The new coronavirus strain identified in South Africa appears to be more transmissible than earlier variants and has accelerated the onset of a...
The new coronavirus strain identified in South Africa appears to be more transmissible than earlier variants and has accelerated the onset of a...
JOHANNESBURG: Aspen Pharmacare could start production of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines in South Africa by late March or early April if all...
Johannesburg: South Africa will vaccinate 40 million people, or two-thirds of its population, against Covid-19 in order to achieve herd immunity, its health...
RABAT - Morocco's health ministry on Wednesday approved the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University for emergency use, Health Minister Khalid...
JOHANNESBURG - A variant of the coronavirus first detected in South Africa is unlikely to completely negate the immunising effects of vaccines, a...
Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE offered to supply South Africa with their Covid-19 vaccine at a discounted $10 a dose, yet the president’s...
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa is trying to get COVID-19 vaccines as soon as February, but the timing will depend on bilateral negotiations with...
MUTARE, Zimbabwe: In response to rising COVID-19 numbers, Zimbabwe has reintroduced a night curfew, banned public gatherings, and indefinitely suspended the opening of...
NAIROBI: Kenya is extending its nightly curfew to March 12 as part of measures aimed at taming the spread of COVID-19, President Uhuru...
CONAKRY, Guinea: Guinea began vaccinating against COVID-19 with the Russian Sputnik V vaccine on an experimental basis, starting with government officials, authorities said...
Johannesburg: "Go home -- I could arrest you for that." The blunt message came from the policeman armed with a gun and a...
Johannesburg - South Africa has become the first African nation to record one million coronavirus cases, according to new data published by the...
Bangui, Central African Republic: Voting began in presidential and legislative elections in the Central African Republic on Sunday, in a key test for...
Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou’s favored successor, Mohamed Bazoum, is the front-runner to win Sunday’s elections, after the main opposition challenger was barred from...
BANGUI, Central African Republic: Three peacekeepers from Burundi were killed and two others wounded in Central African Republic in attacks Friday by armed...
Johannesburg: At least 15 people have died in recent weeks on the South African side of the Beitbridge border with Zimbabwe in lengthy...
Niger-vote-unrestNiamey: Seven troops and 11 suspected jihadists have died in clashes in a troubled western region of Niger ahead of elections this weekend,...
Kano, Nigeria: Local vigilantes rescued dozens of schoolchildren abducted by bandits in the northern Nigerian state of Katsina after a gun battle, police...
