Nigeria has put six states on red alert after seeing a “worrisome” rise in COVID-19 infections, a government official said, urging people to curb gatherings and hold prayers outside mosques during thi...
Forces in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have released around 1 000 government soldiers captured during recent fighting, the head of its ruling party said, as both sides prepared for a showdown ove...
The ministry of health in Botswana says there has been a delay in the arrival of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the country. The vaccine was expected to be used as the second dose of the vaccination rollo...
African countries need to get equal access to COVID-19 vaccines so they can start rebuilding their devastated tourism industries, Kenya’s tourism minister said on Friday. About 21 million jobs have be...
Senegal’s President Macky Sall threatened on Friday to close the borders and re-impose a state of emergency after the country registered a new record number of daily COVID-19 cases for the third time ...