Rwanda scraps mask requirement in public
Kigali – Rwanda has scrapped a requirement for face masks in public, easing its strict coronavirus restrictions. Rwanda’s vaccine... Read more
14 May, 2022
Global agencies must buy African-made Covid jabs, says Cyril Ramaphosa
Johannesburg – South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday urged international organisations backing vaccination against coronavirus to start buying jabs... Read more
13 May, 2022
Senegal launches aid programme as global economic crisis hits
Dakar – President Macky Sall on Tuesday announced “emergency” cash transfers to more than half a million Senegalese households... Read more
11 May, 2022
WHO says China’s zero-Covid strategy unsustainable
Geneva – China’s flagship zero-Covid strategy to defeat the pandemic is unsustainable, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, adding... Read more
11 May, 2022
Ghana pushes community vaccine drive as pandemic fears wane
Accra – Wearing a yellow vest bearing the inscription “Vaccinator,” Doretta Konney moves house-to-house with her team in the... Read more
28 Apr, 2022
South Africa Covid cases at highest level in months
Johannesburg – South Africa is witnessing a “worrying” spike in coronavirus cases after a relative lull in new infections,... Read more
23 Apr, 2022
Togo resumes prison visits after two-year ban
Lome – Togo is to allow prison visits to resume from Friday, phasing out a two-year-old ban that was... Read more
21 Apr, 2022
Mozambique lifts Covid ‘disaster’ status
Maputo – Mozambican President Felipe Nyusi on Wednesday lifted a 19-month-long state of “public disaster” aimed at curbing the spread... Read more
21 Apr, 2022
UK Tory MPs hold Johnson’s political fate in their hands
London – Boris Johnson has survived the initial fallout from becoming the first British prime minister to be fined... Read more
16 Apr, 2022
Two thirds of Africans may have had Covid, WHO study shows
Johannesburg – More than two-thirds of Africans may have contracted Covid-19 over the past two years, around 97 times... Read more
8 Apr, 2022
