Algeria begins Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine production
CONSTANTINE, Algeria (AFP) -- Algeria on Wednesday started producing the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Chinese firm Sinovac, with production expected…
3 years ago
Africa
WHO chief apologizes for sex abuse by staff in DR Congo
by Christophe VOGT Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The head of the World Health Organization apologized Tuesday…
3 years ago
South Sudanese refugees homeless again after Sudan floods
by Mujahed Sharaf al-Din AL-JABALAIN, Sudan (AFP) -- South Sudanese refugee Dawood Kour fled to Sudan to turn the page…
3 years ago
Cholera kills over 2,300 in Nigeria’s worst outbreak in years
by Joel Olatunde AGOI LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) -- Cholera has killed more than 2,300 people and infected thousands more, mostly…
3 years ago
North Africa virus cases plummeting after summer spike
by AFP bureaus across the Maghreb Weeks after a spike in coronavirus cases overwhelmed intensive care units across North…
3 years ago
E.Guinea tightens Covid-19 restrictions as third wave hits
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea (AFP) -- Equatorial Guinea on Friday stiffened measures to tackle Covid-19, citing a third wave of the…
3 years ago
‘Ebola is defeated’, says Congolese professor who discovered virus
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) -- Ebola has been defeated. Vaccines and medical treatments have brought the deadly and terrifying disease…
3 years ago
Nine killed, 23 injured in Nigerian air strike
KANO, Nigeria (AFP) -- An emergency official in northeast Nigeria said Friday nine people were killed and 23 others injured…
3 years ago
Guinea declares end of Marburg virus outbreak: WHO
CONAKRY, Guinea (AFP) -- Guinea has declared the end of an outbreak of the Marburg virus, which belongs to the…
3 years ago
DR Congo health budget disappears without trace, NGO says
BRAZZAVILLE, Congo (AFP) -- DR Congo's health authorities have failed to explain where millions of dollars meant for building hospitals…
3 years ago
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