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South African variant unlikely to fully negate COVID vaccines, scientist says 05 Jan 2021 - 08:57 pm

JOHANNESBURG - A variant of the coronavirus first detected in South Africa is unlikely to completely negate the immunising effects of vaccines, a...

Pfizer has offered South Africa discounted Covid-19 vaccines 04 Jan 2021 - 07:47 pm

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...

South Africa trying to get COVID-19 vaccines as soon as February, minister says 03 Jan 2021 - 08:58 pm

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa is trying to get COVID-19 vaccines as soon as February, but the timing will depend on bilateral negotiations with...

Zimbabwe returns to restrictions amid rise in virus cases 03 Jan 2021 - 03:46 pm

MUTARE, Zimbabwe: In response to rising COVID-19 numbers, Zimbabwe has reintroduced a night curfew, banned public gatherings, and indefinitely suspended the opening of...

Kenya extends night curfew to March to curb COVID-19 spread 03 Jan 2021 - 02:33 pm

NAIROBI: Kenya is extending its nightly curfew to March 12 as part of measures aimed at taming the spread of COVID-19, President Uhuru...

Guinea uses Russian COVID-19 vaccine on some officials 31 Dec 2020 - 03:35 pm

CONAKRY, Guinea: Guinea began vaccinating against COVID-19 with the Russian Sputnik V vaccine on an experimental basis, starting with government officials, authorities said...

Mask up: South African police enforce 'zero tolerance' drive 30 Dec 2020 - 03:06 pm

Johannesburg: "Go home -- I could arrest you for that." The blunt message came from the policeman armed with a gun and a...

South Africa counts more than one million virus cases 27 Dec 2020 - 11:54 pm

Johannesburg - South Africa has become the first African nation to record one million coronavirus cases, according to new data published by the...

Troubled C.Africa goes to the polls 27 Dec 2020 - 09:44 am

Bangui, Central African Republic: Voting began in presidential and legislative elections in the Central African Republic on Sunday, in a key test for...

Niger set for first democratic transition as Issoufou steps down 27 Dec 2020 - 08:53 am

Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou’s favored successor, Mohamed Bazoum, is the front-runner to win Sunday’s elections, after the main opposition challenger was barred from...

3 UN peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic 26 Dec 2020 - 02:18 pm

BANGUI, Central African Republic: Three peacekeepers from Burundi were killed and two others wounded in Central African Republic in attacks Friday by armed...

At least 15 dead in delays at South Africa-Zimbabwe border: TV news 25 Dec 2020 - 03:03 pm

Johannesburg: At least 15 people have died in recent weeks on the South African side of the Beitbridge border with Zimbabwe in lengthy...

Seven troops, 11 'terrorists' killed in Niger ahead of vote 24 Dec 2020 - 03:08 pm

Niger-vote-unrestNiamey: Seven troops and 11 suspected jihadists have died in clashes in a troubled western region of Niger ahead of elections this weekend,...

Dozens of children freed after new abduction in Nigeria: police 20 Dec 2020 - 03:01 pm

Kano, Nigeria: Local vigilantes rescued dozens of schoolchildren abducted by bandits in the northern Nigerian state of Katsina after a gun battle, police...

'You will die in the forest' - Nigerian schoolboys describe kidnap ordeal 20 Dec 2020 - 01:00 pm

Kankara, Nigeria: Annas Shuaibu says he awoke to the sound of gunshots fired by men who burst into his boarding school in northwest...

Freed Nigerian schoolboys return home, tales of beatings and hunger emerge 18 Dec 2020 - 02:59 pm

Katsina, Nigeria: Dozens of schoolboys who were rescued from kidnappers in northwest Nigeria arrived back home on Friday, many of them barefoot and...

Congo to impose curfew against second wave of coronavirus 16 Dec 2020 - 06:45 pm

KINSHASA: The Democratic Republic of Congo will impose a curfew and other strict measures, including the mandatory wearing of masks in public spaces,...

Boko Haram: Mass kidnappings that shock the world 15 Dec 2020 - 07:14 pm

Lagos: The latest abduction of 333 schoolchildren claimed by Boko Haram comes nearly three years after 111 schoolgirls were snatched by jihadists in...