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S.Africa says it is being punished for early COVID variant detection 27 Nov 2021 - 03:42 pm

Johannesburg: South Africa said on today it was being punished for its advanced ability to detect new COVID-19 variants early, as travel bans...

French convoy faces new protests after crossing into Niger from Burkina Faso 27 Nov 2021 - 03:33 pm

PARIS: Protesters in Niger blocked a French military convoy on Saturday shortly after it crossed the border from Burkina Faso, where it had...

Morocco bans travellers from seven southern African over COVID concerns 26 Nov 2021 - 08:48 pm

CAIRO: Morocco banned entry to travellers arriving from South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Zimbabwe due to concerns related to the...

South Africa questions UK flight ban amid global alarm over COVID variant 26 Nov 2021 - 01:57 pm

JOHANNESBURG- South Africa said on Friday a British ban on flights from six southern African countries over a new COVID-19 variant seemed rushed,...

WHO discusses new Covid-19 variant with ‘unusual’ mutations 25 Nov 2021 - 02:35 pm

World Health Organization officials met on Thursday to discuss a new coronavirus variant circulating in South Africa and Botswana. The new variant, called...

Islamist car bomb attack kills at least eight in Somalia, officials say 25 Nov 2021 - 12:22 pm

Mogadishu: At least eight people were killed in Somalia's capital on Thursday when Islamist militants launched a suicide attack on a U.N. security...

Ethiopia says Abiy at war front, handing duties to deputy 24 Nov 2021 - 04:48 pm

Ethiopia’s government said today that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has gone to the battlefront to take charge in the country’s yearlong war and...

South Africa delays COVID vaccine deliveries as inoculations slow 24 Nov 2021 - 12:39 pm

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa has asked Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer to delay delivery of COVID-19 vaccines because it now has too much stock,...

West Africa has highest numbers of child soldiers, says UN 23 Nov 2021 - 02:43 pm

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso: Trapped in conflicts, the children of West and Central Africa are the most recruited by armed groups in the world...

After a century and a half, Ethiopian artefacts return home 22 Nov 2021 - 02:20 pm

ADDIS ABABA: After a century and a half hidden in private collections, 13 stolen Ethiopian artefacts have finally returned home following months of...

Blinken encourages Tunisia reform in talks with leader 21 Nov 2021 - 05:48 pm

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken encouraged Tunisia's leader to make reforms to respond to Tunisians' hopes for "democratic progress", the U.S. State...

Blinken eyes African crises, says continent must reform 20 Nov 2021 - 05:53 pm

ABUJA, Nigeria:U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday called on African nations to heed warnings posed by crises inEthiopiaand Sudan, take seriously...

Triple suicide bombers in Uganda capital kill three civilians, wound dozens 16 Nov 2021 - 03:18 pm

Kampala: Three suicide bombers in the heart of Uganda's capital killed at least three civilians and sent parliamentarians rushing for cover as nearby...

Guinea starts vaccinating children against COVID-19 with Pfizer, Moderna 10 Nov 2021 - 02:22 pm

CONAKRY: Guinea will begin vaccinating children aged 12-17 against COVID-19 with a consignment of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines on Wednesday, the health ministry...

South Africa investigates seal deaths along Cape coast 09 Nov 2021 - 03:42 pm

CAPE TOWN: South African officials are investigating an alarming rise in seal deaths along the west coast near Cape Town, with malnutrition one...

Sudan activists reject power-sharing with army, call strikes 06 Nov 2021 - 04:21 pm

KHARTOUM, Sudan:Sudan’s protest movement has rejected internationally backed initiatives to return to a power-sharing arrangement with the military after last month’s coup, announcing...

Oil tanker explodes in Sierra Leone, killing at least 92 06 Nov 2021 - 02:50 pm

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone:An oil tanker exploded near Sierra Leone's capital, killing at least 92 people and severely injuring dozens of others after large...

Fuel tanker blast in Sierra Leone capital kills at least 91, says morgue 06 Nov 2021 - 12:51 pm

Ninety-one people were killed in the capital ofSierraLeone on Friday when a fuel tanker exploded following a collision, the central morgue and local...