JOHANNESBURG— A booster of US coronavirus vaccine Johnson & Johnson was 85 percent effective in preventing serious illness in areas where Omicron was dominant, a South African trial study indicated. The South African Medical Research Council conducte...
PRETORIA— South Africa has lifted a midnight to 4am curfew on people’s movement with immediate effect, believing the country has passed the peak of its fourth COVID-19 wave driven by the Omicron variant, a government statement said.The country made the...
KHARTOUM— At least three people were killed in demonstrations in Sudan’s Omdurman city on Thursday, said the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD), a non-governmental organization.“Three people died in the processions in Omdurman by the bullets ...
BAMAKO— Eight soldiers have been killed and seven others were injured when their patrol was ambushed by a suspected armed group in western Mali, the army said in a statement.The attack occurred late in the afternoon on Wednesday near the town of Nara, ...
Islamist militant attacks increased this past year in the Sahel region, leading to political instability that saw a coup in Mali, an attempted coup in Niger, and calls for Burkina Faso's president to resign. Burkina Faso experienced the deadliest terro...
My Fellow South Africans, This is a special time of year for us all. It is a time for family and for enjoying quality time with those we love. For many of us, this is also a time to look back at the year we have been through – it is time to reflect on ...
“We welcome the end of the curfew, but President Ramaphosa needs to go a step further and end the National State of Disaster”I welcome the announcement by the National Government yesterday evening that the curfew will be terminated ahead of New Year’s ...
South Africans took their last opportunity to pay their respects to Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Friday, the eve of the revered anti-apartheid fighter’s funeral.Since Thursday, nearly 3,000 mourners have filed through Cape Town's St. George's Cathedral b...
WINDHOEK: The 66th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution was celebrated in Namibia, where President Nangolo Mbumba called for an end to U.S. sanctions against Cuba. In a congratulatory message to Cuban President Diaz-Canel Bermudez, Mbumba highlighted t...
NCAMAGORO: A 17-year-old boy, Shinkanda Batista, was stabbed to death at a family gathering in Ncamagoro village early Wednesday morning. The incident occurred when a group attempted to enter a private party, resulting in a confrontation that turned f...
MAPUTO: The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has called for restraint and peaceful dialogue in Mozambique following a surge of violence after the December 2024 election results. Samia Suluhu Hassan, the Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Po...
