HARARE – In much of Africa, including Zimbabwe, women struggling to have children often face stigma and ridicule. To help overcome the problem, two Zimbabwean doctors in 2017 re-opened the country’s only in vitro fertilization clinic.Since the clinic r…
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Two Highly Contagious Coronavirus Variants Appear in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG – South African officials say two highly contagious variants of coronavirus are now present in the country, as Africa’s worst-hit nation prepares for a possible new onslaught of cases.Officials from the National Institute for Communicable …
Somali Police Officers Killed in Bombing
Five police officers are among at least six people killed Sunday evening in a suicide bombing in Mogadishu, witnesses and officials said.Major Sadiq Aden Ali, a spokesman for Somali police,confirmed to the media that two police commanders are among tho…
Fifteen Killed in Landslide at Guinea Gold Mine
A landslide at an artisanal gold mine has killed at least 15 people in northeastern Guinea, the government said on Sunday. The disaster took place on Saturday in remote Siguiri province, 800 km (500 miles) from the capital Conakry. The zone holds some …
African Activists Welcome US Support of COVID Vaccine Waiver
JOHANNESBURG – African nations have welcomed news that the U.S. supports a proposal to waive intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines. But, they warn, the road ahead is long and full of obstacles.Health experts and activists say the deci…
EU Calls on US, Others to Export Their COVID-19 Vaccines
PORTO, PORTUGAL – The European Commission called on the United States and other major COVID-19 vaccine producers Friday to export what they make, as the European Union does, rather than talk about waiving intellectual property (IP) rights to the shots….