Death toll from Kenya bus accident rises to 31
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) -- Divers recovered seven more bodies Sunday from a bus that was swept off a bridge by…
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Africa
S.Africa’s Covid cases top 3 million amid Omicron driven surge
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- South Africa's Covid-19 infections surged to a record three million on Friday as a…
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SAfrica’s Aspen inks deal with J&J for African anti-Covid jab
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- South African pharma giant Aspen said Tuesday it has reached an agreement in principle with…
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Uganda air strikes target rebels in DR Congo
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) - Uganda launched air strikes and artillery attacks targeting the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group…
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S.Africa could top 10,000 daily Covid cases this week: epidemiologist
by Sofia CHRISTENSEN Agence France Presse JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- The newly-discovered Omicron variant is likely to fuel…
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Botswana detects 19 cases of the new Covid variant
GABORONE, Botswana (AFP) --Botswana, the only African country outside South Africa to have reported Omicron cases, said Sunday it had…
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US, Canada restrict travel from southern Africa as new variant sparks concern
by Daniel Woolls with AFP bureaus The United States, Brazil, Canada, and Saudi Arabia became the latest countries Friday to…
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New Covid variant raises fears of next delta, or worse
by Paul RICARD Agence France Presse It is, scientists say, the most worrying Covid-19 variant since delta and perhaps ever.…
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WTO’s big conference postponed due to new Covid variant
by Agnès PEDRERO Next week's World Trade Organization ministerial conference, the global trade body's biggest gathering in four years, was…
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Omicron variant poses ‘high to very high’ risk to Europe: EU health agency
The new Covid variant, dubbed Omicron and originally detected in South Africa, poses a "high to very high" risk to…
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