Rwanda has upgraded its national laboratory testing capacity to detect new coronavirus variants with 12 cases of the UK and South Africa variants now confirmed in the country.

Residents of Zanzibar are on Tuesday bidding farewell to the late President John Magufuli.

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger’s top court on Sunday confirmed Mohamed Bazoum’s victory in last month’s presidential run-off, allowing the ruling party candidate to be sworn into office next month.

Tanzania has held a state funeral in the capital, Dodoma, for former President John Pombe Magufuli.

Most mourners in Tanzania’s capital city Dodoma will pay their last respects to President John Magufuli lined up in the streets rather than at Jamhuri Stadium, due to the large number of people in attendance.

In 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic hit many economies globally very hard leading to job losses and collapse of businesses.

Nawal Saadawi, a renowned Egyptian feminist, psychiatrist and novelist, died of age-related health problems in Cairo on Sunday, officials said. She was 89.

The internet has been shutdown on the day of voting in the Republic of Congo as voters choose a new president.