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Kenya to start receiving 13 mln J&J shots in August -president 29 Jun 2021 - 08:03 pm

NAIROBI - Kenya will receive the first batch of 13 million COVID-19 vaccine shots from Johnson & Johnson in August, President Uhuru Kenyatta...

Nigeria adds South Africa to its COVID-19 'red list' for arriving travellers 28 Jun 2021 - 09:50 pm

ABUJA - Nigeria is adding South Africa to its "red list" of countries for which there are stringent restrictions for arriving passengers, officials...

South Africa to tighten COVID-19 restrictions for 14 days 27 Jun 2021 - 11:49 pm

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa will tighten COVID-19 restrictions for 14 days as current containment measures are insufficient to cope with the speed and...

Delta Covid-19 variant starting to dominate in South Africa, say scientists 26 Jun 2021 - 05:28 pm

JOHANNESBURG: New coronavirus infections in South Africa appear to be dominated by the Delta variant that was first identified in India, scientists said...

South Africa aims to more than double daily COVID-19 vaccinations over next month 25 Jun 2021 - 01:16 pm

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa aims to more than double the rate of daily COVID-19 vaccinations over the next month to more than 200,000...

Africa CDC says continent not winning against 'brutal' COVID-19 pandemic 24 Jun 2021 - 02:14 pm

HARARE: Africa is not winning its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic as a third virus wave sweeps the continent and countries struggle to...

South Africa's health regulator to assess efficacy of Sinopharm vaccine 23 Jun 2021 - 08:15 pm

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's health regulator said on Wednesday it had received documentation for China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine and will evaluate the data...

Zimbabwe expects 2.5 million Chinese COVID-19 vaccines by month end 22 Jun 2021 - 07:59 pm

HARARE - Zimbabwe expects to receive 2.5 million COVID-19 vaccines from China by the end of this month as it seeks to boost...

Senegal's famed jazz festival returns after pandemic delay 22 Jun 2021 - 02:40 pm

SAINT LOUIS: On a small island where the Senegal River meets the sea, hundreds of mask-wearing jazz enthusiasts listened to French-Senegalese vocalist Awa...

Talks underway with investors to make COVID vaccines in Africa -Kagame 22 Jun 2021 - 12:35 am

KIGALI - Senegal, Rwanda and South Africa are in talks with investors to start the production of coronavirus vaccines in Africa, Rwandan President...

South African 'diamond rush' unearths only quartz crystals, officials say 20 Jun 2021 - 07:27 pm

JOHANNESBURG - Unidentified stones that lured thousands of fortune seekers to a rural South African village to mine the land with picks and...

Guinea declares end to Ebola outbreak that killed 12 19 Jun 2021 - 03:00 pm

CONAKRY: An Ebola outbreak that started in Guinea in February, infecting 16 people and killing 12, has been declared over, the health ministry...

Ethiopia urges Tigray rights inquiry to 'immediately cease' 17 Jun 2021 - 03:08 pm

NAIROBI, Kenya: Ethiopia’s government is urging an African Union body to "immediately cease” a new commission of inquiry into allegations of abuses in...

Botswana unearths world's third largest diamond 16 Jun 2021 - 07:47 pm

GABORONE: A 1,098 carat diamond believed to be the third largest gem-quality stone ever to be mined, has been discovered in Botswana, according...

De Beers Unit discovers 1,098 carat diamond, its largest yet 16 Jun 2021 - 02:53 pm

Debswana Diamond Co., a unit of De Beers Plc, unearthed a 1,098 carat stone in Botswana on June 1, the largest since the...

J&J to send 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to South Africa by end-June -President Ramaphosa 15 Jun 2021 - 09:59 pm

JOHANNESBURG - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday that Johnson & Johnson would send 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the...

Nigeria to reopen vaccination for first COVID-19 shots 15 Jun 2021 - 07:55 pm

ABUJA - Nigeria is expecting a second shipment of nearly 4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines by early August, and plans to resume...

'Diamond rush' grips South African village after discovery of unidentified stones 14 Jun 2021 - 08:55 pm

KWAHLATHI, South Africa - More than 1,000 fortune seekers on Monday flocked to the village of KwaHlathi in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province in...