As the race to find a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine is showing increasing promise, a new World Health Organization (WHO) analysis finds that Africa is far from ready for what ... Read more »

A new TB report, Step Up for TB 2020, reveals that millions of people are still diagnosed and treated based on outdated policies and using old tools and approaches. This is im Read more »

The number of people attending burials has been limited to 100, while only 50 people may attend weddings - these are the new measures announced by the Interfaith Council for ... Read more »

As of November 27, the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries has reached 2,121,329. Reported deaths in Africa have reached 50,944, and recoveries ... Read more »

Sudan has declared three days of national mourning for former prime minister Sadiq al-Mahdi who died aged 84 from Covid-19 complications on November 26, 2020. The Transitional ... Read more »

The Covid-19 pandemic has impoverished an additional two million Kenyans, a new report by the World Bank reveals. With a growing unemployment, the development is a setback to the ... Read more »

The United Nations Children's Fund has said that it will work with over 350 airlines and freight companies to deliver nearly 2 billion COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries ... Read more »

A report - "Why Are Women Dying While Giving Birth in Nigeria?" - is the culmination of a community-informed maternal death review, carried out in 18 communities across six states, ... Read more »

According to Peter Dube of The East African, the nation may see a return to a more restricted national Covid-19 lockdown.Dube's sentiments echo that of KwaZulu-Natal premier Sihle ... Read more »

Acting Health Minister Osama Ahmed Abdul Rahim has warned that there will be more cases across the country, hinting at a possibility of new restrictions. Rahim said that while ... Read more »