JOHANNESBURG— A booster of US coronavirus vaccine Johnson & Johnson was 85 percent effective in preventing serious illness in areas where Omicron was dominant, a South African trial study indicated. The South African Medical Research Council conducte...
PRETORIA— South Africa has lifted a midnight to 4am curfew on people’s movement with immediate effect, believing the country has passed the peak of its fourth COVID-19 wave driven by the Omicron variant, a government statement said.The country made the...
KHARTOUM— At least three people were killed in demonstrations in Sudan’s Omdurman city on Thursday, said the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD), a non-governmental organization.“Three people died in the processions in Omdurman by the bullets ...
BAMAKO— Eight soldiers have been killed and seven others were injured when their patrol was ambushed by a suspected armed group in western Mali, the army said in a statement.The attack occurred late in the afternoon on Wednesday near the town of Nara, ...
Islamist militant attacks increased this past year in the Sahel region, leading to political instability that saw a coup in Mali, an attempted coup in Niger, and calls for Burkina Faso's president to resign. Burkina Faso experienced the deadliest terro...
My Fellow South Africans, This is a special time of year for us all. It is a time for family and for enjoying quality time with those we love. For many of us, this is also a time to look back at the year we have been through – it is time to reflect on ...
“We welcome the end of the curfew, but President Ramaphosa needs to go a step further and end the National State of Disaster”I welcome the announcement by the National Government yesterday evening that the curfew will be terminated ahead of New Year’s ...
South Africans took their last opportunity to pay their respects to Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Friday, the eve of the revered anti-apartheid fighter’s funeral.Since Thursday, nearly 3,000 mourners have filed through Cape Town's St. George's Cathedral b...
Hanoi: Vietnam's northern border province of Lao Cai is poised to harness its strategic location to bolster cooperative efforts with China, as stated by provincial leader Trinh Xuan Truong.
According to Namibia Press Agency, Truong, who serves as th...
Nanyuki: Laikipia East Member of Parliament Mwangi Kiunjuri has urged the Mt. Kenya region to embrace the broad-based government to foster development. Speaking in Nanyuki during the issuance of bursaries, Kiunjuri noted that the broad-based governmen...
Addis Ababa: A "Divine Visit to Ethiopia," Prayer and Thanksgiving Program is underway at Meskel Square here in Addis Ababa. The two-day program, organized by the Ethiopian Council of Gospel Believers' Churches and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Associ...
