KHARTOUM— Sudan’s civilian Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok resigned Sunday, more than two months after a coup and following another deadly crackdown on protesters, with the military now firmly incontrol. Sudan had been undergoing a fragile journey towar...
ABUJA— Nigerian police rescued 21 children abducted on Friday night by bandits while being taken to an Almajiri school in Zamfara State.The bandits were said to have blocked the Gusau-Funtua federal highway in Tsafe Local Government Area in the state a...
NAIROBI— Six people have been killed and homes torched in an attack Monday by suspected Al-Shabaab militants in Kenya’s coastal Lamu region that borders Somalia, a local government official said. “I confirm that we had an attack suspected to be by Al-...
Kenyan authorities say they are pursuing suspected al-Shabab terrorists who killed six people early Monday in Lamu County, on the border with Somalia.Kenya’s Lamu County Commissioner Irungu Macharia says suspected al-Shabab militants attacked and kille...
A community health service in Africa's largest urban slum is helping poor people get affordable emergency services during the COVID pandemic.The Kibera community emergency response team in Nairobi is offering a $1 monthly fee for access to emergency se...
Officials in Botswana on Monday announced President Mokgweetsi Masisi is isolating at his official residence after testing positive for the coronavirus.Botswana government spokesperson John Dipowe said Masisi received the result after routine testing."...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) will open two more sluice gates this morning at the Vaal Dam. This implies a total of four gates will be open. This decision has been taken as the DWS continues to monitor the high inflows impacting on the I...
President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Tuesday, 4 January 2022, receive the first part of the report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture from the Commission’s Chairperson, Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo.The Commission...
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...
