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Health worker, behind a screen with rubber gloves, takes a nasal swab from a patient to test for COVID-19 at the Masiphumelele community centre in Cape Town, South Africa. (AP)

South Africa is marred by COVID corruption

Corruption allegations are raised against South Africaâ€™s $26 billion economic relief package

26 July 2020 8:59 AM GMT

Funeral home workers in protective suits carry the coffin of a woman who died from COVID-19 into a hearse in Katlehong, near Johannesburg, South Africa. (AP)

South Africa-'s 59% excess deaths imply hidden COVID-19 toll

Africaâ€™s most industrialised nation is in the middle of a runaway epidemic of the coronavirus, with cases increasing...

23 July 2020 1:34 PM GMT

After the first COVID-19 case was reported in Wuhan, it took about 15 weeks to reach 2 million cases. By contrast, it took just eight days to climb above 15 million from the 13 million reached on July 13. (AP)

Global coronavirus cases exceed 15 million

US, Brazil, India, Russia and South Africa have most cases, with US alone accounting for more than half the worldâ€™s...

23 July 2020 3:49 AM GMT

Nelson Mandela, left, and Andrew Mlangeni, right, with Cyril Ramaphosa in 1990. (Photo- Philip Littleton/AFP)

Andrew Mlangeni, ally of Mandela in anti-apartheid struggle, dies at...

President Cyril Ramaphosa learnt with deep sadness of the passing away overnight of last remaining Rivonia Trialist, the...

22 July 2020 9:30 AM GMT

Omar al-Bashir is also wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes and genocide linked to the Darfur conflict in the 2000s. (AFP)

Sudan-'s Bashir on trial over Islamist-backed coup that brought him to...

It is the first time in the modern history of the Arab world that the architect of a coup goes on trial

21 July 2020 9:25 AM GMT

A student wears a mask as she attends a class at a school in the Koumassi neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. (AP)

The schooling crisis in Africa is different and severe

The schooling crisis is more acute in Africa, where up to 80% of students donâ€™t have access to internet and even...

20 July 2020 2:40 PM GMT

Global deaths from COVID-19 surged past 600,000. (AP Photo)

6,00,000 people succumb to COVID-19 globally

While the U.S. leads global infections, South Africa now ranks as the fifth worst-hit country in the pandemic with...

19 July 2020 6:54 AM GMT

Undertakers in protective personal equipment prepare for a Muslim burial at Johannesburgs main Westpark Cemetery. (AP)

South Africa surpasses UK in confirmed coronavirus cases

South Africa now has worldâ€™s eighth-highest number of cases, which represents nearly half of all the confirmed cases...

15 July 2020 6:42 AM GMT

Zindzi Mandela. (AFP)

Mandela-'s daughter Zindzi dies in South Africa

Zindzi is the youngest daughter of S.Africa-'s first black president Nelson Mandela, and was ambassador to Denmark at...

13 July 2020 8:24 AM GMT

An Egyptian youth, trailed by his friends, gropes a woman crossing the street with her friends in Cairo, Egypt. (AP File Image)

Egypt is having another #MeToo moment amidst coronavirus lockdown

Sexual assault is deep-seated problems in Egypt, where victims must also fight a culture that ties female chastity to...

13 July 2020 7:49 AM GMT

Covid-19 patients are being treated at the Tshwane District Hospital in Pretoria, South Africa. (AP)

South Africa returns to ban on alcohol sales as virus surges

The country is also reinstating night curfew to reduce traffic accidents and made it mandatory for everyone to wear face...

13 July 2020 5:08 AM GMT

A woman and two children wear masks at a playground, Saturday, July 11, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP)

Ten million kids -'may never return to school-' after virus

-'For the first time in human history, an entire generation of children globally have had their education disrupted,-'...

13 July 2020 5:04 AM GMT