News DRC records Ebola case five months after last outbreak Kinshasa – One Ebola case has been recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo, five months after the latest epidemic... Read more 9 Oct, 2021
World Unequal Covid-19 jabs roll-out immoral, stupid, says UN chief Geneva – The UN chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday branded rich nations’ vaccine hogging as immoral and stupid, saying... Read more 8 Oct, 2021
World At least 14 die of alcohol poisoning in Russia Moscow – Fourteen people have died of alcohol poisoning in Russia, officials said Friday, with investigators launching criminal probes.... Read more 8 Oct, 2021
Countries Nigerian doctors to resume work after two-months’ strike Abuja – Doctors at Nigeria’s state-run hospitals will resume work this week after calling off a two-month long strike on... Read more 5 Oct, 2021
Coronavirus 2% or less have had Covid jabs in many African nations, says WHO Brazzaville – Just 2% of the population, or less, have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus in half of the... Read more 1 Oct, 2021
Coronavirus Zweli Mkhize ‘served the nation well’, says Cyril Ramaphosa despite damning SIU report Cape Town – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has defended Zweli Mkhize despite the former health minister being implicated... Read more 30 Sep, 2021
Coronavirus 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 26 Sep, 2021
Coronavirus 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, 2021
News Cholera kills over 2 300 in Nigeria’s worst outbreak in years Lagos – Cholera has killed more than 2 300 people and infected thousands more, mostly children, in Nigeria since... Read more 21 Sep, 2021
News Patient stabs two doctors in South African casualty ward Cape Town – A South African male patient at Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital in Kimberley reportedly stabbed two female... Read more 20 Sep, 2021