World / Africa

South Africa could get 20 million more J&J vaccine doses, minister says 12 Mar 2021 - 12:27 pm

CAPE TOWN - The South African government's agreement with Johnson & Johnson for 11 million COVID-19 vaccine doses includes an option for an...

Mauritius shuts down after more COVID-19 cases 10 Mar 2021 - 08:35 pm

NAIROBI - Mauritius has gone into lockdown and suspended flights in and out of the island for two weeks following the discovery of...

One person killed as police, students clash at South Africa's Wits university 10 Mar 2021 - 02:23 pm

Johannesburg: One person was killed on Wednesday after police fired rubber bullets to disperse a group of protesters at the University of the...

Zimbabwe authorises Sputnik V, Sinovac coronavirus vaccines for emergency use 09 Mar 2021 - 10:18 pm

HARARE - Zimbabwe has authorised the emergency use of four COVID-19 vaccines, including Russia's Sputnik V and China's Sinovac, the minister of information...

Cheers and hope as doctor gets Nigeria's first COVID-19 vaccine 05 Mar 2021 - 07:22 pm

ABUJA: A doctor who has spent the past year treating COVID-19 patients on Friday became the first person in Nigeria to be vaccinated...

WHO sees Ebola risk as "very high" for Guinea's neighbours 05 Mar 2021 - 02:26 pm

GENEVA: World Health Organization officials said on Friday the risk of an Ebola outbreak spreading from Guinea to its neighbours was "very high"...

South Africa in African Union talks on COVID-19 shots for 10 million people 05 Mar 2021 - 01:06 pm

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa is negotiating with an African Union (AU) platform to buy COVID-19 vaccines for at least 10 million of its...

Hundreds of fake COVID-19 vaccines seized in South Africa, Interpol says 04 Mar 2021 - 11:58 pm

JOHANNESBURG - South African police have seized hundreds of fake COVID-19 vaccines and arrested four suspects in connection with the haul, the Interpol...

South Africa regulator says at an advanced stage of Pfizer vaccine review 04 Mar 2021 - 08:13 pm

CAPE TOWN - South Africa's medicines regulator said on Thursday that it was at an advanced stage of reviewing an emergency use application...

Nigeria takes delivery of its first COVID-19 vaccines 02 Mar 2021 - 02:49 pm

ABUJA: Nigeria received its first COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday to kick off an inoculation programme in Africa's most populous nation, delivered under the...

Nigerian Police confirm release of abducted school girls 02 Mar 2021 - 01:19 pm

Gunmen in Nigeria freed hundreds of schoolgirls abducted last week in the northern state of Zamfara, the police said. "They were released in...

Three new Ebola cases confirmed in Congo, two in Guinea 01 Mar 2021 - 09:05 pm

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo - Three new cases of Ebola have been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing to 11...

Zimbabwe Vice President Kembo Mohadi resigns 01 Mar 2021 - 07:36 pm

HARARE - Zimbabwe Vice President Kembo Mohadi resigned on Monday saying this was meant to save the image of the government following local...

Ethiopia criticizes Amnesty report on massacre in Tigray town 27 Feb 2021 - 06:31 pm

Ethiopia’s government criticized a report by Amnesty International that alleged war crimes in the northern town of Axum last year. Amnesty said on...

School children abducted in Nigeria's Niger state released, governor says 27 Feb 2021 - 12:19 pm

Maiduguri:Gunmen in Nigeria on Saturday released 42 people, including 27 students, who were kidnapped from a boarding school last week in the north-central...

Ivory Coast becomes second country to receive COVAX vaccines 26 Feb 2021 - 03:55 pm

ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast received a shipment of COVID-19 doses from the COVAX vaccine-sharing facility on Friday, becoming the second country to benefit from...

In Kenya, electric fences protect forests from human destruction 25 Feb 2021 - 12:50 pm

Nakuru, Kenya: What can stop wandering elephants, illegal logging and protect sources of water? Kenyan environmental group Rhino Ark Trust says: electric fences....

Zimbabwe to buy 1.2 mln more COVID-19 vaccine doses from China 24 Feb 2021 - 09:29 pm

HARARE, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe will buy an additional 1.2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from China at a preferential price, President Emmerson...