As Ghana prepares to start its Covid vaccine rollout this week, President Nana Akufo-Addo has urged his people not to heed conspiracy theories casting doubt on the programme. Mr Akufo-Addo s... Read more
Healthcare workers in the Ivory Coast city of Abidjan will get Covid vaccinations on Monday. It is the first national rollout of the UN-backed Covax programme – the global vaccine-sharing in... Read more
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that restrictions put in place to control the spread of coronavirus will be lowered to alert level 1, from level 3. He said that restri... Read more
The Nigerian-American, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, starts work as the new head of the World Trade Organisation on Monday. A former Nigerian finance and foreign minister, she is the first woman and... Read more
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine is in trouble over an alleged bullet-proof vehicle in his possession, according to a report by the Daily Monitor newspaper. The vehicle has attracted the... Read more
Somali opposition presidential candidates have agreed to postpone anti-government protests that were scheduled for Friday in the capital, Mogadishu. This follows a meeting with Prime Ministe... Read more
Kenya will receive its first batch of Covid-19 vaccines next week, the cabinet has said. Front line health workers, security officers, teachers and vulnerable groups will be vaccinated first... Read more
The government in Mali has denied reports that its minister for reconciliation had been kidnapped, according to local media. Col Ismael Wague was reported to have been kidnapped on the Badia... Read more
Zimbabwe Vice-President Kembo Mohadi has fended off accusations of sexual impropriety in a press briefing. He said he was a victim of hacking and voice cloning after an online newspaper publ... Read more
The US company that produces the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine says it’s ready to test a booster shot to target the South African variant of the virus. Early studies showed that its origina... Read more
Kenya has denied its athletes clearance to compete at the Kilimanjaro Marathon in Tanzania over concerns about the Covid-19 pandemic. The IAAF-recognised race will be held early Sunday morni... Read more
The body of the Italian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo who was killed in a botched kidnapping attempt on Monday, has been flown back to Rome. Luca Attanasio, his Italian body... Read more
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has faulted the “hypocrisy and double standards” in the global distribution of Covid-19 vaccines. President Kagame made the comments in a twe... Read more
A Hutu rebel group, known as the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), has denied any role in Monday’s killing of Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Repub... Read more
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