Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari established a new team to work on boosting growth and reducing poverty in Africa’s biggest economy. The so-called National...
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari established a new team to work on boosting growth and reducing poverty in Africa’s biggest economy. The so-called National...
Accra, Ghana: Ghana has become the first country in the world to receive vaccines acquired through the United Nations-backed COVAX initiative with a...
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's health minister said on Tuesday that government advisers had organised COVID-19 vaccines into three groups and those considered for...
DAKAR: Senegal began its coronavirus vaccination campaign on Tuesday with 200,000 doses that it purchased from China's Sinopharm, which it received last week....
ROME: The Italian ambassador to Congo and an Italian carabineri police officer were killed Monday while traveling in Congo in a U.N. convoy,...
ABUJA - A small Nigerian air force passenger plane crashed just outside Abuja airport after reporting engine failure on Sunday, killing all seven...
CAIRO: Sudan took the unprecedented but expected step of floating its currency Sunday, meeting a major demand by international financial institutions to help...
MOGADISHU - A gunbattle erupted on Friday in central Mogadishu as Somali government forces sealed off streets to prevent a protest over delayed...
JOHANNESBURG - Scientists will meet on Thursday to advise South Africa's government on its next steps after a study suggested the dominant local...
KINSHASA - The latest in a series of mystery monoliths to capture the imagination of science-fiction fans around the world met a fiery...
NAIROBI - A senior Tanzanian politician died of COVID-19 on Wednesday, his party said, adding to concern about a hidden epidemic running rampant...
CAPE TOWN - South Africa launched its COVID-19 vaccination drive on Wednesday, battling to tame a more infectious variant of the coronavirus with...
Kaduna: Unidentified gunmen attacked a secondary school in Nigeria's Niger state early on Wednesday and abducted many students, the state governor's spokeswoman said....
HARARE - Zimbabwe will begin vaccinating against COVID-19 on Thursday, starting with health workers and other essential service personnel, the cabinet announced on...
Conakry: The World Health Organization has asked six African countries to be alert for possible Ebola infections, as Guinea on Tuesday reported new...
Conakry: Guinea is tracking down people who potentially came in contact with Ebola patients and will rush out vaccines to the area as...
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe is preparing to receive its first delivery of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, saying the shipment will first undergo "rigorous...
CAPE TOWN - South Africa has secured millions of doses of Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer Inc vaccines to fight the highly infectious...
