Basra Children’s Hospital, which specialises in cancer treatment, has cut admissions by half since May due to the novel coronavirus, its director said. Ali Abulhussein al-Idani said the hospital is battling to keep children safe from infection with a new isolation ward and testing of staff. Al-Idani said that since June, five children were diagnosed […]

Basra Children’s Hospital, which specialises in cancer treatment, has cut admissions by half since May due to the novel coronavirus, its director said. Ali Abulhussein al-Idani said the hospital is battling to keep children safe from infection with a new isolation ward and testing of staff. Al-Idani said that since June, five children were diagnosed […]

Somalia’s army chief, General Odowa Yusuf Rage, on Monday survived a suicide bomb attack that was claimed by the Al-Shabaab jihadist group, military sources said. A civilian died and half a dozen other people were wounded in the attack on his motorcade in the capital Mogadishu, one said. “The terrorist, driving a Toyota Surf Land […]

The son of Mali’s embattled President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, a target of popular anger in the fragile West African state, resigned as chair of the parliament’s defence committee on Monday. Karim Keita left the role as the government faces a growing protest movement, sparked by the outcome of parliamentary elections in March and April, but […]

Argentina is trying to solve a medical mystery after 57 sailors were infected with the coronavirus after 35 days at sea, despite the entire crew testing negative before leaving port. The Echizen Maru fishing trawler returned to port after some of its crew began exhibiting symptoms typical of COVID-19, the health ministry for the southern […]