Africa has 47,581 cases of the Novel Coronavirus and 1,862 deaths, according to data released late Tuesday by the Africa Centers for Disease Control...
Social justice advocate, Martha Wangari Karua, has come out to strongly oppose the testing of the coronavirus vaccines on Kenyans.
On Saturday, the Kenyan politician, who...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s second divorce has been granted, leaving him free to plan his third wedding when the lockdown restrictions are relaxed.
Marina Wheeler...
The Democratic Republic of Congo's Health Ministry says that 101 inmates have tested positive for coronavirus in the N'dolo military prison.
Only three infected inmates...
A vice-president at Amazon has quit “in dismay” at the internet giant’s crackdown on workers who criticised it over coronavirus safety measures.
Tim Bray described...
Tragedy struck at the Coca Cola Market in Onitsha, Anambra State, yesterday, when a 22-year-old man, Mr Cletus Chisom, was reportedly stabbed to death...
Tanzanian president, John Magufuli, has ordered a probe on the country’s coronavirus testing kits after samples taken from a goat and pawpaw tested positive.
Speaking...
Scientists have discovered a microbe that completely protects mosquitoes from being infected with malaria.
The team in Kenya and the United Kingdom say the finding...
British journalist, Piers Morgan has announced that he will temporarily step back from presenting ITV’s flagship morning show, Good Morning Britain after developing a...
Pope Francis on Sunday called for international scientific cooperation to discover a vaccine for the coronavirus and said any successful vaccine should be made...
A mother-of-three nurse has died of coronavirus just two years before retirement after spending nearly 40 years on the job.
Indian-born Philomina Cherian, 63, died...
An Islamic Scholar, Dr Abubakr Imam Aliagan, has asked the President Muhammadu Buhari government, the Sultanate Council and Muslim authorities, not to shut down...
In 2017 this troupe of Ghanaian pallbearers went viral following BBC Africa’s coverage of their flamboyant coffin-carrying dances, garnering millions of views.
Three years later...
A Nigerian woman, identified as Kehinde Afolabi, is in the grips of the police for allegedly slapping a policeman 13 times.
Reports indicate the incident...
Fifty persons from Zamfara state hidden inside Lorry loads of fruits were on Sunday intercepted in Ilorin by officers of Kwara state police command.
Vanguard...
Muslims, many praying shoulder-to-shoulder and without face masks, crowded mosques in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on Sunday, after the government lifted an order closing...
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control is looking to test two million Nigerians over the space of three months.
This was revealed by the Director-General of...
An Imam (Muslim CLeric) in Bauchi state has been publicly flogged for defying social distancing order to hold prayers with over 10 people.The President,...
Nigeria has accepted to be part of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) solidarity trial of vaccines for coronavirus.
So far, more than 100 countries have joined...
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, on Friday said a pastor had tested positive for Coronavirus after praying for a deceased patient in the State.
Those...
Joe Biden released a statement Friday denying a former aide's claims he sexually assaulted her 27 years ago, saying of Tara Reade's allegation: "This never happened.
"Friday's...
