Cape Town fire guts library, moves closer to city
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AFP) -- A fire in Cape Town has ravaged part of a university library housing a…
3 years ago
Africa
12 die, dozens of houses burnt in Nigeria fuel tanker fire
LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) -- Twelve people were killed and dozens of houses burnt when a fuel tanker overturned, spilled its…
3 years ago
11 dead, almost 100 hurt in Egypt train accident: health ministry
by Farid Farid CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) -- A train accident north of Cairo on Sunday left 11 people dead and…
3 years ago
S.Africa suspends J&J vaccine rollout over blood clot concerns
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- South Africa on Tuesday suspended the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine over…
3 years ago
Egypt gets hundreds of thousands of vaccines via Covax
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) -- Egypt has received over 854,000 coronavirus vaccines through the Covax facility for lower and middle…
3 years ago
Egypt shuts Suez Canal amid struggle to refloat grounded megaship
by Farid Farid with AFP bureaus CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) -- The owners of a giant container vessel blocking the Suez…
3 years ago
Africa’s Covid 2nd wave was worse but saw fewer measures
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Africa experienced a 30-percent rise in infections in its second wave of coronavirus last year but…
3 years ago
Niger receives 400,000 Sinopharm jabs from China
NIAMEY, Niger (AFP) -- Niger's health ministry said Sunday that China has sent it 400,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine…
3 years ago
Shallow 6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes off Algerian coast: USGS
ALGIERS, Algeria (AFP) -- A shallow 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the Algerian coast on Thursday, the US Geological Survey…
3 years ago
Nicaragua volcano blankets communities in ash
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AFP) -- The San Cristobal volcano, the highest in Nicaragua and one of its most active, spewed a…
3 years ago
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