Africa declared polio-free after decades of campaigning: WHO
The last case was reported four years ago in the WHO's Africa region comprising 47… Read More
4 years ago
Africa
Vaccine studies offer new hope as WHO warns on Africa
The WHO's emergencies chief Michael Ryan told a virtual news conference in Geneva that the… Read More
4 years ago
Greta Thunberg puts Africa’s climate activists in media spotlight
Greta Thunberg held a press conference Friday with fellow eco-warriors from Kenya, Uganda and South… Read More
5 years ago
FM Shah Mahmood concludes Kenya visit
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Thursday concluded his three-day visit to Kenya and left… Read More
5 years ago
Africa struggles to stem deadly flood of fake medicine
After he was struck down by malaria and typhoid, Togolese tailor Ayawo Hievi thought he… Read More
5 years ago
WATCH: GoPro captures wild animals’ reactions, video goes viral
Elephants were found as the most disciplined of all the wild animals captured in the… Read More
5 years ago
Malaria fight stalling at ‘unacceptably high level’ of deaths: WHO
Malaria still infects millions of people every year and kills more than 400,000 - mostly… Read More
5 years ago
Pakistan resolute to build strong relation with Africa, says FM Qureshi
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has expressed the commitment to develop a strong relationship with… Read More
5 years ago
Pakistan, Africa could take benefit of BRI: Abdul Razak Dawood
He detailed that the effective policies envisage by the federal government will double trade volume… Read More
5 years ago
President Arif Alvi stresses enhanced collaboration between Pakistan, Africa
President Dr. Arif Alvi has emphasized enhanced collaboration between Pakistan and the African region in… Read More
5 years ago
Is this the photo of oldest tortoise in Africa?
A picture that has racked up thousands of shares on Facebook and Twitter claims to… Read More
5 years ago
Mali says 54 killed in militant attack on army post
At least 53 soldiers and one civilian have been killed in an attack on an… Read More
5 years ago
Prince Harry says he wants to pass on ’embrace’ of Africa to son Archie
In a speech to young entrepreneurs in Johannesburg, his wife Meghan by his side, Harry… Read More
5 years ago
Nigeria’s three-year milestone takes Africa towards polio eradication
Polio is a viral infection that attacks the nervous system and can cause irreversible paralysis… Read More
5 years ago
Ban on sending wild elephants to zoos a step closer
The vote was the first rendered during a 12-day meeting of the parties to the… Read More
5 years ago
‘Oldest remains’ outside Africa reset human migration clock
A 210,000-year-old skull has been identified as the earliest modern human remains found outside Africa,… Read More
5 years ago
44 killed as air strike hits Libya migrant detention centre: UN
It was the highest publicly reported toll from an air strike or shelling since eastern… Read More
5 years ago
‘An estimated 4 million people would be deprived of access to safe water’
Interruptions to water supplies are common after eight years of near-anarchy since Muammar Gaddafi was… Read More
5 years ago
Hundred children feared trapped in collapse of building that housed school
An unknown number of people died and up to 100 children were among those feared… Read More
6 years ago
Combination insecticide launched to fight resistance malaria
After several years of steady declines, annual cases of the mosquito-borne disease are leveling off Read More
6 years ago