13 Apr 2022 - 03:49 pm

JOHANNESBURG: President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged to help victims of devastating floods on South Africa's east coast on Wednesday, as the death toll rose...

World Bank to finance four projects worth $495 million in Senegal 12 Apr 2022 - 07:00 pm

DAKAR: The World Bank said on Tuesday it has signed deals to finance four projects in Senegal worth a total of $495 million...

Elephant tramples Colombian researcher to death in Uganda 12 Apr 2022 - 05:36 pm

KAMPALA: An elephant trampled to death a Colombian researcher who was studying chimpanzees in Kibali National Park in western Uganda, authorities said. Sebastian...

South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province hit by floods, 20 dead 12 Apr 2022 - 04:56 pm

JOHANNESBURG: Prolonged rains and flooding in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province have claimed the lives of at least 20 people, according to local officials....

Rains drive biggest S. African locust infestation in decades 08 Apr 2022 - 10:10 am

South Africa is experiencing its biggest infestation of brown locusts in decades with heavy rains allowing the crop-eating insects to multiply rapidly. Read...

Tunisian president says voting in elections will be for individuals not for lists 06 Apr 2022 - 12:43 pm

Voting in Tunisian parliamentary elections expected to be held in December will take place in two rounds, and the voting will be for...

South Africa ends state of disaster on declining Covid cases 05 Apr 2022 - 03:14 pm

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced an end to the state of disaster he declared more than two years ago to manage the...

Mali says military operation in Moura area kills 200 militants 02 Apr 2022 - 02:21 pm

Mali's military said it has killed over 200 Islamist militants in an operation in the centre of the West African country, the latest...

Ghana to start producing own Covid-19 vaccines in January 2024 30 Mar 2022 - 02:41 pm

ACCRA: Ghana will start producing its own COVID-19 vaccines in January 2024, President Nana Akufo-Addo said on Wednesday in his State of the...

Moderna’s Covid Booster shot will be offered to South African health workers 28 Mar 2022 - 08:29 pm

Moderna Inc.’s coronavirus vaccine will be offered as a booster to some South African health workers, who received either one or two shots...

Tunisia says it has dismantled 150 militant cells in past 6 months 26 Mar 2022 - 05:11 pm

TUNIS: Tunisian police forces have dismantled about 150 militant cells in the past six months, a spokesman for the National Guard said on...

Amid dropping COVID cases, South Africa loosens restrictions 23 Mar 2022 - 02:50 pm

JOHANNESBURG: With declining cases of COVID-19, South Africa's president has announced that it is no longer mandatory to wear masks outdoors and vaccinated...

For 25 cents a day, poor Nigerians get a shot at science education 22 Mar 2022 - 01:17 pm

ABUJA: ANigerian school is targeting students from poor families to give them a chance to excel at science, maths and engineering for a...

9 million children to be vaccinated against polio in Africa 22 Mar 2022 - 12:59 pm

CAPE TOWN, South Africa: A drive to vaccinate more than 9 million children against polio has been launched this week in four countries...

Mali's detained ex-prime minister dies on medical parole 22 Mar 2022 - 09:56 am

BAMAKO: Mali's former prime minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga, arrested over corruption allegations last year, died of an undisclosed illness in hospital on Monday,...