Coronavirus: Why Africans should take part in vaccine trials

Scientists in Africa explain that any trials would be properly regulated and so the scare stories should be ignored.

Coronavirus: South Africans in massive queues for food parcels

Aerial footage shows thousands of people in snaking lines hoping to get supplies.

Coronavirus: Tanzania President Magufuli says hospital numbers reducing

President Magufuli says patient numbers are falling despite US saying hospitals are "overwhelmed".

Coronavirus: Tanzania President Magufuli says hospital numbers reducing

President Magufuli says patient numbers are falling despite US saying hospitals are "overwhelmed".

Félicien Kabuga: Rwanda genocide survivors happy with arrest

A widows' group says "everyone has been waiting" for his apprehension, 26 years after the slaughter.

Letter from Africa: Spare a thought for stranded migrants

Ismail Einashe writes that migrants are facing a tougher time since the outbreak of coronavirus.

Coronavirus: South Africa’s alcohol and cigarette lockdown

In South Africa, illegal sellers are defying the prohibition on buying alcohol and cigarettes.

Félicien Kabuga: Rwanda genocide suspect arrested in France

Businessman Félicien Kabuga is alleged to have financed the groups that carried out the Rwandan genocide.

Coronavirus in Nigeria: The child beggars at the heart of the outbreak

Tens of thousands of Koranic school children were recently sent home, unwittingly helping to spread coronavirus.

Israel gets first Ethiopia-born minister, in Pnina Tamano-Shata

Pnina Tamano-Shata was brought to Israel in a top-secret operation in the early 1980s.