World / Africa

Fuel tanker blast in Sierra Leone capital kills at least 91, says morgue 06 Nov 2021 - 12:51 pm

Ninety-one people were killed in the capital ofSierraLeone on Friday when a fuel tanker exploded following a collision, the central morgue and local...

Death toll in Nigeria building collapse rises to 43 05 Nov 2021 - 05:00 pm

LAGOS, Nigeria: Seven more bodies have been recovered from a high-rise apartment building that collapsed while under construction in Lagos, bringing the death...

Nigeria building collapse deaths climb to 36, dozens missing 04 Nov 2021 - 03:18 pm

LAGOS, Nigeria: The number of bodies recovered from a collapsed high-rise apartment building in Nigeria’s most populous city has risen to 36, an...

Nigeria races to find survivors as 22 die in building collapse 03 Nov 2021 - 12:16 pm

LAGOS: Rescuers in Nigeria on Wednesday raced to find survivors, two days after a high-rise building under construction collapsed and trapped scores of...

Ethiopia declares state of emergency as Tigrayan forces gain ground 02 Nov 2021 - 07:38 pm

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia declared a state of emergency on Tuesday after forces from the northern region of Tigray said they were gaining territory...

Six dead, scores missing in Nigeria after collapse of high-rise 02 Nov 2021 - 04:22 pm

ABUJA: At least six people have died in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos after the collapse of a luxurious high-rise building that was...

Several workers trapped under collapsed highrise in Nigeria -witnesses 01 Nov 2021 - 08:51 pm

LAGOS`- A luxury residential highrise under construction in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos collapsed on Monday, trapping several workers under a pile of concrete...

S.Africa's Transnet shuts down fuel pipeline after fire, three dead 31 Oct 2021 - 03:35 pm

Johannesburg: South Africa's state-owned logistics firm Transnet said on Sunday its petroleum pipeline in Durban has been shut down after a fire that...

Oramed to start oral Covid-19 vaccine trial in South Africa 29 Oct 2021 - 09:46 pm

Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. won approval to run an initial clinical trial for its orally delivered Covid-19 vaccine candidate in South Africa. The U.S.-listed...

BioNTech to start building vaccine plant in Africa next year 26 Oct 2021 - 07:22 pm

BioNTech SE said it plans to start construction on its first start-to-finish vaccine plant in Africa in the middle of next year, aiming...

S.Africa's Aspen aims to sharply increase COVID-19 vaccine capacity 25 Oct 2021 - 08:34 pm

GQEBERHA, South Africa - South Africa's Aspen Pharmacare is aiming to ramp up its COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing capacity to 1.3 billion doses a...

Senegal logs zero new COVID-19 cases for first time since pandemic began 20 Oct 2021 - 03:16 pm

DAKAR: Senegal recorded zero new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday for the first time since the pandemic began, the health ministry said. The West...

Kenya lifts COVID-19 curfew as infection rates ease, president says 20 Oct 2021 - 02:41 pm

NAIROBI: Kenya lifted a nationwide curfew on Wednesday that has been in place since March 2020 to curb the spread of the coronavirus,...

WHO-led programme aims to buy antiviral COVID-19 pills for $10: Document 19 Oct 2021 - 09:17 am

Brussels: A World Health Organization-led programme to ensure poorer countries get fair access to COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatments aims to secure antiviral...

Burundi launches COVID-19 vaccination drive 18 Oct 2021 - 07:48 pm

BUJUMBURA - Burundi on Monday rolled out its first COVID-19 vaccines, months after most African countries, the latest step in the East African...

South Africa regulator not authorising Russian COVID-19 vaccine for now 18 Oct 2021 - 03:33 pm

Johannesburg: South Africa's drugs regulator said on Monday that it was not approving an emergency use application for Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 shot...