African Continent

France will send 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa over the next three months, the French presidency said in a statement on Monday. The African Union's Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) will allocate and distribute vaccines…

Nearly 50 African countries are to receive 25 million COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by the United States, with the first shipments to Burkina Faso, Djibouti and Ethiopia in coming days, U.S. officials and the Gavi vaccine alliance said on…

The United Nations International Drug Purchasing Facility (UNITAID) said on Sunday that Aid agencies have distributed a strawberry-flavoured tablet for children living with HIV in six African countries, the first generic pediatric version…

Africa is working with the European Union and other partners to help create regional vaccine manufacturing hubs in South Africa, Senegal and Rwanda, with Nigeria under consideration, World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi…

As of May 23, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 4,748,002 while over 20,248,590 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached 128,192 and 4,292,139 people have…

Africa’s rollout of COVID-19 vaccines is likely to be delayed as blockages to supplies and financial challenges pose a risk of curtailing plans to significantly expand the continent’s vaccines supply later this year. Vaccine deliveries…

The Paris summit seeking to boost financing in Africa amid the Covid-19 pandemic on Tuesday called for the lifting of vaccine patents to allow their manufacture on the continent, French President Emmanuel Macron said. As all delegates…

International Police (Interpol) made a report on Monday of an operation sweep where drugs worth nearly 100 million euros have been seized in Africa and the Middle East in March and April.  Interpol worked with customs and police…

As of May 7, 2021,  confirmed cases of COVID-19 from 55 African countries reached 4,607,326 while over 13,120,378 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached  123,616 and  4,159,294 people…

Malaria in Africa has been of great concern being that records show that each year, malaria claims the lives of more than 400,000 people, mainly young children in Africa.  And, every year, there are more than 200 million new cases of this…