Covid 19: South Africa has passed the hundred thousand cases
South Africa has passed the 100,000 mark for coronavirus cases, with the number of deaths now approaching 2,000, the authorities announced Monday. The country accounts […]
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Pandemic “accelerating” on the continent, WHO says
The World Health Organization notes that while it took 98 days for Africa to pass the 100,000 mark, it took only 18 days to reach […]
Clinical trials on medicinal food & plants against Coronavirus launched in Guinea
The Guinean Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research launched on Monday three clinical trials on the efficacy of certain medicinal and food plants against […]
DR Congo: New outbreak of Ebola declared in northwest
A new outbreak of Ebola fever was declared in DR Congo, with new cases confirmed in the town of Mbandaka, at a time the is […]
Burundi: Covid-19 hit First Lady Denise Nkurunziza
The Burundian First Lady has been hospitalized for several days in Nairobi. Denise Nkurunziza arrived in the Kenyan capital during the night of Wednesday to […]
African Union Rejects Tanzanian President’s Accusations on Testing
The Director of the African Union Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (Africa CDC), Dr. John Nkengasong, denies the Tanzanian president’s accusations that the screening […]
COVID-19: Major relief airlift reaches ‘most vulnerable’ African nations
The World Food Program (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have dispatched aboard an Ethiopian Airlines charter one million facemasks, along with gloves, goggles, […]
African leaders back WHO and Tedros Ghebreyesus after Trump’s attacks
African leaders on Wednesday rallied behind the World Health Organization (WHO) and its head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus following an attack on the world health body […]
DRC: world’s worst measles outbreak killed over 6,000 – WHO
A measles epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has killed at least 6,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported. According to the UN […]
Measles claims 5000 lives in DR Congo
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a measles epidemic has killed about 5,000 people this year, many of them young children, the World Health Organization […]