Africa

Ghana kicks off coronavirus vaccination campaign with COVAX shots

I feel so good about taking the vaccine. It will protect me from contracting the virus from patients.
COVAX aims to deliver over 1.3 billion vaccine doses to over 90 low- and middle-income countries by the end of the year, covering up to 20% of their populations.

Published 02 Mar, 2021 07:21pm

Africa

Ghana president receives world's first free Covax jab

The first lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo also received a shot, one day before the rest of the 600,000 doses are deployed across the country.

Published 01 Mar, 2021 06:04pm

Africa

Talks underway in Nigeria to free abducted schoolgirls

Since the incident, government officials have been in talks with the kidnappers, known locally as bandits, over the girls' release, two sources told AFP.

Published 01 Mar, 2021 05:38pm

Africa

At least two killed in skirmish at Chad opposition candidate's house

Hundreds took to the streets earlier this month to protest his candidacy in the upcoming election.

Published 01 Mar, 2021 12:02pm

Africa

Bribes for votes at UN-led Libya talks

TUNIS: At least three participants in UN-led Libya peace talks were bribed for votes, experts from the world body...

Published 01 Mar, 2021 06:13am

Africa

Almost 100 migrants rescued off Libya, 20 missing

TRIPOLI: Almost 100 migrants were rescued off Libya’s west coast on Sunday as they made failed attempts to reach...

Published 01 Mar, 2021 06:13am

Africa

African currencies week ahead: Nigerian, Zambian, Kenyan currencies seen under pressure

LUSAKA: Nigerian, Zambian and Kenyan currencies are expected to weaken again next week against the US dollar....

Published 01 Mar, 2021 06:13am

Africa

Almost 100 migrants rescued off Libya, 20 missing

The survivors included six women and two children. Two people in critical condition were transported to hospital in the Libyan capital.

Published 28 Feb, 2021 07:40pm

Africa

Militia raids in eastern DR Congo kill 10 civilians: army

Local officials confirmed the two attacks, adding that houses were also burned in the violence.

Updated 28 Feb, 2021 07:42pm

Africa

US 'gravely concerned' over Tigray situation: Blinken

Pro-government troops took the regional capital Mekele in late November but clashes have persisted in the region.

Published 28 Feb, 2021 05:26pm

Africa

Amnesty says Eritrean troops killed hundreds of Ethiopian civilians in Axum

NAIROBI: Amnesty International accused Eritrean forces on Friday of killing hundreds of civilians in northern...

Published 28 Feb, 2021 04:55am

Africa

Victims of mid-Feb Nigeria school abduction freed

LAGOS: Kidnappers have freed 42 people, including 27 children, snatched from a school in central Nigeria 10 days ...

Published 28 Feb, 2021 04:55am

Africa

South Africa seeks to lift infrastructure investment with change to pension fund rules

Africa's most industrialised nation - the hardest-hit by the coronavirus pandemic on the continent - has put public works in sectors such as transport, energy and water at the heart of its economic recovery plans.
They also say overall investment in infrastructure across all asset categories may not exceed 45% of domestic exposure and an additional 10% for the rest of Africa.

Updated 27 Feb, 2021 09:09pm

Africa

Tunisia's main party holds street protest, escalating government row

"We are telling Saied we are not ready to lose the democratic process," said one protester, Ahmed Ben Ali.
Mechichi then turned for support to the two biggest parties in parliament - Ennahda and jailed media mogul Nabil Karoui's Heart of Tunisia.

Updated 27 Feb, 2021 09:08pm

Africa

By targeting schools, Nigerian kidnappers put country at risk

"The government wants to avoid a second Chibok and so they do everything they can to facilitate the release of those kidnapped."

Published 27 Feb, 2021 06:35pm

Africa

Victims of mid-February Nigeria school abduction freed

In mid-February, gunmen in military uniforms raided the college, killing one student and taking 42 others -- including 27 schoolboys, three teachers and other relatives of school staff, officials said.

Published 27 Feb, 2021 06:36pm

Africa

Nigeria gunmen kidnap more than 300 schoolgirls

KANO, (Nigeria): More than 300 schoolgirls were abducted by gunmen in northwest Nigeria on Friday in the country’s...

Published 27 Feb, 2021 04:29am

Africa

Ivory Coast becomes second country to receive COVAX vaccines

A plane carrying 504,000 doses touched down in the commercial capital Abidjan, paving the way for the West African nation to launch a vaccination campaign.
You want to make sure that the right regulatory approval, the right cold storage is there and everything else, otherwise you risk having things not work.

Published 26 Feb, 2021 06:44pm

Africa

Fourteen killed at religious site in C. Africa: Amnesty

Video evidence showed as many as 14 bodies, some not wearing military clothes, and including a woman and a child, the group said.

Published 25 Feb, 2021 05:04pm

Africa

First vaccines delivered under global Covax scheme

The WHO is one of several organisations behind Covax, which aims to deliver at least two billion doses globally by the end of the year.

Updated 24 Feb, 2021 08:50pm

Africa

South Africa boosts vaccine spending in 'balancing act' amid debt worries

South Africa is African nation hardest hit by pandemic.
Facing more infection COVID-19 variant but vaccinations lagging.
Pandemic has worsened fiscal position.

Published 24 Feb, 2021 06:01pm

Africa

Egypt registers Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine

RDIF, Russia's sovereign wealth fund responsible for marketing the vaccine abroad, said Sputnik V had been approved by the Egyptian Drug Authority using an emergency use authorisation procedure. Tunisia and Algeria have already approved the shot.

Published 24 Feb, 2021 05:49pm

Africa

Ghana receives world's first doses of free Covax vaccines

Vaccinations are scheduled to start on Tuesday in Accra, Kumasi and Obuasi.

Published 24 Feb, 2021 05:48pm

Africa

Niger opposition leader claims election win despite official results

The elections have been presented as the first democratic transition in the history of the coup-prone Sahel state.

Published 24 Feb, 2021 05:36pm

Africa

Italy seeks UN probe into DRC envoy's killing

Di Maio said a team of Italian police had already been dispatched to the DRC for an initial investigation and others would follow.

Published 24 Feb, 2021 05:39pm

Africa

South Africa sets out budget as economy reels from pandemic

Resilience will be needed after a year of rolling restrictions on movement and business to curb the coronavirus outbreak.

Published 24 Feb, 2021 05:23pm

Africa

Boko Haram killed 16 in Nigeria attack: local militia

Boko Haram has previously made incursions into Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, using heavy guns and suicide bombers.

Published 24 Feb, 2021 05:16pm

Africa

Guinea starts Ebola vaccine campaign as cases emerge

The vaccination uses the 'ring strategy' where all people who have come into contact with a confirmed Ebola patient are given the vaccine, as well as frontline and health workers.
The last time Guinea faced an Ebola outbreak, vaccines were still being developed.

Published 23 Feb, 2021 08:55pm

Africa

South African Uber drivers join global push for worker rights

Uber said the decision did not apply to all its 600,000 drivers in the country, it was blow to the company's business model and a significant victory in battles being fought on many fronts against the so-called gig economy.
The South African case could affect up to 20,000 drivers, British law firm Leigh Day and Johannesburg-based peer Mbuyisa Moleele Attorneys said in a statement.

Published 23 Feb, 2021 08:45pm

Africa

Senegal launches vaccination campaign

The start of the campaign comes after the government received 200,000 doses of the Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine Sinopharm last week.

Published 23 Feb, 2021 08:21pm

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Africa

Ghana kicks off coronavirus vaccination campaign with COVAX shots

Ghana president receives world's first free Covax jab

Talks underway in Nigeria to free abducted schoolgirls

At least two killed in skirmish at Chad opposition candidate's house

Bribes for votes at UN-led Libya talks

Almost 100 migrants rescued off Libya, 20 missing

African currencies week ahead: Nigerian, Zambian, Kenyan currencies seen under pressure

Almost 100 migrants rescued off Libya, 20 missing

Militia raids in eastern DR Congo kill 10 civilians: army

US 'gravely concerned' over Tigray situation: Blinken

Amnesty says Eritrean troops killed hundreds of Ethiopian civilians in Axum

Victims of mid-Feb Nigeria school abduction freed

South Africa seeks to lift infrastructure investment with change to pension fund rules

Tunisia's main party holds street protest, escalating government row

By targeting schools, Nigerian kidnappers put country at risk

Victims of mid-February Nigeria school abduction freed

Nigeria gunmen kidnap more than 300 schoolgirls

Ivory Coast becomes second country to receive COVAX vaccines

Fourteen killed at religious site in C. Africa: Amnesty

First vaccines delivered under global Covax scheme

South Africa boosts vaccine spending in 'balancing act' amid debt worries

Egypt registers Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine

Ghana receives world's first doses of free Covax vaccines

Niger opposition leader claims election win despite official results

Italy seeks UN probe into DRC envoy's killing

South Africa sets out budget as economy reels from pandemic

Boko Haram killed 16 in Nigeria attack: local militia

Guinea starts Ebola vaccine campaign as cases emerge

South African Uber drivers join global push for worker rights

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