Tag: East Africa

KAMPALA, Uganda - Uganda has confirmed its first coronavirus death.The health ministry says a 34-year-old woman who died Tuesday was a “support worker” at...

JOHANNESBURG - The World Health Organization and the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have launched an effort to explore the role of...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - One opposition leader was shot 16 times and fled the country. Another had his leg broken by unknown assailants and...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - One opposition leader was shot 16 times and fled the country. Another had his leg broken by unknown assailants and...

BATON ROUGE, La. - The Trump administration has announced plans to provide point of care coronavirus testing in nursing homes across the country to...

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has surpassed the UK in its number of confirmed coronavirus cases. That’s according to a health ministry statement and data...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Ethiopia is entering its third week without internet service for almost everyone after days of deadly unrest, as the government in...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Ethiopia is entering its third week without internet service for almost everyone after days of deadly unrest, as the government in...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - New satellite imagery shows the reservoir behind Ethiopia’s disputed hydroelectric dam beginning to fill, but an analyst says it’s likely due...

CAIRO - Yemen’s Houthi rebels are easing a variety of coronavirus restrictions amid a news blackout on the virus’ toll in their territory. The...