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Health officials in Mozambique have announced that the country is seeing a sharp increase in coronavirus-related cases after months when figures were either declining or stabilized. Authorities said over 1,000 cases have been recorded since Friday. The country’s health ministry has launched a program of mobile vaccination units to try …

Great Britain has recorded the first death linked to the new coronavirus Omicron variant, the country’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed. The United Kingdom has recorded the presence of the Omicron variant following the discovery of the variant in South Africa. The UK has since imposed travel bans to …

Intern doctors in Uganda have announced an escalation of their strike that they started on November 6 for better pay, although they continued to work on emergencies and support some staff in hospital wards. But a letter from the health ministry on Saturday ordered all medical interns who are on …

The South African Presidency has announced that President Cyril Ramaphosa has tested positive for the coronavirus and is being treated for mild symptoms. The presidency said in a statement that the president started feeling unwell on Sunday after leaving the state memorial service of South Africa’s last apartheid president, FW …

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga launches his fifth bid for the presidency on Friday, this time with the support of his former foe President Uhuru Kenyatta, Reuters agency reported. Kenyans are due to go to the polls in August but Kenyatta will not be on the ballot due to a …

Backed by the Nigerien army, Burkina Faso’s security forces announced that they had succeeded in eliminating 100 Islamist militants in two weeks of operations, BBC News reported. On Thursday, at least 13 members of a civilian militia fighting the jihadists were killed in the north of the country. The volunteer …

The government of Ghana has announced that all visitors must be fully vaccinated against covid-19 from midnight Sunday before being allowed to enter the country. In a statement, the government said Ghanaians who intend to return to the country within the next fortnight are exempt, but will be vaccinated upon …

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the Tigrayan rebels of summarily killing dozens of civilians in “apparent war crimes” in two towns they controlled in Ethiopia’s Amhara region. “Tigrayan forces showed brutal disregard for human life and the laws of war by executing people in their custody,” said Lama Fakih, …

At least 16 worshippers have been killed and many others wounded by gunmen in a mosque in the Nigerian Niger state, local media have reported. Niger state government official, Ahmed Ibrahim Matane told the BBC that the attackers opened fire on the Muslim worshippers during early morning prayers on Wednesday. …

Dozens of inmates at Boma prison in western Democratic Republic of the Congo have escaped, enjoying loud music being played during a burial in the neighborhood to distract the guards. Nine inmates were arrested near the prison and one injured when guards fired into the air while 19 inmates were …