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Morocco’s health ministry has started distributing COVID-19 vaccines across the country as it prepares to become the first African state to roll out a mass immunization programme this week.
Appointments have been made for health workers, and citizens are registering online to receive the …
Wind blowing pollution from a coal-burning power plant. Getty Images Air pollution is likely to increase the risk of irreversible sight loss, according to the results of a long-term study published Tuesday. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness among over-50s in richer nations, with …
Tropical storm Eloise which has been affecting South Africa since last weekend has claimed at least two lives, displaced more than 200 others, destroyed infrastructure and left many homeless, said government officials on Tuesday. “A five-year-old boy was swept while trying to cross a river but there was heavy current,” Sam Ngubane, head of Mpumalanga Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) said at a press conference. “A total of 60 houses were partly destroyed …
FILE PHOTO: People wearing face masks walk on a street as they continue their daily life amid coronavirus (COVID-19) in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Xabiso Mkhabela/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent reached 3,455,328 as of Tuesday, the …
The Somalia National Army (SNA) on Tuesday killed seven al-Shabab militants during an operation conducted in north of Baidoa town, the administrative capital of the South West State in Somalia. Amin Mohamed Darur, South West State Police Commander in Baidoa told reporters that SNA and Southwest State forces carried out the operation against al-Shabab fighters after receiving tip-off from local residents. “SNA and the South West State forces killed seven al-Shabab terrorists and injured several others in …
