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South Africa to dispose of 2 million contaminated J&J vaccines 13 Jun 2021 - 07:24 pm
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Vaccine hoarding is dividing nations, says Botswana’s President 12 Jun 2021 - 06:50 pm
A health worker fills a syringe with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at the Noevir Stadium Kobe, in Kobe, Japan on June 12, 2021. (REUTERS/Issei Kato)
Signs of low turnout as Algerians vote in parliamentary election 12 Jun 2021 - 06:17 pm
Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune prepares to cast his vote at a polling station during the country's parliamentary election in Bouchaoui, Algeria June 12, 2021.
Nigerian police fire tear gas to break up protests over rising insecurity 12 Jun 2021 - 03:26 pm
A police officer sets to fire tear gas as he tries to disperse protesters during a June 12 Democracy Day protest at the Gani Fawehinmi Park, in Ojota, Lagos, Nigeria June 12, 2021. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja
S.Africa to analyse J&J vaccines made at U.S. plant halted over error 12 Jun 2021 - 01:06 pm
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South Africa officially enters third COVID-19 wave 10 Jun 2021 - 11:47 pm
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Morocco opens airports to international flights to allow citizens home 06 Jun 2021 - 10:11 pm
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Attackers kill 88 people in northwest Nigeria 06 Jun 2021 - 02:30 pm
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COVAX hopes to deliver delayed AstraZeneca shots to Africa in June, July 04 Jun 2021 - 06:35 pm
FILE PHOTO: A nurse prepares to administer the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine under the COVAX scheme against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Eka Kotebe General Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 13, 2021. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo
Zimbabwe says 'don't panic' as some centres run out of COVID-19 vaccines 04 Jun 2021 - 05:45 pm
A man receives a certificate after being vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Wilkins Hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe, March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo
Assassination attempt on Ugandan ex-army chief kills daughter, driver: military 01 Jun 2021 - 02:57 pm
Forensic experts secure the scene of an attempted assassination on Ugandan minister of works and transport General Katumba Wamala, in which he was wounded and his daughter and driver killed, an army spokeswoman and local media reports said, in the suburb
South Africa extends nightly curfew as COVID cases surge 30 May 2021 - 09:24 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man walks beneath a billboard during the 21-day nationwide lockdown aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in central Cape Town, South Africa, April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings
Kenya extends COVID-19 curfew by 60 days 30 May 2021 - 03:40 pm
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Ethiopians protest US sanctions over brutal Tigray war 30 May 2021 - 03:04 pm
A pro-government demonstrator walks past a banner as they attend a rally to protest against the U.S. action over alleged human rights abuses during the conflict in the Tigray region, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia May 30, 2021. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri
Around 400,000 people need help after fleeing Congo volcano, UN says 28 May 2021 - 03:26 pm
A woman prepares to evacuate from recurrent earth tremors as aftershocks after homes were covered with lava deposited by the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo May 25, 2021. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/Save the Childr
South African albino elephant beats odds to thrive among herd 28 May 2021 - 01:56 pm
Khanyisa, an albino elephant calf rescued after being caught in a poaching snare, walks with the Jabulani elephant herd at Hoedspruit Elephant Rehabilitation and Development (HERD) sanctuary, near Hoedspruit, South Africa, May 23, 2021. Picture taken May
France's Macron admits some guilt for Rwanda's genocide 27 May 2021 - 02:44 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron addresses delegates after laying a wreath on a mass grave containing the remains of the 1994 Rwandan genocide victims at the Kigali Genocide Memorial Center at Gisozi in Kigali, Rwanda May 27, 2021. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana
Mali president and prime minister freed by military after resigning 27 May 2021 - 01:42 pm
Goodluck Jonathan, former Nigerian president and head of ECOWAS mediators delegation for the Mali crisis, speaks to journalists after his meeting with Vice President Colonel Assimi Goita, in Bamako, Mali, May 26, 2021. Reuters/Amadou Keita