MOGADISHU: Having scraped money together following medical studies abroad, Somali doctor Abdullahi Sheikdon Dini opened Mogadishu's first advanced diagnostic laboratory in January. Its...
MOGADISHU: Having scraped money together following medical studies abroad, Somali doctor Abdullahi Sheikdon Dini opened Mogadishu's first advanced diagnostic laboratory in January. Its...
NAIROBI: Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has extended the country's nightly curfew to Jan. 3 as part of a raft of measures to contain...
ADDIS ABABA: Heavy fighting broke out in Ethiopia's Tigray region on Wednesday, diplomatic sources said, after the prime minister launched military operations in...
ALGERIA - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has tested positive for COVID-19, but his condition is gradually improving as he receives treatment in a...
JOHANNESBURG - South African pharmaceutical firm Aspen Pharmacare has announced a deal with U.S. firm Johnson & Johnson to manufacture its COVID-19 vaccine...
WASHINGTON: An American citizen kidnapped in the West African nation of Niger this past week has been rescued in a U.S. military operation...
NAIROBI: Kenya has joined the global clinical trial of Oxford University's vaccine candidate against the new coronavirus, the state medical research institute said...
JOHANNESBURG: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has gone into quarantine after a guest at a charity dinner he attended tested positive for COVID-19,...
CONAKRY, Guinea: Guinea’s President Alpha Conde has won a third term with 59.49% of the vote, the National Independent Electoral Commission declared Saturday....
GENEVA: Health officials in Africa say the rollout of rapid diagnostic tests for COVID-19 could be a "game changer” for their fight against...
Addis Ababa: Ethiopia can jail people for up to two years if they deliberately violate restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19,...
LAGOS: Gunshots rang out in the affluent Ikoyi neighbourhood of Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos on Thursday, one witness said. Smoke was also seen...
LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria's anti-police protesters stayed on the streets in Lagos on Wednesday, breaking the government curfew following a night of chaotic violence...
Lagos: Authorities declared a 24-hour curfew in Nigeria's economic hub Lagos Tuesday as violence flared in widespread protests that have rocked cities across...
CAPE TOWN - South Africa's health minister, Zweli Mkhize, and his wife have tested positive for COVID-19, his office said late on Sunday....
DAR ES SALAAM: A wildfire burning since the start of the week on Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest mountain, has been placed under control, Tanzania...
LAGOS: Kidnappings rose by 40% in the Gulf of Guinea in the first nine months of this year, and the region off West...
CAPE TOWN: A South African company part-owned by the government is in talks with the global COVID-19 vaccine distribution scheme and pharmaceutical companies...
