Africa's confirmed coronavirus cases have surpassed 1 million, but global health experts say the true toll is likely several times higher, reflecting the gaping lack of testing for the continent's 1.3 billion people.
While experts say infection (...)
South Africa, the current chair of the African Union, called on Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia to work towards an "amicable solution" for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) following Addis Ababa's recent proposal that was slammed by Cairo and (...)
Egypt rejects Ethiopia's latest proposal on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which has been presented by the Ethiopian irrigation minister to his Egyptian and Sudanese counterparts, the Egyptian irrigation ministry announced.
In a (...)
The Covid-19 crisis has battered the global economy like no other event since the 1929 Great Depression. However, the economic prospects for 2020 were not great even before the crisis, with many economic experts warning earlier this year that the (...)
Zambia's football association (FAZ) said it will end its domestic season on Aug. 6, just weeks after it restarted, due to clubs failing to adhere to COVID-19 protocols.
FAZ had hoped to complete the Super League season following its resumption on (...)
More than 50 players and staff members at soccer clubs in Zambia's top flight have tested positive for COVID-19 in an outbreak that the national association says was caused by teams failing to properly implement measures to stop its spread, leading (...)
South Africa has announced more than 12,000 new confirmed coronavirus cases as the total in one of the world's worst affected countries reaches 434,200 with 6,655 deaths.
South Africa makes up well over half the confirmed cases on the African (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi reaffirmed the state's rejection of any unilateral action that may compromise Egypt's right to Nile water.
El-Sisi made the statement during a phone call with his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa on (...)
People arriving from 16 countries outside the European Union where the infection rate of COVID-19 is deemed to be high will be subject to compulsory testing on arrival at French airports and sea ports, Prime Minister Jean Castex said on (...)
The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Friday, with the total rising by 284,196 in 24 hours.
Deaths rose by 9,753, the biggest one-day increase since a record high of 9,797 deaths on April 30.
The (...)
Global coronavirus infections surged past 15 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, with the pandemic gathering pace even as countries remain divided in their response to the crisis. In the United States, which has the highest number of (...)
Keitumetse Modise was already struggling to juggle her appointments as a freelance beautician while home-schooling her daughter during South Africa's nearly four-month-old COVID-19 lockdown. The last thing she needed was the lights going out.
But (...)
Total confirmed coronavirus cases in Africa have passed 750,000, a Reuters tally of government and World Health Organization data showed on Wednesday.
The tally showed the continent had 751,151 cases, 15,721 deaths and 407,461 recoveries. Cases (...)
The assembly of a limited African Union (AU) summit on Tuesday afternoon, via videoconference, seemed to hold little hope of reassuring Egypt over its water security concerns.
The Blue Nile is the source of by far the largest part of Egypt's annual (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and his US counterpart Donald Trump discussed the latest developments concerning the crisis in Libya and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in a phone call on Monday, Egyptian Presidential Spokesman (...)
Lessons via radio or TV. Math problems in newspapers. Classes on Zoom or WhatsApp.
The options for African students to keep studying while schools remain closed because of the coronavirus pandemic seem varied, but the reality for many is that they (...)
3Sayed Amin Shalabi sets out to review changes in the world order in the last two decades, detailing the relative decline of the US and the rise of such powers as Russia and China. Reviewing not only the present moment but also the last few (...)
Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot.
British researchers first began testing the vaccine in April (...)
The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases for the second day in a row, with the total rising by 259,848 in 24 hours.
The biggest increases reported on Saturday were from the United States, Brazil, India and (...)
A mini-African summit will be held on Thursday to continue discussing the disputes around the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Sudanese Irrigation Minister Yasser Abbas stated on Friday.
The summit is part of the recent African Union-brokered (...)
Egypt said on Monday that the talks brokered by the African Union (AU) between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) had ended without an agreement.
At the end of 10 days of negotiations differences between (...)
Africa's coronavirus caseload has climbed above 600,000 as the pandemic on the 54-nation continent continues to pick up speed.
Africa surpassed the half-million case mark less than a week ago. The continent now has more than 610,000 confirmed cases. (...)
After 11 days of online talks over the disputed Nile dam, the concerned parties failed to reach consensus on the undecided points, according to Egypt's Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation.
On Monday, water ministers of Egypt, Sudan, and (...)
After 11 days of online talks over the disputed GERD dam, the concerned parties failed to reach consensus on the undecided points, according to Egypt's Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation.
Water ministers of Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia (...)
For the tenth day in a row, negotiations on Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan took place without reaching an agreement, the Egyptian irrigation ministry said.
“The ministers of irrigation of the three (...)
