World / Africa

South African 'diamond rush' unearths only quartz crystals, officials say 20 Jun 2021 - 07:27 pm

JOHANNESBURG - Unidentified stones that lured thousands of fortune seekers to a rural South African village to mine the land with picks and...

Guinea declares end to Ebola outbreak that killed 12 19 Jun 2021 - 03:00 pm

CONAKRY: An Ebola outbreak that started in Guinea in February, infecting 16 people and killing 12, has been declared over, the health ministry...

Ethiopia urges Tigray rights inquiry to 'immediately cease' 17 Jun 2021 - 03:08 pm

NAIROBI, Kenya: Ethiopia’s government is urging an African Union body to "immediately cease” a new commission of inquiry into allegations of abuses in...

Botswana unearths world's third largest diamond 16 Jun 2021 - 07:47 pm

GABORONE: A 1,098 carat diamond believed to be the third largest gem-quality stone ever to be mined, has been discovered in Botswana, according...

De Beers Unit discovers 1,098 carat diamond, its largest yet 16 Jun 2021 - 02:53 pm

Debswana Diamond Co., a unit of De Beers Plc, unearthed a 1,098 carat stone in Botswana on June 1, the largest since the...

J&J to send 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to South Africa by end-June -President Ramaphosa 15 Jun 2021 - 09:59 pm

JOHANNESBURG - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday that Johnson & Johnson would send 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the...

Nigeria to reopen vaccination for first COVID-19 shots 15 Jun 2021 - 07:55 pm

ABUJA - Nigeria is expecting a second shipment of nearly 4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines by early August, and plans to resume...

'Diamond rush' grips South African village after discovery of unidentified stones 14 Jun 2021 - 08:55 pm

KWAHLATHI, South Africa - More than 1,000 fortune seekers on Monday flocked to the village of KwaHlathi in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province in...

South Africa to dispose of 2 million contaminated J&J vaccines 13 Jun 2021 - 07:24 pm

South Africa will dispose of 2 million Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines following a U.S. ruling that ingredients for the country’s doses may...

Vaccine hoarding is dividing nations, says Botswana’s President 12 Jun 2021 - 06:50 pm

Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi said he’s never seen the world as polarized as it is over the issue of access to Covid-19 vaccines....

Signs of low turnout as Algerians vote in parliamentary election 12 Jun 2021 - 06:17 pm

ALGIERS: Algeria held parliamentary elections on Saturday that the ruling establishment hopes will turn a page on political unrest amid a crackdown on...

Nigerian police fire tear gas to break up protests over rising insecurity 12 Jun 2021 - 03:26 pm

Lagos/Abuja: Police fired tear gas and detained several demonstrators in the Nigerian cities of Lagos and Abuja on Saturday during protests over the...

S.Africa to analyse J&J vaccines made at U.S. plant halted over error 12 Jun 2021 - 01:06 pm

Johannesburg: South African health inspectors will carry out further checks on a batch of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines following a contamination error...

South Africa officially enters third COVID-19 wave 10 Jun 2021 - 11:47 pm

CAPE TOWN - South Africa has entered its third wave of COVID-19 infections, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NCID) said on Thursday,...

Morocco opens airports to international flights to allow citizens home 06 Jun 2021 - 10:11 pm

RABAT - Morocco will reopen its airports to international traffic starting from June 15 to facilitate the return of its nationals living abroad,...

Attackers kill 88 people in northwest Nigeria 06 Jun 2021 - 02:30 pm

KADUNA, Nigeria: Attackers killed 88 people in Nigeria's Kebbi state on Thursday, spurring its governor to pledge a bigger deployment of security forces...

COVAX hopes to deliver delayed AstraZeneca shots to Africa in June, July 04 Jun 2021 - 06:35 pm

GENEVA: The COVAX vaccine-sharing scheme hopes to send millions of delayed doses of AstraZeneca's shots to Africa in June and July, but the...

Zimbabwe says 'don't panic' as some centres run out of COVID-19 vaccines 04 Jun 2021 - 05:45 pm

HARARE: Zimbabwe's government said on Friday citizens should not panic because it had enough COVID-19 vaccines for those needing a second shot after...