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South Africa targets 35 mln people vaccinated against COVID-19 by Christmas 21 Jul 2021 - 09:51 pm

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa aims to have given at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine to 35 million of its 60 million people...

South African firm to help make Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine 21 Jul 2021 - 09:37 pm

Pfizer and BioNTech have struck a deal for South Africa's Biovac Institute to help manufacture around 100 million doses a year of their...

Mali presidency says President Goita targeted by stabbing attack 20 Jul 2021 - 02:51 pm

BAMAKO: Mali's interim President Assimi Goita was the target of an attempted stabbing attack during Eid al-Adha prayers at Bamako's Grand Mosque, the...

Senegal's COVID-19 surge forces difficult Eid al-Adha decisions 20 Jul 2021 - 12:26 pm

DAKAR: With COVID-19 cases surging across Senegal, Pape Gueye made the difficult decision to spend the first Eid al-Adha of his life apart...

Ethiopia says second filling of giant dam on Blue Nile complete 19 Jul 2021 - 06:15 pm

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia has completed filling the reservoir of its huge dam on the Blue Nile river for a second year, a minister...

Nigeria puts six states on COVID-19 red alert, curbs gatherings 18 Jul 2021 - 12:08 pm

LAGOS: Nigeria has put six states on red alert after seeing a "worrisome" rise in COVID-19 infections, a government official said, urging people...

African countries to receive first U.S. donated COVID-19 vaccines in days - Gavi 16 Jul 2021 - 05:59 pm

GENEVA: Nearly 50 African countries are to receive 25 million COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by the United States, with the first shipments to...

Africa needs fairness and vaccines to revive its tourism sector - minister 16 Jul 2021 - 05:06 pm

NAIROBI: African countries need to get equal access to COVID-19 vaccines so they can start rebuilding their devastated tourism industries, Kenya's tourism minister...

Ramaphosa to visit worst-hit province as South Africa violence eases 16 Jul 2021 - 12:51 pm

JOHANNESBURG - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was due to visit KwaZulu-Natal province - one of the flashpoints of a spasm of violence...

South Africa violence, looting ebbs but death toll up to 117 15 Jul 2021 - 07:51 pm

JOHANNESBURG - South Africans counted the cost on Thursday of arson and looting that has destroyed hundreds of businesses and killed at least...

WHO says COVID-19 deaths surge 43% week-on-week in Africa 15 Jul 2021 - 02:24 pm

DAKAR: Africa recorded a 43% rise in COVID-19 deaths this week compared with last week as infections and hospital admissions have jumped and...

Zimbabwe targets 1 million people in COVID-19 vaccine blitz 13 Jul 2021 - 07:58 pm

HARARE - Zimbabwe is aiming to vaccinate 1 million people against COVID-19 in the next two weeks, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Tuesday...

In South African COVID-19 ward, medics battle worst infection wave yet 13 Jul 2021 - 11:40 am

JOHANNESBURG: At an emergency COVID-19 ward run by a charity in southern Johannesburg, medics wheel gasping patients to their beds, rush from room...

Nigeria's Lagos state faces "potential third wave" of COVID-19 12 Jul 2021 - 12:54 pm

LAGOS: Nigeria's Lagos state faces a "potential third wave" of coronovirus infections, its governor said in a statement. He warned of fines or...

South Africa extends tight COVID-19 restrictions for another 14 days 11 Jul 2021 - 10:32 pm

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa extended tight COVID-19 rules on Sunday for another 14 days, maintaining restrictions that include a ban on gatherings, a...

Ethiopia PM Abiy's party wins landslide victory in parliamentary election 10 Jul 2021 - 09:04 pm

ADDIS ABABA: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party won the most seats in Ethiopia's parliamentary election, the election board said on Saturday, a...

Libya closes borders with Tunisia for a week due to rise in coronavirus cases 09 Jul 2021 - 12:12 am

TRIPOLI - Libya's new unity government on Thursday announced it was closing its borders with Tunisia for a week due to the rise...

Belgium begins long road to returning looted Congolese art works 06 Jul 2021 - 05:47 pm

TERVUREN, Belgium: Belgium's Africa Museum, once a celebration of the country's colonial rule, will begin a multi-year process of returning stolen art to...