World / Africa

Guinea declares end of Marburg virus outbreak 16 Sep 2021 - 08:36 pm

CONAKRY - An outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in Guinea is officially over, health authorities said on Thursday, less than six weeks...

Rwandan conservationist helps to save hundreds of cranes 15 Sep 2021 - 02:27 pm

Nairobi: A tall grey crowned crane with an injured leg struts through a bird sanctuary in the Rwandan capital Kigali. The Umusambi Village...

West African leaders to hold summit on Guinea coup on Thursday 15 Sep 2021 - 01:16 pm

Dakar: West African leaders will meet on Thursday to decide how to respond to the coup in Guinea and how to pressure the...

African Union slams vaccine manufacturers for restricting access 14 Sep 2021 - 07:23 pm

GENEVA - The African Union on Tuesday accused manufacturers of COVID-19 vaccines of denying African countries a fair chance to buy them, and...

Gunmen attack Nigerian prison, free 240 inmates 13 Sep 2021 - 01:38 pm

Abuja: Heavily armed gunmen raided a jail in south-central Nigeria late on Sunday and freed 240 inmates - almost everyone in the prison,...

South Africa loosens COVID curbs as third wave eases 12 Sep 2021 - 11:28 pm

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa will ease COVID-19 restrictions and shorten its nationwide curfew from Monday after a decline in infections, President Cyril Ramaphosa...

S.Africa's regulator approves Pfizer Covid-19 shot for children 12 and up 11 Sep 2021 - 01:31 pm

Johhannesburg: South Africa's health regulator has approved Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for use by children aged 12 and older, paving the way for the...

South Africa jabs 2,000 children in test of Chinese vaccine 10 Sep 2021 - 07:51 pm

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa on Friday started vaccinating some children and adolescents as part of the global Phase 3 clinical trials of China’s Sinovac...

Sinovac in talks about setting up S.Africa vaccine production, partner says 10 Sep 2021 - 01:22 pm

JOHANNESBURG - China's Sinovac Biotech is in talks about setting up a vaccine production facility in South Africa with its local partner, the...

Sinovac to trial COVID-19 vaccine in South African children in global study 09 Sep 2021 - 04:16 pm

JOHANNESBURG: China's Sinovac Biotech will trial its COVID-19 vaccine in children and adolescents in South Africa as part of a global Phase III...

S.Africa's first black free dive instructor turns tide on apartheid history 09 Sep 2021 - 11:35 am

Cape Town: Five youths from Cape Town's Langa township squeeze into wetsuits for a snorkelling lesson with South Africa's first Black diving coach...

Tigray forces killed 120 civilians in village in Amhara: Ethiopia officials 08 Sep 2021 - 04:46 pm

ADDIS ABABA: Rebellious forces from the Tigray region killed 120 civilians over two days in a village in Ethiopia's Amhara region, local officials...

Meningitis outbreak kills 129 in north-east Congo 08 Sep 2021 - 01:55 pm

Kinshas: A meningitis outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo's north-eastern Tshopo province has killed 129 of the 267 people who have been infected...

Nigeria's Delta region oil hub may need new COVID lockdown, governor says 07 Sep 2021 - 03:03 pm

YENAGOA, Nigeria: The governor of Rivers State in Nigeria's oil-producing Delta region said he may be forced to reimpose COVID-19 lockdown measures if...

Get COVID-19 vaccine or please quit, Zimbabwe tells government workers 07 Sep 2021 - 02:20 pm

HARARE: Government workers in Zimbabwe who do not want to be vaccinated against COVID-19 should resign, its justice minister said on Tuesday. The...

S. African scientists say new covid variant slows its spread 07 Sep 2021 - 10:58 am

South African scientists said a new variant, with a concerning number of mutations, spread at a slower rate last month than in July. ...

Army coup leaders summon Guinea ministers after Conde's ouster 06 Sep 2021 - 01:12 pm

Conakry: Soldiers who ousted Guinean President Alpha Conde summoned his ministers and top government officials to a meeting on Monday, a day after...

Heavy gunfire reported near Guinea's presidential palace 05 Sep 2021 - 02:54 pm

CONAKRY, Guinea: Heavy gunfire erupted early Sunday near the presidential palace in Guinea's capital, witnesses said, raising security in a country with a...