Africa

Africa is being left behind, having received only 450 million of the eight billion COVID vaccine doses distributed. Dr Richard Mihigo, Immunization and Vaccines Development Programme, Coordinator World Health Organisation’s…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved two versions of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, clearing the way for the vaccines to be shipped to African countries through the Covax scheme. Covax is a…

‎President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said Africa will miss a former President of Ghana, Jerry Rawlings, who died at the age of 73.‎ Buhari spoke in statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina,…

President, Muhammadu Buhari has signed the instrument of accession of the agreement for the establishment of the African Trade Insurance Agency, the presidency announced on Monday. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media…

‎ Coronavirus has now infected more than a million people in Africa, but hopes that the pandemic may be peaking in some countries are also leavened by fear of a second wave. ‎ Nations across the Africa continent have recorded…