Congolese officials on Thursday announced an end to an Ebola outbreak that had killed at least six people since October in the latest health challenge confronting the country’s restive east. The most recent outbreak erupted in North Kivu province, the same part of Congo where more than 2,200 people died during an earlier Ebola epidemic…
Tunisian lawyers and rights activists lodged an appeal on Thursday against the imprisonment of two men for same-sex acts, part of efforts they hope can decriminalize homosexuality. Under the North African country’s criminal code, those found guilty of consensual same-sex acts can be punished with up to three years in prison. The men concerned, who…
South Africa was where the new Omicron variant was first identified, and cases there have taken off rapidly. This is starting to be seen in other countries, and the World Health Organization (WHO) says it is “spreading at a rate we have not seen with any previous variant”. What else can we learn from the…
If the coronavirus pandemic had not happened, it is likely Jack Onyango would still be living alone, working in Kenya’s capital and sending money back to his wife and children in his faraway rural home. Like so many Kenyans, he moved to Nairobi as a young man, believing that was where the country’s economic opportunities…
The newly appointed Burkinabe Prime Minister Lassina Zerbo has outlined some of the issues he intends to solve in the country just after the selection of various ministerial dockets. Lassina said Burkina Faso now needs to face the reality by solving issues like terrorism that have been the main concern for the West African country.…
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi, has urged people to comply with measures to control the spread of the new coronavirus variant. He told everyone to get vaccinated against Covid-19 while threatening to introduce restrictions of services to unvaccinated people. This comes amid a rise in recent days in the number of daily infections. On Tuesday, the…
Two shots of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine offers around 70 percent protection against severe disease from Omicron, according to results of a study published Tuesday in South Africa. The emergence of the highly mutated variant, first detected in South Africa last month, sparked fears that it could cause severe disease, be more contagious or could evade…
Rwanda has confirmed six cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, the health ministry said, as it pushed for authorities in the small East African country to urge people to get vaccinated. “All arriving passengers must quarantine for three days at a designated hotel at their own cost,” the cabinet of ministers said in…
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed evoked memories of the country’s kings and emperors by going to the front lines to lead a dramatic fightback against Tigrayan rebels who had threatened to overthrow him. In extraordinary scenes for a man who was declared the 100th winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, Mr Abiy was…
Opponents of Tunisian President Kais Saied on Tuesday slammed his decision to extend a months-long suspension of parliament, accusing him of dealing another blow to the country’s nascent democracy. Saied had on Monday evening vowed to press on with reforms to Tunisia’s political system, after he sacked the government, froze the legislature and seized wide-ranging…