The US will restrict travel from South Africa and seven other southern African countries to try to contain a new...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a new coronavirus variant to be "of concern" and named it Omicron. It...
Sixty-one people who arrived in Amsterdam on two flights from South Africa have tested positive for Covid-19, Dutch officials say....
Police in Burkina Faso have fired tear gas at people protesting against the state's failure to stop a rise in...
Nigerian celebrities have recently opened up publicly about the sexism they have faced after multi-award winning singer Simi spearheaded the...
South Africa has complained it is being punished - instead of applauded - for discovering Omicron, a concerning new variant...
Israel is to ban foreigners from entering the country for 14 days and use surveillance to halt the spread of...
Liberia, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast say they will step up efforts to bring Guinea back to civilian rule, following...
The UN has expressed alarm about a reported attack on a Libyan court where Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's lawyer was trying...
South Africa's health minister has condemned the travel restrictions being imposed against the country after the discovery of a new...