Malawi is struggling to quarantine migrant workers returning from South Africa who were being tested for COVID-19. At a facility this week, returnees upset over living conditions clashed with police, and authorities say about 20 returnees at the facility escaped. Lameck Masina reports
Pakistan is concluding its phase three human trials of a Chinese company’s coronavirus vaccine. Health officials say the test of CanSinoBio’s vaccine are nearly complete and show promise. Pakistan is one of seven countries testing the Chinese vaccine
Cooking meals, cleaning, policing the streets, and burying the dead: These are just a few of the essential jobs whose demands never let up during the coronavirus crisis. RFE/RL’s Balkan Service profiled some of the people who keep their communities functioning despite the risks to their own health
Gauteng recorded the highest number of deaths in the last 24 hours after 225 succumbed to the respiratory disease, followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 218, Eastern Cape with 134, while 128 occurred in the Western Cape
Portugal, which took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, during the Covid-19 pandemic crisis, faces the challenge of strengthening international security, defense, capacity
A ray of hope emerged Thursday for the Rainbow Nation, which has seen a massive spike in confirmed COVID-19 cases, as South Africa’s health minister announced a large shipment of vaccines is coming this month
A top government official says COVID-19 is almost overwhelming the Zimbabwean health system amid deaths of local people, including prominent citizens countrywide
With Istanbul facing further COVID restrictions at the start of the New Year, scores of public spaces across the city have become venues for light installations as part of a major art exhibition
As the coronavirus pandemic rages on, businesses, houses of worship and homeless shelters are turning to space management apps to create safer indoor spaces in compliance with COVID-19 guidelines
Historian Selika Ducksworth-Lawton reflects on similarities between the past and the year 2020 in the U.S., and what this year has taught people