Africa

Kenya declares school year ‘lost’, classes back in 2021

NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) -- Kenya on Tuesday declared that its school year was considered lost because of the coronavirus pandemic,…

Malawi’s new president inaugurated, calls for national sacrifice

LILONGWE, Malawi (AFP) -- Malawi's new president Lazarus Chakwera called for national sacrifice to transform his country as he was…

Fire in Egypt hospital kills 7 coronavirus patients

CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) -- A fire at a hospital in Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria on Monday killed seven coronavirus…

Flash flooding kills three in Ivory Coast

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AFP) -- Torrential rains turned the streets of Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan into rivers on Thursday,…

Miner becomes millionaire after finding biggest tanzanite stones

DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania (AFP) -- A Tanzanian small-scale miner has become a multi-millionaire after uncovering two of the biggest…

DR Congo declares end to Ebola epidemic in east

KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) -- DR Congo's government on Thursday officially declared an end to an Ebola epidemic that broke…

S. Africa to start Africa’s first coronavirus vaccine pilot

by Sofia CHRISTENSEN JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- South Africa will roll out the continent's first coronavirus vaccine trial this…

UN urges Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan to ‘work together’ in Nile dam dispute

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- The UN on Monday urged Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to "work together" to resolve…

Malawi braces for historic presidential election re-run

by Jack McBRAMS LILONGWE, Malawi (AFP) -- Malawi goes to the polls on Tuesday in a historic presidential re-run after…

Morocco opens field hospital after spike in virus cases

MOULAY BOUSSELHAM, Morocco (AFP) -- A new field hospital in eastern Morocco will from Sunday receive around 700 COVID-19 patients…

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