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Last updated: 8 hours ago Tropical Depression Grace swept over Haiti with drenching rains late Monday, just two days after a powerful earthquake battered the impoverished Caribbean nation. After nightfall, heavy rain and strong winds whipped at the country’s southwestern area, hit hardest by Saturday’s quake, and officials warned that rainfall could reach 15 inches (38 centimeters) in some areas… Read More

Libya’s elections commission on Tuesday closed its online voter registration portal ahead of national polls set for December, but beset by growing doubts despite a months-long pause in fighting. Commission head Imad al-Sayeh told journalists in Tripoli that some 2.83 million people in the North African country had signed up to vote, and invited citizens overseas to register from Wednesday… Read More

Algeria, defending champion of the African Cup of Nations (CAN), will face Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea and Ivory Coast, in the clash of Group E of the 2022 edition (January 9-February 6), according to the draw made in Yaoundé on Tuesday. Cameroon, host country of the competition and second most titled nation in Africa with five trophies, will face in… Read More

Chisel and hammer in hand, this artist carves out a design. From tribal figures to African wildlife, the finished results are popular keepsakes for tourists visiting Kenya. But amid a pandemic, the demand for these objects has plummeted. At the Birds Paradise Souvenir Shop in Nairobi, Karen Mumbe is organising the stock. There used to be 20 people who worked… Read More

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, access to quality healthcare is expensive and tedious. But Bienvenue Zigabe has managed to create an application to facilitate quicker access to medical services. “Wiiqare” helps patients pay for treatment and drugs using their savings or on credit. “Our goal is for everyone to have access to health care. When you feel sick and… Read More

Naomi Osaka struggled to hold back tears in her first press conference since pulling out from the French Open over mental health concerns on Monday (16 August). The 23-year-old broke down during a press conference at the Cincinnati Open when local reporter Cincinnati Enquirer columnist Paul Daugherty appeared to confront her about balancing having a big media profile and not… Read More

A small contingent of female naval soldiers in the Rwanda Defence Force have been fighting alongside their male counterparts to push back against rebels allied with the Islamic State group in northern Mozambique. The rebels were occupying the strategic town of Mocimboa da Praia in Cabo Delgado province until a 1,000-strong Rwandan force was deployed there. They forced the rebels… Read More

Health workers in Nigeria on Monday started to vaccinate people with the Moderna COVID-19 as the country aims to protect its population amid a surge of infections. Africa’s most populous nation has been able to vaccinate only about 1.23% of its population, according to Africa CDC, as it continues to see a spike in infection rates driven by the highly… Read More

Ivorian medical staff receive the first doses of the Ebola virus vaccine on Monday after the discovery of the first case in Abidjan in nearly 30 years. From stretcher-bearers to medical professors, dozens of health personnel received doses of the vaccine during the event, which took place at the University Hospital Center (CHU) of Cocody, a district of Abidjan. “Health… Read More

Firefighters in northern Morocco are battling to put out two forest blazes, a forestries official said Sunday as the North African kingdom swelters in a heatwave. “Non-stop efforts are underway to control the fires which broke out on Saturday afternoon,” said Rachid El-Anzi, director of the water and forestry department in the Chefchaouen region. He said firefighting planes were being… Read More