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Zimbabwe has postponed the re-opening of schools planned for next week, the government said on Wednesday, due to a surge in coronavirus infections and a tropical storm sweeping through the region. The government had set January 4 as the…

Ugandan police said Thursday they prevented popular singer Bobi Wine, one of the frontrunners in the January 14 presidential election, from gathering his supporters, citing health regulations regarding Covid-19, but denied arresting…

A nursing home resident in Switzerland who was among the first in the country to be vaccinated against COVID-19 later died – but officials did not indicate whether the death was related to the jab, according to reports. “We are aware of…

Louisiana Republican -elect Luke Letlow died on Tuesday night from complications related to the coronavirus. He was 41. A family friend confirmed to the Monroe News-Star that Letlow died in the intensive care unit at Ochsner LSU Health…

The government in Nigeria’s Lagos state has raised the alarm over sales of fake Covid-19 test results, Vanguard newspaper reported. It said the government had warned that processes were being put in place to clamp down on both buyers and…

The US Senate is set to discuss boosting one-off payments for Americans hit by the coronavirus downturn. But Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, appeared to tie the issue to other unrelated proposals on legal immunity for tech…

Police officers are on patrol in South Africa, ensuring residents respect a new 9 pm until 6 am curfew. The country, with the most cases in Africa, imposed stricter coronavirus measures after more than one million infections were…

At least seven people are known to have died in a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck central Croatia on Tuesday. Rescue teams spent the night scouring the rubble of damaged buildings in the search for survivors. A 12-year-old…

Boeing’s 737 MAX has resumed passenger flights in the US with an American Airlines flight between Miami and New York. Regulators grounded the plane in March 2019 following two separate deadly crashes within five months. The…

The United Nations Mission in Mali reported in a statement issued on Monday that fourteen demonstrators — all male, including two children, were killed on the weekend of July 10 during the interventions of law enforcement agencies at a…