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Security forces and others in celebration drive through the streets of the capital Bamako, Mali, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, a day after armed soldiers fired into the air outside President Ibrahim Boubacar Keitas home and took him into their custody. . (AP)World
Mali protest leader steps back as coup leaders promise election

President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita had resigned and dissolved parliament on Tuesday after the mutineers detained him at...

20 Aug 2020 10:21 AM IST

The sun shines through clouds of smoke in an area consumed by fires near Labrea, Amazonas state, Brazil. AP photoWorld
Amazon burning: Blazes pushing world-'s largest rainforest toward...

The smoke is again so thick around Novo Progresso that police have reported motorists have crashed because they can’t...

19 Aug 2020 4:43 PM IST

Malian troops and citizens gather outside the private residence of Malis President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in Bamako, Mali. AP photoWorld
Mali president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita quits after armed mutiny

The news of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s departure was met with jubilation by anti-government demonstrators

19 Aug 2020 3:23 PM IST

Across Africa and around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the supply of antiretroviral drugs to many of the more than 24 million people who take them, endangering their lives.(AP)World
WHO team to assist South Africa in reinforcing COVID-19 response

South Africa, at present, has the world-'s fifth largest virus caseload with over 5,79,000 confirmed cases and more...

16 Aug 2020 12:32 PM IST

Vessel MV Wakashio, belonging to a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged, that ran aground near Blue Bay Marine Park off the coast of south-east Mauritius. (AFP)World
Mauritius’ oil spill worsens as leaking ship splits in two

Volunteers rushed to the shore to create makeshift oil barriers from tunnels of fabric stuffed with sugar cane leaves...

16 Aug 2020 12:18 PM IST

Volunteers collect seaweed mixed with leaked oil from the MV Wakashio bulk carrier that had run aground at the beach in Bois des Amourettes, Mauritius. (AFP)World
Ship owner pledges to respond -'sincerely-' to Mauritius-'...

Mauritius declared an unprecedented environmental emergency last week as the ship began seeping oil into a protected...

15 Aug 2020 12:38 PM IST

Nurses collect the data of people about to get tested for COVID-19 at a testing center in the capital Kigali, Rwanda. (AP)World
Rwanda resorts to pooled testing to solve COVID supply shortage

Some experts, and even the researchers, had initially noted concerns that the complexity of the approach could deter its...

13 Aug 2020 2:37 PM IST

People scoop leaked oil from the vessel MV Wakashio, belonging to a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged, that ran aground and caused oil leakage near Blue bay Marine Park in southeast Mauritius. (AFP)World
Mauritians join hands to contain oil spill in country’s...

An estimated 1 ton of oil from the Japanese ship’s cargo of 4 tons has already escaped into the sea, officials say

10 Aug 2020 12:39 PM IST

Oil leaking from the MV Wakashio, a bulk carrier ship that recently ran aground off the southeast coast of Mauritius. (Photo by Georges de La Tremoille of Mu Press/ via AP)World
Mauritius declares environmental emergency as stranded ship spills...

A military transport aircraft with pollution control equipment and a navy vessel to be sent by France for Mauritius’...

8 Aug 2020 2:22 PM IST

People who did not respect the measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic, such as the correct wearing of masks in public places, are forced to sit and listen the prevention speeches for a few hours in Nyamirambo stadium in Kigali, Rwanda. (AFP)World
Rwandans sent to all-night lectures as punishment for breaking COVID...

Every evening, public health messages are blared through loudspeakers to spectators seated at least a metre apart in the...

7 Aug 2020 11:10 AM IST

A resident from the Alexandra township gets tested for COVID-19 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (AP)World
South Africa sees dip in new coronavirus cases

More than 24,000 healthcare workers have been infected by the coronavirus in South Africa which is five percent of...

5 Aug 2020 4:23 PM IST

edros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), addresses a press conference about the update on COVID-19 at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. (AP)World
WHO warns of -'lengthy-' pandemic that could lead to response fatigue

The agency also said the effects of the pandemic -'will be felt for decades to come-' in an emergency WHO committee...

2 Aug 2020 12:24 PM IST

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