A year ago, the world kicked off one of the greatest initiatives in medical history: the rush to vaccinate Earth's human population against Covid-19.

The MTN Group said the initial public offering of its Ugandan unit raised 535.94 billion shillings (about R2.4 billion), less than two-thirds of its target.

Zimbabwe reported a sharp rise in coronavirus infections Friday despite measures to stem the spread of the virus, a day after it identified its first case of the new Omicron variant.

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South Africa and Nigeria, the two biggest economies in Africa, should take charge in changing the African narrative to the world through their youth.

Planes are landing at Zimbabwe's main international airport without any radar systems to guide air traffic controllers, a lawmaker said in a video released Friday.

For Africa to successfully solve conflicts, progress economically, achieve academic excellence and champion its rich culture and scientific breakthroughs there is an urgent need to promote indigenous knowledge systems.

Prayers and hymns filled the Ikoyi Baptist Church at a recent Sunday sermon before the pastor delivered a message from the pulpit: Do the right thing and get the jab.

Global warming played only a minimal role in the famine that has hit Madagascar, according to a new study published on Thursday which contradicts a UN description of the crisis as a "climate change famine".

Lesotho is ranked as one of the 30 poorest countries in the world, with a Gross National Income of US$2 740 per capita.

First Capital Bank Malawi is offering Christmas bonuses to fully vaccinated staff and warned those still holding out against Covid-19 inoculations risk missing out on annual bonuses next year, according to a circular seen by Bloomberg.

A sitting Cabinet minister in Lesotho and a former deputy prime minister will be charged with treason and murder.

President Cyril Ramaphosa said he could not run away from the "maze of challenges and difficulties" of doing business in Nigeria in his high-level talks with his counterpart President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday.

"We want those countries investing in South Africa so it is not a one-way process where South African companies invest in their countries," said President Cyril Ramaphosa ahead of his West Africa tour.

If Parliament fails to outlaw homosexuality in Ghana, it "will be a pandemic", with far-reaching effects, claimed anti-LGBTQI+ proponents during the ongoing public hearings in the country.

Lesotho's former prime minister, Thomas Thabane, was charged on Tuesday over the murder of his estranged wife in a case that has shocked the southern African highland kingdom.

China has offered to deliver another billion Covid-19 vaccines to Africa, but AU member states say they no longer want ad hoc donations "with little notice and short shelf lives".

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday urged Tigrayan rebels to surrender, claiming government forces were nearing victory just one week after he vowed to lead military operations at the front.

One in eight of the world's children - more than 300 million - live in conflict zones where they are at risk of becoming child soldiers, a charity warned on Tuesday, saying boosting school access was vital in fighting forced recruitment.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday he was "deeply concerned" as countries around the world imposed travel restrictions on southern Africa in an attempt to stop the spread of a worrying new Covid-19 variant discovered there.