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Tanzania has tightened its border control to prevent the spread of yellow fever after cases were reported in neighbouring countries. Tanzanian Health minister Ummy Ally Mwalimu said on Wednesday that besides regular demands for valid…

Ugandans found spitting in public could spend a year in prison or pay a Ush3 million (about $830) fine if proposed changes to the Public Health law are passed. The Public Health (Amendment) Bill, 2021, seeks to curb the habit that is…

Zimbabwe will host an elephant summit in April to discuss the growing burden of elephant overpopulation and the negative impacts of the ivory trade ban. The summit will also focus on wildlife in Victoria Falls, said Environment, Climate,…

Zimbabwe has signed a 6.6 million US dollar grant with the World Bank, aimed at boosting the country’s Covid-19 vaccination program. “Financing for the project, which comes in the form of a grant, aims to support the deployment and…

A new low-pressure system named Gombe, which has recently formed in Madagascar and evolved into a moderate tropical storm could reach Mozambique on March 11, Mozambique’s National Institute of Meteorology (INAM) announced on Tuesday.…

18 civilians were killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday by a notorious ethnic militia, which attacked a church building where displaced people had taken shelter, local and church sources said. The incident took place…

71 Egyptian arrived back in the North African country on Tuesday, having fled Ukraine where Russia is conducting a military operation. The country’s spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Hafez, confirmed the arrival of…

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to arrive in Kenya on Tuesday for a three-day visit. The president, who will be accompanied by his wife, Auxillia Mnangagwa, will be received by President Uhuru Kenyatta at State House…

About 30 officials from the Mozambique’s Ministry of Defence are to benefit from a training program aimed at equipping them with skills required to prevent the recruitment and use of child soldiers, particularly in the northern region of…

Rwanda will reopen all its land borders on March 7 as one of several measures reviewed by the government to contain the spread of Covid-19. However, people wishing to enter the country may be subject to random Covid-19 testing by the…