Togo’s bishops condemn closure of churches over Covid-19
Lome – Bishops in Togo on Saturday condemned a recent decision by the government to close places of worship after... Read more
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US biotech billionaire to make Covid, cancer vaccines in South Africa
Johannesburg – Biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong on Thursday said he will begin transferring technology to make Covid-19 and cancer vaccines... Read more
24 Sep
UK travel curbs ‘will make people more reluctant to get vaccinated’, says Africa CDC
Johannesburg – The African Union’s health watchdog on Thursday warned that Britain’s pandemic travel restrictions could make people across the... Read more
23 Sep
South Africa seethes at UK’s Beta bogeyman ‘discrimination’
Johannesburg – South Africa is seething over Britain’s decision to keep the country on its coronavirus “red list,” a... Read more
23 Sep
Govt ‘working to have South Africa removed from UK’s red list travel ban’
Cape Town – The South African government says it is working with other stakeholders to intensify efforts to have... Read more
20 Sep
North Africa virus cases plummeting after summer spike
Tunis – Weeks after a spike in coronavirus cases overwhelmed intensive care units across North Africa with severe oxygen... Read more
19 Sep
Equatorial Guinea tightens Covid-19 restrictions as third wave hits
Malabo – Equatorial Guinea on Friday stiffened measures to tackle Covid-19, citing a third wave of the pandemic in the... Read more
18 Sep
‘The aim is not to punish South Africans’: Health minister speaks on vaccine passport plan
Cape Town – The South African government is working on a vaccine passport plan that is set to be... Read more
17 Sep
Africa Covid jab shortfall could take world ‘back to square one’
Brazzaville – Africa faces a 470 million shortfall in Covid-19 vaccine doses this year after the Covax alliance cut... Read more
17 Sep
Togolese rush to get vaccine as Covid-19 pass launches
Lome – Togo moto-taxi driver Kossigan Fandji was twice barred from entering his local town hall to try to... Read more
16 Sep
