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Africa seeing uptick in COVID cases driven by S.Africa, WHO says 28 Apr 2022 - 02:20 pm

NAIROBI: Africa is seeing an uptick in COVID-19 cases largely driven by a doubling in cases reported in South Africa, the World Health...

Congo starts Ebola vaccinations to stem outbreak in northwest, WHO says 27 Apr 2022 - 02:31 pm

DAKAR: The Democratic Republic of Congo has kicked off Ebola vaccinations to stem an outbreak in the northwest city of Mbandaka, the World...

Zimbabwe's tobacco rebounds amid worries over health, labor 27 Apr 2022 - 11:39 am

Zimbabwe, Africa’s biggest tobacco grower and one of the world's top exporters of the nicotine leaf, has opened its selling season for the...

2 million children risk starving to death in Horn of Africa: UN aid chief 26 Apr 2022 - 07:37 pm

GENEVA: U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Tuesday that close to 2 million children risk starving to death as the Horn of...

Second Ebola patient dies in northwestern Congo, WHO says 26 Apr 2022 - 09:23 am

Nairobi: A second Ebola patient has died in the northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, days after...

Emotional farewell for 'brave' police diver who drowned in S.African floods 25 Apr 2022 - 11:07 am

Ethekwini, South Africa: "Brave and fearless" is how colleagues remember South African police diver Busisiwe Mjwara, who drowned a week ago while searching...

Somalia's extremists bomb restaurant in the capital; 6 dead 23 Apr 2022 - 07:39 pm

A bomb blast by Somalia's Islamic extremist rebels hit a popular seaside restaurant in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, killing at least six people, ambulance...

Tunisia: Sunken tanker contained no fuel, government says 23 Apr 2022 - 02:17 pm

A commercial tanker that sank off the Tunisian coast and and was believed to be holding 750 tons of diesel fuel in fact...

‘Worrying’ rise in South African Covid cases, Minister says 22 Apr 2022 - 07:48 pm

South African authorities are monitoring "worrying signs” in the level of new coronavirus infections, according to Health Minister Joe Phaahla. The proportion of...

Former Kenyan President Kibaki is dead at 90 22 Apr 2022 - 03:31 pm

NAIROBI, Kenya: Former Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has died at the age of 90. Kibaki's death was announced Friday by President Uhuru Kenyatta,...

Death toll from South African floods revised down to 435 21 Apr 2022 - 05:07 pm

JOHANNESBURG: The death toll from severe flooding in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province last week has been revised down to 435 from 448, Police...

South Africa’s Covid positivity rate hits three-month high 20 Apr 2022 - 07:30 pm

South Africa’s coronavirus test positivity rate climbed to the highest in more than three months, indicating that the number of undetected infections may...

First COVID, now floods empty South Africa's eastern beach resorts 19 Apr 2022 - 08:03 pm

UMDLOTI, South Africa- After two years of the COVID-19 pandemic keeping tourists away, South African resorts along the popular eastern Indian Ocean coastline...

South Africa launches relief for Durban flooding; 443 dead 19 Apr 2022 - 06:56 pm

JOHANNESBURG: Declaring a national state of disaster, South Africa has allocated $67 million to help those hit by floods that have killed at...

South Africa test positivity, wastewater show Covid-19 cases rising 19 Apr 2022 - 01:40 pm

A nine-week high in the positivity rates of Covid-19 tests in South Africa and the increasing incidence of virus fragments in wastewater indicate...

South African military deployed to flood-ravaged province 18 Apr 2022 - 03:51 pm

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's armed forces have been deployed to help with relief efforts in the KwaZulu-Natal province, where more than 440 people died...

Dozens still missing as South Africa floods death toll rises to 443 17 Apr 2022 - 07:42 pm

ETHEKWINI, South Africa: Rescuers searched for dozens of people still missing in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province on Sunday after heavy rains in...