Africa
Tanzania Unveils COVID-19 Restrictions, Citing Fear Of Variants
A file photo of the Tanzanian national flag. Tanzania has announced new measures to control the spread of coronavirus in a departure from the approach taken by its late
Chad’s New Junta Names Transition Government
File photo: The son of the late Chadian president Idriss Deby, general Mahamat Idriss Deby (R), attend the state funeral for the late Chadian president Idriss Deby in N’Djamena on
16 Soldiers Killed, One Missing In Niger Republic Ambush
File photo of Niger Republic map. Sixteen Niger soldiers have been killed and another is missing after an ambush against a patrol in the Tahoua region near the Mali
Burundi President Sacks Commerce Minister Amid Fund Embezzlement Claims
File photo of Ndabaneze Immaculée. Twitter@MinCommerce Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye has sacked his commerce minister because she risked “compromising the country’s economy,” as sources in the ruling regime alleged
Kenya Eases Some Restrictions But Protests Still Banned
File: Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta gives a speech at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC on February 5, 2020.Eric BARADAT / AFP. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta lifted and
Late Zulu King’s Widow Dies Less Than Two Months After Husband’s Demise
The late Queen Shiyiwe Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu. The regent of the Zulu nation and wife of South Africa’s recently deceased Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini died unexpectedly on Thursday, the
‘Act Now’: Africa Medics Warn Of India-Like COVID-19 Surge
File photo: A man sprays commuters with hand sanitiser as a preventive measures at Wanderers taxi rank in Johannesburg CBD, on March 18, 2020. Michele Spatari / AFP. Africa
Algeria Detains Leading Opposition Figure
(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 2, 2020 Karim Tabbou, one of the most prominent figure of “Hirak”, is greeted upon his release from prison outside the Kolea
Malawi Scraps ‘Unconstitutional’ Death Penalty
A file photo of a court gavel. Malawi’s highest court on Wednesday outlawed the death penalty and ordered the re-sentencing of all convicts facing execution. Capital
Ivory Coast Sounds Alarm Over Plunging Elephant Population
In this file photograph taken on January 10, 2018, a herd of elephants feed around the waterhole at Pendjari National Park near Tanguieta in Benin. Searches are continuing to locate
