In the December holiday season of giving, undocumented immigrants in South Africa are getting the gift of COVID-19 vaccinations. The government, with the help of nonprofit groups, is offering the vaccine to the country’s estimated 2 million undocumented in a bid ... Read More

South African medical experts say a drop in coronavirus cases indicates the country has passed the peak of a fourth wave of infections driven by the omicron variant. Health officials say the omicron variant spreads faster than previous variants but ... Read More

Kenya has reached an all-time high COVID-19 infection rate, with positive results in nearly a third of tests. Scientists believe the surge is fueled by the highly transmissible omicron variant of the coronavirus. But Kenya is also seeing a low ... Read More

The United States and three other countries voiced encouragement Thursday over a political deal to reinstate Abdalla Hamdok as Sudan’s prime minister. Sudanese military leaders struck a deal with civilian political forces on November 21 to return Hamdok to power after ... Read More

The Israeli government on Wednesday said it was donating 1 million coronavirus vaccines to the U.N.-backed COVAX program. The Foreign Ministry said the AstraZeneca vaccines would be transferred in the coming weeks, a decision that was part of Israel’s strengthening ties ... Read More

French colonel Faivre hands over the symbolic key of Camp Barkhane to the Malian colonel during the handover ceremony of the Barkhane military base to the Malian army in Timbuktu, Dec. 14, 2021. French troops have left a military base in ... Read More

South Africa's High Court has ordered former President Jacob Zuma back to jail, to serve out the remainder of his 15-month sentence for contempt of court.It called the decision in September to release Zuma on medical parole unlawful. There is no ... Read More

Kenya’s high court has suspended a government order that required everyone accessing public services and places to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by December 21. Kenyan High Court Judge Antony Mrima put a hold on a government directive that would have denied ... Read More

The head of Mali's military-dominated government on Sunday promised west Africa's regional bloc he would provide it with an election timetable by January 2022.The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) suspended Mali following military coups in August 2020 and ... Read More

Cyril Ramaphosa - South African President South Africa's 69-year-old President Cyril Ramaphosa tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, though is showing only mild symptoms, the presidency said. "The President started feeling unwell after leaving the State Memorial Service in honor of ... Read More