Africa

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  • WHO: African health ministers to meet virtually to discuss health challenges

    Date: 2021-08-23 11:18:49 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:53 - ID:9126106

    GENEVA, Aug 23 (MENA) - Ministers of Health and representatives from African countries will meet virtually for the 71st session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa on August 24 to 26. In a statement released on ....

  • South Africa registers over 10,700 new coronavirus cases, 170 deaths

    Date: 2021-08-22 20:44:22 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:72 - ID:9125263

    JOHANNESBURG, Aug 22 (MENA) – South Africa recorded 10,748 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, The South African newspaper reported on Saturday. The total cases recorded in the country had reached 2,690,973. As many as 170 more people ....

  • Sudan reports 2 new coronavirus cases, zero deaths in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-08-22 20:00:47 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:70 - ID:9125106

    KAHRTOUM, Aug 22 (MENA) - The Sudanese health ministry said two fresh Covid-19 infections were detected in the country over the past 24 hours, with no fatalities reported. The ministry said in a statement on Sunday that today's cases brought the ....

  • Africa's confirmed Covid-19 cases rise to 7.464 million - Africa CDC

    Date: 2021-08-22 19:27:38 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:67 - ID:9125105

    ADDIS ABAB, Aug 22 (MENA) - The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) announced that the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in member states of the African Union (AU) reached 7.464 million, while the death toll ....

  • Egypt to establish obstetrics, gynecology hospital in Djibouti

    Date: 2021-08-22 18:17:13 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:58 - ID:9125014

    CAIRO, Aug 22 (MENA) – Health Minister Hala Zayed on Sunday received her Djiboutian counterpart Ahmed Abdilleh at the ministry's premises, where they discussed steps to construct the first specialized hospital in Djibouti. The obstetrics, ....

  • South Africa registers over 13,000 new coronavirus cases, 268 deaths

    Date: 2021-08-21 20:17:35 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:71 - ID:9123626

    JOHANNESBURG, Aug 21 (MENA) – South Africa recorded 13,261 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, The South African reported. The total cases recorded in the country had reached 2,680,225. Unfortunately, 268 more people died of Covid-19-related ....

  • Nigeria records three COVID-19 deaths, 304 infections

    Date: 2021-08-21 14:22:58 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:47 - ID:9123123

    ABUJA, Aug 21 (MENA) - Nigeria recorded fresh 304 COVID-19 cases and three deaths across 12 other states and the Federal Capital Territory, said The Premium Times newspaper. For the second time in the past Lagos State, regarded as coronavirus ....

  • Africa's confirmed COVID-19 cases rise to 7.319 million - Africa CDC

    Date: 2021-08-17 20:45:05 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:102 - ID:9117031

    ADDIS ABABA, Aug 17 (MENA) - The African Union's Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 7.319 million. In a statement on Tuesday, the center, the specialized ....

  • Scores of civilians killed in Niger attack

    Date: 2021-08-17 12:05:02 GMT - Niger - Africa - SN:54 - ID:9116065

    NIAMEY, Aug 17 (MENA) - At least 37 civilians were killed in a flashpoint region of western Niger where hundreds have died in attacks this year. According to France 24, the assailants "arrived on motorbikes" in the village of Darey-Daye in the ....

  • 22 killed as gunmen ambush travelling religious group in Nigeria

    Date: 2021-08-14 21:50:21 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:92 - ID:9111603

    ABUJA, Aug 14 (MENA) - At least 22 persons were feared killed on Saturday as armed persons attacked travelers in Gada-biyu along the Jos-Zaria road in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. A report by the Daily Nigerian newspaper said ....

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