Kenyan health authorities said on Friday that it was seeking an extra 11 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, in addition to the 24 million it has already ordered. The Health Ministry’s Mercy Mwa...
Nigeria evacuated hundreds of its citizens from Saudi Arabia on Thursday after they overstayed their visas and were left stranded, two Reuters witnesses said. The first returnees, clad in masks and fl...
The African Union (AU) has secured another 400 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, a regional health leader said on Thursday, in a push to immunise 60% of the continent’s populati...
The death toll from Storm Eloise has risen to 21 across southern Africa after Mozambique and eSwatini reported a further five and two people killed, respectively. Eloise, at the time a cyclone, slamme...
Ali Jamac Dhoodi thought his son was working as a security guard in Qatar, helping prepare for next year’s soccer World Cup. Then one day last April, officials from Somalia’s National Inte...