Africa
Virus deaths top 250,000 as billions pledged for vaccine push
The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic topped a quarter of a million on Tuesday, with the US government predicting a ...‘Today is wonderful’: Relief in Lagos as lockdown ends
Africa’s biggest city, Lagos, got back to work on Monday at the end of a five-week coronavirus lockdown. In the metropolis of ...Robot helps Tunisia medics avoid infection from virus patients
Medics have deployed a robot in a Tunisian hospital caring for coronavirus victims to limit contact between staff and infected patients, in ...Balcony protests and e-rallies as epidemic curtails May Day demos
Workers of the world scaled back their traditional May Day demos Friday with coronavirus lockdowns forcing many to rally online instead, while ...Money dries up from Senegal migrants in virus-hit Europe
In a suburb of Senegal’s seaside capital Dakar, Tidiane Konte clutches in his hand the “last receipt” he received from his brother ...Global stocks gain on plans to ease anti-virus controls
Global stocks gained Wednesday after France and Spain joined governments that plan to ease anti-virus controls and allow businesses to reopen. London ...South Africa: Virus lockdown worsens suffering for Johannesburg beggars
Inock Mukanhairi shows the small amount of food that he has for himself, his wife, Angeline, and five children — barely enough ...South African hospitals brace for virus surge
Staff at Johannesburg’s Charlotte Maxeke hospital were swamped last month when hundreds of panicked locals rushed in for testing after South Africa ...Global coronavirus cases pass 3 million as lockdowns begin to ease
Global confirmed coronavirus cases surpassed 3 million on Monday, as the United States neared 1 million cases, according to a Reuters tally. ...Libya’s Haftar claims ‘mandate from the people’
Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar said Monday he had “a popular mandate” to govern the country, declaring a key 2015 political deal over ...














