Africa Archive

As of February 9, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  11,004,889 while over 218,397,031 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached 242,151 and  9,946,755 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Friday said it was alarmed by the attack on a court ahead of an appeal by the son of slain dictator Moammar Gadhafi against the rejection of his presidential election candidacy. On

The son of late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi appeared for nearly the first time in a decade on Sunday to register as a presidential candidate for a December vote planned to help end the years of chaos since his father was

Efforts to create a new fund to help with climate-change-driven “loss and damage” fail as the U.N. talks close, but the problem rises up the global agenda An agreement reached on Saturday night as the COP26 climate talks closed pushed concerns

Two men were left in critical condition after a brutal attack at Sabon Zango, Kumasi, on October 16, 2021, amid allegations of being in a same-sex relationship. Shaibu Inuwa, a photographer for Fernil News, and his alleged partner, Ziawl-Haq Shaibu, were

A Liberian teenage motorcycle taxi rider has become a national hero after he found and returned $50,000 (£37,000) that had gone missing from a prominent businesswoman in north-eastern Nimba County on the border with Ivory Coast. The young man, Emmanuel Tolue,

Children across much of Africa are to be vaccinated against malaria in a historic moment in the fight against the deadly disease. Malaria has been one of the biggest scourges on humanity for millennia and mostly kills babies and infants. Having

Germany’s center-left Social Democrats have narrowly beaten the party of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel in federal elections, according to preliminary results. SPD leader Olaf Scholz says he has a clear mandate to form a government, but his conservative rival, Armin Laschet,