Africa
Leading South African scientists are set to investigate COVID-19 and HIV in tandem, amid mounting evidence that the collision of the two pandemics could be generating new coronavirus variants. The team at the Network for Genomic Surveillance in So..
Twenty-four years ago, a young elephant named Shankar was plucked from the wilderness of Africa, loaded onto a plane to India, and placed in Delhi zoo. Now, a plea in the city's high court seeks to send him back home. The petition - filed by 1..
QNB Group remained the most valuable banking brand in the Middle East and Africa region with a brand value worth USD 7.056 Billion, compared to last year's value of USD 6.107 Billion, according to the latest Brand Finance Banking 500 report. I..
South Africa beat India by 31runs to take 1-0 lead in the three-match series. The home team restricted the visitors for 265/8 in 50 overs while defending 297 at the Boland Park in Paarl. South Africa beat India by 31 runs to take 1-0 lead in the t..
Unvaccinated people infected with the Omicron variant of coronavirus may be less prone to severe illness and requiring hospital care or dying than was the case with previous variants, a South African study showed on Friday. The study, by the Natio..
Sudanese national team and Guinea-Bissau tied without goals in the confrontation that brought them together today for the first round of Group D of the African Cup of Nations. Guinea-Bissau's Judilson Pele missed a penalty kick in the 82nd min..
The Egyptian national team lost its group D opening match against Nigeria 0-1, in the African Cup of Nations. The Leicester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho crashed home a stunner from inside the box in the first half from Joe Aribo's headed kno..
South African police said on Monday they had charged a man with arson over a fire that caused extensive damage to the national parliament building in Cape Town, as firefighters struggled to extinguish the last remains of the blaze. The fire broke ..
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — On Sunday, firefighters battled a large fire at South Africa's Parliament complex, which blasted a dark column of smoke and flames into the air above the city of Cape Town and caused some of the building's ceil..