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Myanmar's military has detained the country's president and declared one year-state of emergency.

“The vote of the people must be respected and civilian leaders released,” Mr Johnson said.

South Africa has the largest COVID-19 tally on the continent.

Earlier in the day, Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President U Win Myint and other senior officials were...

The defence will be led by David Schoen and Bruce Castor, Trump’s office said late on Sunday.

The army said it had carried out the detentions in response to "election fraud".

Of Kenya's public debt, $34.4 billion is external and the rest is domestic, according to the apex bank

Lawyers representing the two parties reached a settlement agreement minutes before the liquidation proceedings were due to start in the...

The helicopter crashed against a hill after leaving eastern Holguin province.

Travel between France and countries outside the European Union will be banned from Sunday.

“From Friday, we’re extending our travel ban with the UAE, Burundi and Rwanda all added to the UK’s red list,”...

The new strain was registered in South Africa in October 2020.

A total of 2,990,890 people infected with COVID-19 have recovered across the continent.

The WHO mission there was delayed at least once due to visa paperwork problems.

Refinitiv was 45 per cent owned by Thomson Reuters, owner of Reuters News.

Officials took anal swabs from residents of neighbourhood's with confirmed COVID-19 cases in Beijing last week.

This batch of vaccine doses would be given to healthcare workers, an official said, adding that another 500,000 doses would...

Only 38 per cent of Pakistanis surveyed said they would take the vaccine.

All public and private schools as well as educational institutions in 27 of 28 provinces, including the capital Bangkok, are...

The data also showed that the country’s fiscal spending expanded 2.8 per cent year on year to around 24.56 trillion...

"Such inequality could result in a common threat because the pandemic will drag on and uncontrolled epicenters will remain,” Mr...

The ECOWAS Court has been operating from temporary offices in Abuja.

Japan’s vaccination process is slated to begin with medical workers, then people aged 65 or older from late March.

Mr Cressman says while plenty of efforts have been made in the past year to fight the locusts, the current...

In spite of the death penalty being on the country’s statutes, Zambia has not carried any execution since 1997.