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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres says he is "deeply concerned" by travel bans on southern Africa. In a statement shared by his spokesman Stéphane Dujarric, he added that the lack of vaccines in those countries…

A video of an elephant charging at a group of people on a safari vehicle in South Africa has been shared widely on social media. Local media report that students on wildlife guides training were touring the Selati Game Reserve…

Malawi has announced that President Lazarus Chakwera has cancelled all public engagements "in order to attend to emerging national and regional matters." The government statement doesn't explain what those matters are, but…

Guinea’s ruling military junta says deposed president Alpha Condé has been transferred to his wife’s home in the capital Conakry. The National Rally Committee for Development, CNRD, as the junta is known, said in a statement…

China's President Xi Jinping has promised to send to Africa some one billion Covid vaccine doses to help close the "vaccination gap." The president made the pledge during the China-Africa summit. Out of the one billion, 600 million…

Rwanda’s health ministry has announced that it will start giving third doses to the elderly and those who have underlying conditions starting on Tuesday. The ministry says the implementation will be done in phases and will…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled on Saturday new measures to try to stop the spread of a new coronavirus variant called Omicron, saying all arrivals would have to take a test and it was time to step up booster jabs.…

South Africa said on Saturday it was being punished for its advanced ability to detect new COVID-19 variants early, as travel bans and restrictions imposed because of the new Omicron variant threaten to harm tourism and other…

Police fired tear gas in Burkina Faso's capital on Saturday during a demonstration against the government's failure to stop a wave of violence by Islamist militants. Opponents of President Roch Kabore called for renewed…

Britain should cut the gap between the second dose of a COVID-19 vaccination and the booster jab from six to five months, Britain’s main opposition Labour Party said. “This new variant is a wake-up call." Labour’s junior health…