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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has now given emergency approval for the drug remdesivir to be used for coronavirus treatment. US President Donald...

Sudan has become the latest country in Africa to make female genital mutilation (FGM) a criminal act.Offenders would be jailed for up to three...

Lesotho remains Africa's only Covid-19 free country after Comoros confirmed its first case on Thursday.Comoros, the Indian Ocean archipelago and Lesotho were the only...

Ghana's government is reportedly concerned with reports of local traditional priests advertising on TV as producers of cash or money.Across many TV platforms in...

Front line medics in one of Latin America's coronavirus epicenters are lifting the lid on the daily horrors they face in an Ecuadoran city...

Acclaimed Indian actor Irrfan Khan, whose international movie career included hits such as "Slumdog Millionaire", "Life of Pi" and "The Amazing Spider-Man", has died...

Ghana has announced plans to reopen its airports to domestic flights after closing it over three weeks ago due to the coronavirus pandemic.Currently Ghana...

Chad has abolished the death penalty for terrorist activities. The country's parliament outlawed the penalty on Tuesday.Justice Minister Djimet Arabi told AFP that "The...

At least 61 pigs have died from the outbreak of African swine fever while nearly 200 animals have also been infected in Northern Namibia.A...

Ugandan police are investigating the death of a top political activist Barbara Allimadi.Allimadi, who is also the International Affairs Secretary of the Alliance for...