Former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa passes on at 81
Former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa has died age 81 in a Dar es Salaam hospital, the government announced Friday. He was the country’s third president...
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ANC: Zindzi Mandela, daughter of Nelson Mandela, has died
Zindzi Mandela, daughter of former South African president and liberation hero Nelson Mandela, has died. The spokesman of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), Pule...
Mali president tries to calm unrest with court dissolution
Africanews. Mali’s embattled president announced the dissolution of the constitutional court in an attempt to calm the major civil unrest gripping the vulnerable African country,...
Suicide car bomber hits checkpoint at Somalia’s Mogadishu port
An explosion shook parts of the Somali capital of Mogadishu early on Saturday as a suicide car bomber drove into a checkpoint just outside the...
Burundi president becomes first head of state to ‘die of coronavirus’
Burundi president has become the first head of state to die of COVID-19, according to medics at the hospital where he was flown to following...
Namibia’s first coronavirus patients recover after 79 days in hospital
The first two patients to be diagnosed with COVID-19 in Namibia have been cleared by health authorities after 79 days in the hospital, Health Minister...
Coronavirus: Eritrea flattens curve in less than two months
Eritrea on Friday claimed that it had brought the number of coronavirus infections down to zero, becoming the first East African country to win the...
South Africa begins coronavirus trial of tuberculosis vaccine
Hundreds of South African health workers were given a century-old tuberculosis vaccine on Monday in a trial to see whether the venerable formula can protect...
Tunisian doctors deploy robots to reduce contact with coronavirus patients
Health workers have deployed a robot in a Tunisian hospital caring for coronavirus victims to limit contact between staff and infected patients, in a first...