DR Congo on Sunday announced a “resurgence” of Ebola in the country’s troubled east after a woman died of the disease, just three months after authorities declared the end of a previous epidemic. “We...

South Africa suspended its vaccination campaign against COVID-19 on Sunday after a new study revealed that the AstraZeneca vaccine is less effective against a variant of the virus found in the country. The...

Jeff Bezos said Tuesday that he will step down as chief executive of Amazon, leaving the helm of the company he founded 27 years ago. Bezos will transition to the role of executive chair in the third quarter...

Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is 91.6 percent effective against symptomatic Covid-19, according to results published Tuesday. Sputnik V — named after the Soviet-era satellite — was approved in...

Lawyers for Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine filed a challenge in the Supreme Court on Monday against President Yoweri Museveni’s victory in last month’s election, claiming the poll was...

South Africa on Monday received its first batch of Covid-19 vaccine. This is according to an official post on its Twitter handle. The 1 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses produced by the Serum Institute...

Myanmar’s powerful military has taken control of the country in a coup and declared a state of emergency, following the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior government leaders in early...

The office of Tunisia’s President received a letter containing suspicious powder on Wednesday, according to local media reports. President Kais Saied did not open the letter and is in good health,...

American President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered the Department of Justice to end its reliance on private prisons. In remarks before signing the orders, Biden said the U.S. government needs to change “its...

The United States’ House of Representatives delivered its impeachment article against former President, Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, setting in motion a trial where senators will decide...

Nine more Chinese miners trapped underground for over two weeks have been confirmed dead, with one still unaccounted for, state media reported on Monday. “From Sunday afternoon to this afternoon, rescue...

United States House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, is set to send the Senate a single article of impeachment today accusing Donald Trump of inciting the Capitol riot, formally triggering the first-ever impeachment...

Mexican President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has said he has tested positive for COVID-19. López Obrador, who has been criticized for his handling of Mexico’s pandemic and for not setting an example...

United States President, Joe Biden on Monday will reinstate the Covid-19 travel restrictions on non-US citizens  in Brazil, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and much of Europe, a White House official said....

On his first day in office, President Joe Biden signed seventeen executive actions, some of which reverse decisions made by his predecessor, former President Donald Trump. The actions, fulfilling his...

The Chinese government has announced sanctions against outgoing US Ssecretary of State, Mike Pompeo and 27 other high-ranking officials under former United States President Donald Trump, accusing them...

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday. With his hand on a Bible, Mr. Biden recited the 35-word oath of office, swearing to “preserve, protect...

American President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people living...

Donald Trump has become the only US president to be impeached twice, after being charged with “incitement of insurrection” over last week’s deadly storming of Congress. The House of Representatives...

United States House of Representatives will today vote to impeach President Donald Trump on charges of insurrection. Some members of the Republican Party have already signified that they will vote to...