BAMAKO, MALI – Malian troops have killed about 30 militants in a raid, the army said Friday, in the latest violence in the war-torn West African state.
The country’s armed forces said on Twitter that they had killed “about 30 …
HARARE, ZIMBABWE – Rights groups in Zimbabwe have accused government security forces of abducting and torturing three female supporters of the opposition who were taking part in a protest.
The three women were allegedly abducted Wednesday after taking part in …
TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Halo Labs Inc. (“Halo” or the “Company“) (NEO:HALO, OTCQX:AGEEF, Germany:A9KN) today announces that, due to delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is relying on the exemption provided in Ontario Instrument 51-502 – …
Healthcare workers in the tiny Southern African country of Lesotho are attending to the country’s first COVID-19 patient.
Lesotho’s health ministry confirmed the country’s first case Wednesday, making it the last of the 54 countries on the continent to report …
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said most of the country will move toward relaxing coronavirus restrictions later this month even as the number of confirmed cases topped 12,000.
During a televised address Wednesday evening, Ramaphosa announced officials will immediately begin …
PARIS – There are few days when the Paris-based Pasteur Institute and its far-flung network are not in the news.
Last week, France’s flagship research foundation and its U.S. counterparts announced promising compounds for clinical testing against COVID-19, the disease …
ALGIERS, ALGERIA – Algeria will extend measures aimed at restricting movement by 15 days until May 29 to cope with rising cases of infections with the novel coronavirus, Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerrad said on Tuesday.
The government last month decided …
GENEVA – Violence in northwestern Nigeria has taken a dangerous new turn, forcing more people to flee for safety in one month than during the course of most of last year.
The U.N. refugee agency says surging attacks in Sokoto, …
An Ethiopian anti-aircraft missile brought down the Kenyan plane that crashed in the Somali town of Bardale last week, killing six people on board, multiple sources have told VOA Somali.
Ethiopian forces are stationed in Bardale to help their Somali …