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Ghana to make COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for targeted groups from January 28 Nov 2021 - 07:23 pm
FILE PHOTO: A nurse prepares a dose of the of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine during the vaccination campaign at the Ridge Hospital in Accra, Ghana, March 2, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo
Blinken calls for speedy negotiations over ethiopia military escalation 27 Nov 2021 - 07:26 pm
Villagers return from a market to Yechila town in south central Tigray walking past scores of burned vehicles, in Tigray, Ethiopia, July 10, 2021. REUTERS/Giulia Paravicini.
S. Africa scientists brace for wave propelled by omicron 27 Nov 2021 - 05:59 pm
Workers prepare ahead of South Africa's national airline, South African Airways (SAA), taking off after a year-long hiatus triggered by it running out of funds, at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, September 23, 2021. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/
Mauritius to stop flights from South Africa from Nov 28 over new coronavirus variant 27 Nov 2021 - 05:53 pm
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Algerians hold local elections amid anger over rising prices 27 Nov 2021 - 03:57 pm
People point at the ballot box as a man walks to cast his vote during the local elections, in Algiers, Algeria November 27, 2021. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina
EXPLAINER: What is this new COVID variant in South Africa? 27 Nov 2021 - 03:49 pm
FILE PHOTO: Passengers queue to get a PCR test against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before traveling on international flights, at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 26, 2021. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham
S.Africa says it is being punished for early COVID variant detection 27 Nov 2021 - 03:42 pm
Digital display boards show cancelled flights to London - Heathrow at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 26, 2021. REUTERS/ Sumaya Hisham/File Photo.
French convoy faces new protests after crossing into Niger from Burkina Faso 27 Nov 2021 - 03:33 pm
Civil organisations hold a protest calling for Burkina Faso's President Roch Kabore to resign and for the departure of French forces that patrol the country, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, November 27, 2021. REUTERS/Anne Mimault
Morocco bans travellers from seven southern African over COVID concerns 26 Nov 2021 - 08:48 pm
A man wearing a protective face mask walks on an empty street, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Casablanca, Morocco March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal
South Africa questions UK flight ban amid global alarm over COVID variant 26 Nov 2021 - 01:57 pm
A traveller is tested for the coronavirus disease amid a nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, at the Grasmere Toll Plaza, in Lenasia, South Africa, January 14, 2021. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
WHO discusses new Covid-19 variant with ‘unusual’ mutations 25 Nov 2021 - 02:35 pm
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Islamist car bomb attack kills at least eight in Somalia, officials say 25 Nov 2021 - 12:22 pm
A civilian walks past the wreckages of vehicles and the debris of classrooms after a car exploded in a suicide attack near Mucassar primary and secondary school in Hodan district of Mogadishu, Somalia November 25, 2021. Reuters/Feisal Omar
Ethiopia says Abiy at war front, handing duties to deputy 24 Nov 2021 - 04:48 pm
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South Africa delays COVID vaccine deliveries as inoculations slow 24 Nov 2021 - 12:39 pm
A health worker talks to people as they wait to register next to the Transvaco coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine train, after South Africa's rail company Transnet turned the train into a COVID-19 vaccination center on rails to help the government speed up its vaccine rollout in the country's remote communities, at the Springs train station on the East Rand, South Africa, August 30, 2021. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
West Africa has highest numbers of child soldiers, says UN 23 Nov 2021 - 02:43 pm
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After a century and a half, Ethiopian artefacts return home 22 Nov 2021 - 02:20 pm
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Blinken encourages Tunisia reform in talks with leader 21 Nov 2021 - 05:48 pm
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Blinken eyes African crises, says continent must reform 20 Nov 2021 - 05:53 pm
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, watches as Jeff Price, the Vice President and General Manager of Cubic Transportation Systems, fist bumps after signing an agreement during a commercial diplomacy event with U.S. companies and the Government of Senegal, at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Dakar, Senegal November 20, 2021. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS