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Tanzania, Somalia report first Covid19 cases

In a little over a week, 21 new African countries have reported cases, bringing the total affected to 30.

17 March 2020 1:31 PM IST

South Africa set to close borders to foreigners from high risk...

The president also announced the closure of schools for around three weeks from Wednesday

16 March 2020 12:29 PM IST

Kenya confirms first case of Covid19

Kenya confirms first case of Covid19

It is the first confirmed case of the new coronavirus in the East African region

13 March 2020 2:31 PM IST

Sudanese PM Abdalla Hamdok (AP photo)

Sudanese PM Abdalla Hamdok survives assassination attempt in Khartoum

Abdalla Hamdok-'s family confirmed he was safe following the explosion, which targeted his convoy

9 March 2020 2:49 PM IST

COVID 19 reaches Sub-Saharan Africa after Nigeria reports first case

The case is of an Italian who returned to Lagos from virus-affected Milan

28 Feb 2020 11:14 AM IST

Hosni Mubarak file photo

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak dies at 91

Mubarak was the President for nearly 30 years, before he was overthrown in a popular uprising

25 Feb 2020 5:40 PM IST

According to him, at around 10.30 am, armed Naxals ambushed a search party comprising CoBRA personnel in the jungle near Irapalli village under Bijapur district.

24 gunned down in a church attack in Burkina Faso

A group of -"armed terrorists-" attacked the local population after separating them from the non-residents in the...

17 Feb 2020 3:52 PM IST

UN seeks help from international community to tackle desert locust attack in Africa

UN seeks help from international community to tackle desert locust...

UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimated at the end of January that a locust control plan would cost $76...

11 Feb 2020 4:28 PM IST

$The High Commission of India in Abuja on Sunday tweeted that 19 Indian nationals were released on Saturday while one died in the captivity of the pirates in \adverse conditions\. (Representative Image | Norbert Kaiser - Wikimedia Commons)$ World

19 Indians kidnapped by pirates near Nigerian coast released, one died...

Twenty Indian crew members were kidnapped from the vessel MT Duke in the high seas off the western coast of Africa on...

19 Jan 2020 6:14 PM IST

The national public broadcaster SABC is currently facing financial strain. (Photo: Facebook)

Indian-origin head of S Africa-'s news channel sacked over racist...

Pillay, head of South Africa-'s largest independent TV news channel eNCA, had called journalist Maseko, a rat heading...

23 Dec 2019 11:13 AM IST

The revelation comes close on the heels of reports of a PLA research vessel forced by the Indian Navy to return from the exclusive economic zone off Andaman & Nicobar Islands recently.

18 Indians kidnapped by pirates near Nigerian coast released

The mission had taken up with the Nigerian government the kidnapping of the Indian crew of the vessel.

23 Dec 2019 11:07 AM IST

18 Indians among 23 killed in LPG tanker blast at factory in Sudan

18 Indians among 23 killed in LPG tanker blast at factory in Sudan

The Indian Embassy issued a detailed list of Indians who were hospitalised, went missing or survived the tragedy.

4 Dec 2019 6:38 PM IST