The World Health Organization’s Africa regional body says the current wave of COVID-19 on the continent is easing off but warned that the “fight is far from over”.WHO Africa’s director for communicable disease response Dr. Benido Impouma said that a fo…

Kenya became the first African nation to back Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’ bid for a second term as head of the World Health Organization (WHO). The 56-year-old Ethiopian was nominated by Germany on Wednesday in a move that surprised many observers, …

The head of Africa’s health agency has warned that the UK’s policy of not accepting Covid-19 vaccine certificates from the continent could increase vaccine hesitancy.Dr John Nkegasong said the UK’s stance was confusing and had far-reaching implications…

At least eight people were killed Saturday and nine others injured when a car bomb exploded on a street corner near the president’s residence in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu.Witnesses said a car loaded with explosives was detonated at the Elgab interse…

More than 6 billion COVID-19 shots have been administered worldwide since the coronavirus pandemic began, according to Johns Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Center.Some 6.6 billion people had received at least one dose of a vaccine as of earl…