Africa sets sights on innovative mRNA jab to help meet vaccine gap
Cape Town – South African biotech consortium is working on a messenger RNA jab based on the Moderna formula in... Read more
12 Oct, 2021
‘End campaign against critical voices,’ Amnesty tells Chad junta
Libreville – Amnesty International on Monday called on Chad’s ruling junta to “end this campaign of intimidation against critical voices”... Read more
12 Oct, 2021
Libya lawmakers back $10k family grant ahead of polls
Tripoli – Libya’s eastern-based parliament on Monday approved grants of around $10 000 for each family after its rival,... Read more
12 Oct, 2021
Two soldiers killed by homemade bomb in Burkina Faso’s southeast
Ouagadougou – Two soldiers were killed when their motorcycles ran over a homemade bomb in southeast Burkina Faso on Monday,... Read more
12 Oct, 2021
UN recalls Ethiopia migration head over Tigray war remarks
Addis Ababa – The United Nation’s migration agency has put its Ethiopia chief on administrative leave, citing “unauthorised interviews”... Read more
12 Oct, 2021
SAA staff on strike over unfair working conditions, three weeks after flights resume
Johannesburg – Union members picketed South Africa’s recently resuscitated national airline on Tuesday, complaining about working conditions less than... Read more
12 Oct, 2021
Two men arrested for killing protected elephants in Liberia
Monrovia – Two men have been arrested for killing two protected elephants in northern Liberia, the head of a... Read more
12 Oct, 2021
Cyril Ramaphosa wants Mpumalanga MEC Mandla Msibi to ‘step aside after murder charges’
Cape Town – President Cyril Ramaphosa has reportedly called on Mpumalanga Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs MEC... Read more
12 Oct, 2021
Kidnapped 6 women, 9 children escape jihadist captors in Nigeria
Kano – Six women and nine children kidnapped by jihadists from Christian communities in Nigeria’s northeast have escaped their captors,... Read more
12 Oct, 2021
Egypt arrests 3 over thousands of dumped Covid jabs
Cairo – Egyptian authorities arrested three people accused of dumping thousands of unused Covid-19 vaccine jabs found last week in... Read more
12 Oct, 2021
