Covid-19: WHO reports all-time high of 4.6 million cases registered in one week
GENEVA, Dec 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 4.6 million newly confirmed novel coronavirus cases were registered worldwide in the past…
Covid-19: South Africa makes down payment for vaccine
A nurse administers a vaccination against the coronavirus disease PRETORIA, Dec 23 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa has made a down…
Covid-19: Virus surge puts South African hospitals under severe strain
The COVID-19 pandemic first peaked in Africa’s most industrialized economy in late July 2020 PRETORIA, Dec 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South…
Covid-19: Forty plus countries ban travel from UK
LONDON, Dec 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 40 countries have suspended travel from Britain in a bid to contain a…
Covid-19: Tanzania to use local herbs instead of vaccine
Tanzanian President John Magufuli DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 22 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Tanzania has signalled that it is not intending to…
Kenya: Crisis as doctors join striking healthcare workers
NAIROBI, Dec 22 (NNN-KBC) — Kenyan doctors have now joined striking health workers to down tools totally paralyzing service and…
Covid-19: Five countries ban flights from South Africa over new variant
At least five countries and airlines, including Germany and Turkey, are reported to have banned flights from South Africa over…
Sudan, Ethiopia to resume joint border committee meetings
Sudan and Ethiopia have agreed to resume talks KHARTOUM, Dec 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan and Ethiopia agreed to resume meetings…
Tunisia cracks down with arrests, including a minister, in Italy hazardous waste scandal
SOUSSE (Tunisia), Dec 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tunisia arrested a dozen people including its environment minister in a scandal over hundreds…
Over 11,000 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast so far in 2020 – UN
African migrants on Mediterranean TRIPOLI, Dec 22 (NNN-Xinhua) — The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations migration agency,…