South African President Cyril Ramaphosa

South Africa aims to double the rate of daily COVID-19 vaccinations over the next month to more than 200,000 as more Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson shots arrive, health officials said on Friday. The country's vaccination campaign has…

President Emmanuel Macron said France would invest in boosting the production of Covid-19 vaccines in Africa, to help close a gap in the availability of the shots between African and Western nations. “we will have an investment strategy to…

A Southern African leaders meeting that was scheduled for Thursday to address the Islamic State-linked insurgency in Mozambique has been postponed, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s office said on Wednesday. The meeting was to receive…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa hailed the arrival of the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine on Monday as a chance to “turn the tide” on a disease that has devastated the country. Once testing is completed, the first shots will be…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday eased Covid-19 restrictions following the country’s recent experience of a decline in new cases. Ramaphosa announced that the country’s night-time curfew will now begin at 11:00 pm and…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday urged wealthy countries not to hoard surplus doses of Covid-19 vaccine, saying the world needed to come together to fight the pandemic. South Africa has recorded nearly half the…