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Across Africa and around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the supply of antiretroviral drugs to many of the more than 24 million people who take them, endangering their lives.(AP)

WHO team to assist South Africa in reinforcing COVID-19 response

South Africa, at present, has the world's fifth largest virus caseload with over 5,79,000 confirmed cases and more than...

16 Aug 2020 12:35 PM IST

An aerial view taken on August 15, 2020 shows the vessel MV Wakashio, belonging to a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged that had run aground near Blue Bay Marine Park, Mauritius three weeks ago. (AFP)

Ship leaking tons of oil off Mauritius has split apart

Volunteers rushed to the shore to create makeshift oil barriers from tunnels of fabric stuffed with sugar cane leaves...

16 Aug 2020 12:24 PM IST

Volunteers collect leaked oil from the MV Wakashio bulk carrier that had run aground at the beach in Mahebourg, southeast Mauritius. (AFP)

Ship owner says will handle Mauritius oil spill compensation...

Mauritius declared an unprecedented environmental emergency last week as the ship began seeping oil into a protected...

15 Aug 2020 12:48 PM IST

Nurses collect the data of people about to get tested for COVID-19 at a testing center in the capital Kigali, Rwanda. (AP)

Limited testing supplies? Rwandan researchers make use of pool testing

Some experts, and even the researchers, had initially noted concerns that the complexity of the approach could deter its...

13 Aug 2020 2:38 PM IST

People scoop leaked oil from the vessel MV Wakashio, belonging to a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged, that ran aground and caused oil leakage near Blue bay Marine Park in southeast Mauritius. (AFP)

Mauritius races to contain oil spill, protect coastline

An estimated 1 ton of oil from the Japanese ship's cargo of 4 tons has already escaped into the sea, officials say

10 Aug 2020 12:40 PM IST

Bystanders look at MV Wakashio bulk carrier that had run aground and from which oil is leaking near Blue Bay Marine Park in south-east Mauritius. (AFP)

Mauritius declares emergency as stranded Japanese ship spills fuel

A military transport aircraft with pollution control equipment and a navy vessel to be sent by France for Mauritius' aid

8 Aug 2020 2:30 PM IST

People who did not respect the measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic, such as the correct wearing of masks in public places, are forced to sit and listen the prevention speeches for a few hours in Nyamirambo stadium in Kigali, Rwanda. (AFP)

You have to attend all-night lectures if you break COVID rules in...

Every evening, public health messages are blared through loudspeakers to spectators seated at least a metre apart in the...

7 Aug 2020 11:11 AM IST

A resident from the Alexandra township gets tested for COVID-19 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (AP)

South Africa sees dip in new virus cases but warns of return

More than 24,000 healthcare workers have been infected by the coronavirus in South Africa which is five percent of...

5 Aug 2020 4:25 PM IST

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), addresses a press conference about the update on COVID-19 at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. (AP)

The effects of the pandemic will be felt for decades to come: WHO

The agency also said the effects of the pandemic 'will be felt for decades to come' in an emergency WHO committee...

2 Aug 2020 12:25 PM IST

A nurse wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) is seen at Casa Serena, an Old Age home in Johannesburg. (AFP)

South Africa's COVID-19 cases surpass half a million

Confirmed coronavirus cases in Africa as a whole approached a million

2 Aug 2020 8:54 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi. (PTI)

Modi and Mauritius PM jointly inaugurate new Supreme Court building at...

'India's development partnerships reflect the development priorities of our partner nations,' Modi said while addressing...

30 July 2020 5:06 PM IST

South Africa is seen as the best-prepared of any country in sub-Saharan Africa for COVID-19, but years of rampant corruption have weakened institutions, including the health system. (Representational Image: AP)

South Africa is marred by COVID corruption

Corruption allegations are raised against South Africa's historic $26 billion economic relief package

26 July 2020 2:29 PM IST