A British trial of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine on children has been paused, Oxford University said Tuesday, as global regulators rush to assess its possible link to rare blood clots in adults.
The university, which helped develop the embattled vaccine,...
Projects of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) should benefit at least 30 million people in the next eight years, Tanzania’s Minister of Water and Irrigation has stated.
Gerson Lwenge, speaking during a media briefing in Dar-es-salaam yesterday, said: “We have...
After over 10 years hiatus, Russia seeks renewed ties with Africa as Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, visits Rwanda’s President to discuss economic development, fighting terrorism and Russia’s involvement with the Africa Union.
The minister’s Rwandan visit highlights Russia’s interest...
In 2010, four years before the anti-gay law was debated in Uganda, a weekly tabloid newspaper, the Rolling stone newspaper, published photographs of dozens of homosexuals, calling for people to hang them. From time immemorial, homosexuality among men has...
A US-based Kenyan is among top scientists who have unveiled the world’s first antiretroviral (ARV) drug to be taken once-a-year.
Prof. Benson Edagwa, University of Nebraska Medical Center-UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, and Howard Gendelman, M.D., chairman and...
Unidentified armed assailants have killed at least eight people and wounded 18 others during an overnight attack in northern Rwanda near the border with Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Africa Tembelea has learnt.
According to Rwanda police, the attack...
Marina Ovsyannikova, a producer at Russia’s state TV Channel One, interrupted a live news bulletin on the channel Monday, holding up a sign behind the studio presenter and shouting slogans denouncing the war in Ukraine.
The sign, in English and...
Washington – Imagine a Covid-19 vaccine that came as a pill: no needles, no medical professionals required to administer it, potentially delivered directly to people’s homes.
Israeli pharmaceutical Oramed is attempting to accomplish just that, and is poised to start its...
Bamako, Mali (MAT)- Twenty African Heads of State, the Guinean Alpha Condé continue to rally Bamako, capital of Mali, in preparation for the signing of the peace agreement and reconciliation between the Malian government and the rebels, in Bamako...
Tehran – Iran’s top Guards commander briefed parliament on Sunday, a day after the armed forces said a Ukrainian airliner was shot down in error in an admission that sparked an angry demonstration.
His closed-session testimony comes after the temporary...