Africa
Ghana kicks off coronavirus vaccination campaign with Covax shots
Ghana launched its coronavirus vaccination drive on Tuesday after receiving 600,000 AstraZeneca doses from the global Covax vaccine-sharing scheme ...
All abducted Nigerian schoolgirls freed by kidnappers
Gunmen have freed all 279 girls kidnapped from a boarding school in northwest Nigeria, as one of the victims told Reuters how their abductors had ...
Nigeria begins registering residents for Covid-19 ...
Kidnappers release schoolgirls abducted in ...
Zimbabwe Vice-President Kembo Mohadi resigns after misconduct allegations
Zimbabwean Vice-President Kembo Mohadi resigned on Monday after local media reported that he had engaged in improper ...
Zimbabwe co-vice-president steps down amid sex scandal
Zimbabwe’s co-vice-president Kembo Mohadi has resigned under pressure from a sex scandal, in which he accused his ...
Zimbabwe's economy cautiously opens up, but land borders remain closed
Zimbabwe’s land borders will remain closed, despite President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday effectively opening up the ...
Ivory Coast to launch first vaccination drive with COVAX shots
People began to queue early as the Ivory Coast prepared to become the first country to launch a Covid-19 inoculation ...
Nigeria to take delivery of 3.92-million doses of Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday
Nigeria expects to take delivery of 3.92 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday, the third West African ...
Families wait as Nigerian security forces search for 300 abducted girls
Relatives of more than 300 girls abducted by gunmen from their boarding school in northwest Nigeria endured an ...
Nigerian schoolboys freed as forces search for 300 abducted girls
Gunmen in Nigeria on Saturday released 27 teenage boys who were kidnapped from their school last week in the ...
US calls on African Union to exert pressure over worsening crisis in Ethiopia's Tigray
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday called on the AU to help address a deepening crisis in Ethiopiaas he ...
Tunisia's main party holds huge rally as government row grows
Tunisia's biggest political party assembled an immense crowd of supporters in the capital on Saturday in a show of ...
Zimbabwe may consider mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the country may consider mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations following ...
School children abducted in Nigeria's Niger state released, governor says
Gunmen on Saturday released 42 people, including 27 students, who were kidnapped from a boarding school last week in ...
Legendary Bay barber hangs up his scissors
This week, after 51 years in business, Varfis, who immigrated from Greece in 1970 and opened the all popular Terry’s ...
Modular 100-bed ward a shot in the arm for Cecilia Makiwane
Cecilia Makiwane hospital in Mdantsane received much-needed relief on Thursday when acting Eastern Cape health MEC ...
Eastern Cape girl, 5, grieves over slain mom
A five-year-old child believes her mom was killed by a bad guy — she just does not understand yet that the alleged ...
Bay council to debate job status of corruption-accused infrastructure boss
Shaidi was one of nine people who allegedly colluded in Integrated Public Transport System tender corruption totalling ...
Basic rights in Africa under threat from ‘digital authoritarianism’
From internet shutdowns and online surveillance to social media taxes and arrests for antigovernment posts, “digital authoritarianism” is a threat to basic freedoms and ...