The mutation was first detected by scientists at Stellenbosch University in Cape Town over the weekend.
The Nigerian Government has approved the immediate relaxation of the Covid-19 safety measures and travel advisory.
Kassanda District is one of the epicentres of the outbreak, which has claimed the lives of over 50 people in Uganda. Last month, health ministers from nine African countries agreed on joint measures to stop the potential spread of the ongoing Ebola disease outbreak in Uganda and beyond its borders.
Ministry demands to know how student jailed in Moscow had ended up on the battlefield in Ukraine.
Kenyans will be able to enter South Africa visa-free for a period of 90 days, starting from January 2023.
The call for psychiatric evaluation of governorship and presidential candidates by the Nigerian Medical Association ahead of the 2023 elections is one of the trending stories in Nigerian newspapers on Wednesday.
International Relations and Co-operation Minister Naledi Pandor is on a working visit to Burundi where she will co-chair the inaugural Burundi-South Africa Joint Commission for Co-operation (JCC) session in the Great Lakes country, her office announced on Friday.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent condolence messages to the leaders of South Korea, India and Somalia following disasters that claimed hundreds of lives in the three countries at the weekend.
Newly elected Lesotho Prime Minister Sam Matekane took oath of office on Friday during a ceremony at Maseru’s Sesoto Stadium witnessed by thousands of Basotho and several African heads of state and government.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday received Graça Machel, the founder of Graca Machel Trust, and The Foundation for Community Development, who is in Rwanda for the African Philanthropy Forum Conference themed“ African Philanthropists Closing the Gender Gap”.
The Nigeria Police Force has reassured Nigerians and all other residents and visitors that it will effectively review US and UK security advisories.
Zanzibar Island has been named Africa's leading beach destination by the 29th World Travel Awards for the second year running.
Zimbabwe has secured a US$310-million loan from the Export-Import Bank of India to rehabilitate six units at the coal-fired Hwange Power Station in a bid to restore its capacity to 920 megawatts, said Energy and Power Development Minister Zhemu Soda.
The UN refugee chief has warned more people will be forced to flee their homes in Ukraine after Russian missiles rained down on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.
South African travellers will pay higher fees for new passports first time in 11 years, starting in November this year, says Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi.
Addis Ababa The planned peace talks between the Ethiopian government and rebel groups in the Tigray region of Ethiopia have been postponed indefinitely.
According to the Independent Electoral Commission, more than one million Basotho are registered to vote in the elections.
Harare Zimbabwe has stepped up a wild poliovirus type 1 surveillance and vaccination campaign in the wake of recent outbreaks of the disease in Malawi and Mozambique, the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday.
Named Burj Zanzibar – ‘burj’ meaning ‘tower’ in Arabic – the spectacular high-rise is designed to reach 96 metres.
Morocco, which was elected at the 35th African Union Summit in February 2022 as a member of the AU Peace and Security Council for the period 2022-2025, will assume the chairmanship of this decision-making body of the Union for one month from October 1, 2022, a Moroccan Foreign Ministry statement said on Thursday.
Ecowas is applying carrot-and-stick tactics in its handling of the defiant military juntas in Guinea and Mali, with sanctions for the former and more room for diplomacy with the latter.
International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Naledi Pandor, is leading South Africa’ s delegation to the 77th session of the UN General Assembly which opens debate in New York City on Tuesday.
Gaborone Botswana plans to slaughter close to 10 000 cattle to contain the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, according to reports on Tuesday. Assistant Minister of Agriculture Molebatsi Molebatsi said Gaborone authorities wanted to cull 9 757 cattle in North East District, close to the border with Zimbabwe.
Since King Charles III took over the reins following the passing of his charismatic mother Queen Elizabeth II, there has been a growing clamour especially in African countries colonised by Britain for its new monarch to own up to the ‘sins of empire’. As his mother is buried after an elaborate funeral ceremony in London on Monday, Africans are asking…
Soldiers of the Somali National Army have killed forty-three al-Shabaab militants during an overnight operation conducted in the Aborey area in Bula-barte district of central Somalia, a government statement said on Sunday.
