Foreign
South African Govt boosts spending on vaccination programme
The South African Government says more than 10 billion rand (0.68 billion dollars) will be set aside to procure vaccine in an effort to eradicate the Coronavirus in the next
Niger’s Mohamed Bazoum steps out of the wings
Mohamed Bazoum Mohamed Bazoum, named the winner of Niger’s presidential election, worked for years as the right-hand man of outgoing president Mahamadou Issoufou, often doing tough or tedious jobs that
London’s Heathrow airport dives into £2bn annual loss
Heathrow Airport London’s Heathrow airport dived into a net loss of £2.0 billion last year, a result that “underlines the devastating impact of Covid-19 on aviation”, it said Wednesday. The
Senegal must ready for ‘battle’ with jihadists, says president
Senegal President Macky Sall Senegal’s President Macky Sall said Tuesday that his native country and neighbouring West African states must “prepare to do battle” to stop jihadist expansion beyond the
South Africa’s Zuma arms deal corruption case to be heard in May
Jacob Zuma South Africa’s scandal-tainted former president Jacob Zuma and French arms giant Thales, accused of graft in a case going back more than two decades, will go on trial in
Niger opposition leader, Ousmane, claims election win despite official results
Mahamane Ousmane Opposition leader Mahamane Ousmane on Wednesday claimed he narrowly won Niger’s presidential elections, a day after official results said he lost by more than 11 percentage points. “The
Guinea launches Ebola vaccination campaign
Guinea launched an Ebola vaccination campaign on Tuesday after a fresh outbreak of the deadly disease struck the country this month, with officials hoping to eradicate the virus in six
Chairman of Japan automaker Suzuki to step down
Suzuki’s chairman Osamu Suzuki will retire after more than four decades at the helm of the Japanese carmaker, the company said Wednesday. The 91-year-old, who married into the firm’s founding
Defying court order, Malaysia deports more than 1,000 Myanmar nationals
Malaysia sent more than 1,000 Myanmar nationals back to their strife-torn homeland on Tuesday despite a court order to halt the deportation, a move rights groups said could endanger the
Two Mali soldiers killed in ambush
Two Malian soldiers were killed Tuesday in an ambush in a central region regularly hit by jihadist attacks, security sources and a local official said. The ambush targeted an army
