World / Africa

Algeria to allow more international flights in further easing of restrictions 25 Aug 2021 - 09:28 pm

ALGIERS - Algeria will increase the number of international flights it allows from Aug. 28, partly to help repatriate Algerians stuck abroad since...

Lawyer for 'Hotel Rwanda' hero deported for visa violation 23 Aug 2021 - 03:10 pm

Kigali: A Belgian lawyer representing the man whose story inspired the film "Hotel Rwanda", who is being tried on terrorism charges, has been...

Skiing in Africa? Tourists hit Lesotho slopes despite COVID-19 woes 23 Aug 2021 - 01:20 pm

BUTHA-BUTHE, Lesotho: Suggest a holiday in Africa and most people picture baking hot sun, palm-fringed beaches or herds of wildebeest galloping across the...

South Africans form long queues as COVID-19 jabs opened to all adults 20 Aug 2021 - 08:30 pm

JOHANNESBURG: South Africans formed queues hundreds of metres long to get their COVID-19 shots on Friday, after the government made vaccinations available to...

South Africa to open up COVID-19 vaccinations to 18-35 year olds from Friday 19 Aug 2021 - 02:59 pm

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa will open up COVID-19 vaccinations to those aged between 18 and 35 years old from Friday, the government said in...

WHO Africa: COVID-19 booster shots make 'mockery' of equity 19 Aug 2021 - 02:53 pm

Nairobi, Kenya: Rich countries’ decisions to roll out COVID-19 booster shots while so many people across Africa remain unvaccinated "threaten the promise of...

Eco-friendly vehicles offer quieter, cleaner safaris in Kenyan reserve 17 Aug 2021 - 01:18 pm

MAASAI MARA, Kenya: In Kenya's Maasai Mara National Reserve, the Toyota 4x4 Landcruiser of tour guide and driver Sylvester Mukenye glides silently past...

Gunmen kill seven at Nigerian gas project site 17 Aug 2021 - 12:29 pm

Yenagoa, Nigeria: Gunmen killed a police officer and six employees of Nigerian oil and gas services company Lee Engineering during an attack on...

Ivory Coast to begin Ebola vaccinations after case confirmed in Abidjan 16 Aug 2021 - 07:29 pm

ABIDJAN - Ivory Coast said it would begin vaccinating health workers and others in the commercial capital Abidjan against Ebola on Monday after...

'A new day': Opposition leader elected president in Zambia 16 Aug 2021 - 05:10 pm

LUSAKA, Zambia: Zambia's veteran opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has won the southern African country’s presidency with more than 50% of the vote. Hichilema...

Zambia's official opposition calls for unity amid election uncertainty 14 Aug 2021 - 08:20 pm

LUSAKA: Zambia's official opposition UPND said on Saturday it was time to unite the country and urged people not to heed President Edgar...

Morocco reinforces vaccine campaign with Pfizer-BioNTech vaccinations 13 Aug 2021 - 06:50 pm

RABAT: Morocco received on Friday a shipment of 600,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as it expands its inoculation campaign to younger people...

Health minister wants S.Africa to stay at current lockdown level 13 Aug 2021 - 01:47 pm

CAPE TOWN - South Africa's health minister said on Friday he would not recommend a relaxation of COVID-19 lockdown measures despite a downward...

Waist-deep flood hits Cameroon's commercial capital after torrential rains 12 Aug 2021 - 07:07 pm

DOUALA: Residents of several neighbourhoods in Cameroon's commercial capital Douala woke up to waist-deep flood water on Thursday after torrential rains battered the...

Kenyan oxygen maker to double production as COVID-19 fuels demand 12 Aug 2021 - 02:35 pm

NAIROBI: Kenya's oxygen production firm Hewatele is doubling production this year to keep up with surging demand from hospitals that are treating critically...

Death toll up to 65 in Algeria wildfires; nation to mourn 11 Aug 2021 - 05:56 pm

ALGIERS, Algeria: The death toll in fires ravaging mountain forests and villages in Algeria’s Berber region climbed Wednesday to 65 people, including 28...

WHO says Guinea monitoring 155 contacts after confirmed Marburg case 10 Aug 2021 - 09:41 pm

DAKAR - Health authorities in Guinea are monitoring 155 people who may have been in contact with a confirmed case of Marburg virus...

Nigeria to resume COVID vaccinations on Aug. 16 10 Aug 2021 - 07:01 pm

ABUJA: Nigeria will restart COVID-19 inoculations on Aug. 16 after taking delivery of 4 million doses of Moderna vaccine, with shipments of Johnson...