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A Colombian Tikuna indigenous woman breastfeeds her child while wearing a face mask, amid concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Leticia. (AFP)

Poverty may hit another 49 million, says UN chief

Every percentage point drop in global gross domestic product (GDP) means an additional 0.7 million stunted children,...

11 Jun 2020 11:21 AM IST

President Pierre Nkurunziza after Ndayishimiye was chosen as the partys presidential candidate at a national conference for the ruling CNDD-FDD party in the rural province of Gitega, Burundi. (AP)

Burundi: Officials say president died of heart attack, many suspect...

Burundiâ€™s government had downplayed the virus and held the election and large rallies while also firing their WHO...

10 Jun 2020 9:50 AM IST

A man gives water to migrants heading in a caravan to the border with Guatemala as they travel onboard a truck in Cerro Hula, 10 km south of Tegucigalpa. (AFP)

African, Caribbean migrants continue trek towards US border

About 260 people have been stranded in Honduras since mid-March when countries in the region closed borders

4 Jun 2020 11:37 AM IST

A pupil at the City Kidz Pre & Primary School in the Inner City district in Johannesburg has his temperature measured as he enters the school premises on June 1, 2020. (AFP)

South Africa postpones reopening of schools over safety concerns

The plan for reopening on Monday backfired after teachers' unions and governing associations urged school staff to defy...

1 Jun 2020 2:39 PM IST

$Volunteers of the non profit organisation and charity group \Hunger has no Religion\, wearing protective facemask, prepare portions of porridge to distribute to children for breakfast at an underprivileged areas, in Westbury suburb, in Johannesburg. (AFP)$ World

Corona checks affect food deliveries in East Africa

The UN's World Food Programme ships 2,000 tonnes of beans and cooking oil to feed some of Uganda's 1.4 million refugees

30 May 2020 1:41 PM IST

Bill Gates. (AFP)

Bill Gates conspiracy theories viral in Africa

A Kenyan politician's false online post has added major fuel to the spread of misinformation regarding the American...

28 May 2020 9:54 AM IST

A policeman searches a vendor on a motorbike in Cinkasse, the northern Togo commercial border post with Burkina Faso. (AFP)

Ivory Coast army joins Burkina Faso in anti-jihadist operation

Burkina Faso and its neighbours Mali and Niger are battling Islamist insurgencies with links to al Qaeda and Islamic...

25 May 2020 10:53 AM IST

Indonesian Muslims pray spaced apart as they practice social distancing to curb the spread of the new coronavirus during an Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, Sunday, May 24, 2020.

Muslims around the world celebrates Eid amid curfews and virus fears

The three-day holiday of Eid is usually a time of travel, family get-togethers and lavish daytime feasts after weeks of...

24 May 2020 4:07 PM IST

Representational Image. (AFP)

Portuguese town resort to test all residents ahead of summer season

Portugal, which so far has nearly 30,000 cases and 1,277 deaths, is slowly easing restrictions from a mid-March lockdown

22 May 2020 6:23 PM IST

The skulls and bones of some of those who were slaughtered as they sought refuge inside the church are laid out as a memorial to the thousands who were killed in and around the Catholic church during the 1994 genocide in Ntarama, Rwanda. (AP)

Top fugitive suspected of funding Rwanda's genocide arrested outside...

Kabuga is accused of funding the militias that massacred some 800,000 people and their moderate allies over a span of...

17 May 2020 3:25 PM IST

Heath workers take a break during the screening and testing campaign aimed to combat the spread of COVID-19 at Alexandra township in Johannesburg. (AP)

South Africa's lauded community screening strategy hits limits as...

South Africa's aggressive COVID-19 screening and testing approach is modelled on years of experience fighting...

16 May 2020 3:58 PM IST

A doctor tends to a patient in a ward for coronavirus patients at the Martini Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia. (AP)

Years of conflict leave Somalia ill-equipped to fight the virus

The official count of cases in the country is now above 1,200, but no one really knows how many cases of COVID-19 it has...

15 May 2020 1:56 PM IST