Army seizes power in Guinea, holds president
by Mouctar Bah CONAKRY, Guinea (AFP) -- Guinean special forces seized power in a coup on Sunday, arresting the president…
3 years ago
Africa
Climate and weather related disasters surge five-fold over 50 years, but early warnings save lives – WMO report
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrLaT1wyLaE Climate change and increasingly extreme weather events, have caused a surge in natural disasters over the past 50…
3 years ago
Egypt plans to make 1 billion Sinovac vaccines a year
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) -- Egypt said Wednesday it plans to manufacture one billion doses a year of China's Sinovac vaccine,…
3 years ago
‘No evidence’ woman in Ivory Coast had Ebola: WHO
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AFP) -- There is "no evidence" that a Guinean woman who tested positive for Ebola after arriving…
3 years ago
S.Africa scientists monitoring new coronavirus variant
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- Scientists in South Africa are monitoring a new coronavirus variant with an unusually high mutation…
3 years ago
DR Congo’s former health official held over Covid funds fraud
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) -- Former DR Congo health minister Eteni Longondo was detained on Friday over the alleged misappropriation…
3 years ago
Virus jabs available on board S.Africa’s vaccine train
SPRINGS, South Africa (AFP) -- A rundown South African railway station has been converted into an unlikely vaccination site where…
3 years ago
Ivory Coast says first Ebola patient since 1994 has recovered
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AFP) -- A young Guinean woman who tested positive for the Ebola virus in Ivory Coast after…
3 years ago
Guinea monitoring 172 contact cases of Marburg virus victim
DAKAR, Senegal (AFP) -- Guinean health officials are monitoring 172 contact cases of a man who died of Marburg virus,…
3 years ago
I.Coast detects first bird flu cases since 2015
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AFP) -- Ivory Coast has detected its first cases since 2015 of the H5N1 bird flu in…
3 years ago
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