Dakar: Senegal is rushing to provide more hospital beds for coronavirus patients as infections soar and a lack of capacity means doctors are...
Dakar: Senegal is rushing to provide more hospital beds for coronavirus patients as infections soar and a lack of capacity means doctors are...
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has secured 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines which are expected to be delivered mainly in the first half...
PRETORIA - As daily cases of COVID-19 in South Africa reach 20,000, surpassing levels seen during the first wave of the pandemic, Steve...
ALGIERS - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune flew back to Germany on Sunday for treatment in hospital for complications in his foot resulting from...
JOHANNESBURG - Africa passed the milestone of 3 million confirmed cases COVID-19 on Sunday, including more than 72,000 deaths, according to the Africa...
JOHANNESBURG: Being tall is the giraffe's competitive advantage, giving it the pick of leaves from the tallest trees, so scientists were stunned to...
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...