A second wave of coronavirus struck Somalia this year, as well as political instability over elections that threatened to cause armed conflict. However, as Mohamed Sheikh Nor reports from Mogadishu, although political tensions have eased, the economic effect has not.
South Africa on Wednesday recorded 3 522 new COVID-19 cases, with a positivity rate of 8.7%, Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, said
According to new estimates, the birth rate in the United States has decreased dramatically over the last year for every major race and age group
South Africa began a new phase of its vaccination programme this week, targeting people over the age of 60
There is a “massive disconnect rising” on the COVID-19 front, according to WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “The pandemic is far from over,” he said, “and it won’t be over everywhere until it’s over everywhere.”
Thailand believed it had avoided the worst of the novel coronavirus’s public health epidemic by closing its borders, but this has only devastated the country’s economy
In South Africa, a private security firm that uses dogs to sniff out illicit substances and explosives at airports is now training them to detect COVID-19
After months of battling the coronavirus pandemic, Europe is slowly getting back on track, with vaccines and economies improving, countries reopening their borders to international tourists, and countries emerging from lockdowns
The global COVID-19 pandemic has forced quarantines and lockdowns, exposing the world’s homeless to a unique condition of threats. A harsh climate in Russia makes life on the streets more difficult than in most other countries, forcing the homeless — and the charity organisations that assist them
The first COVAX shipment of 348,000 doses of AstraZeneca’s Covishield vaccine arrived safely in Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, before being distributed to provinces and municipalities throughout the world