Slain Tanzania gunman was ‘terrorist’, police say
Dar es Salaam – The gunman who killed four people in Tanzania’s financial capital Dar es Salaam last week... Read more
2 Sep, 2021
Egypt plans to make 1 billion Sinovac vaccines a year
Cairo – Egypt said on Wednesday it plans to manufacture one billion doses a year of China’s Sinovac vaccine, claiming... Read more
2 Sep, 2021
Catholic priest abducted in anglophone Cameroon is freed ‘without ransom’
Yaounde – A Catholic priest who was kidnapped by separatists last weekend in Cameroon’s troubled anglophone region has been released,... Read more
2 Sep, 2021
Singer Akon’s $6bn futuristic Senegalese city unstarted, locals left in dark
Mbodiene – A year after singer Akon laid the first stone of the $6 billion futuristic city he vowed... Read more
2 Sep, 2021
Egypt signs Med-Red Sea high-speed rail link deal
Cairo – Egypt signed a $4.45-billion contract on Wednesday with a consortium including Siemens to construct a high-speed electric... Read more
2 Sep, 2021
Two NGO staff arrested, activist says, as South Sudan crackdown deepens
Juba – Two employees of a South Sudan pro-democracy group were arrested on Wednesday, the non-profit’s chief said, warning of... Read more
2 Sep, 2021
Suspected jihadists kill 4 people, burn up to 14 vehicles in northeast DRC
Bunia – Suspected jihadists killed four people and burnt up to 14 vehicles of a convoy under military escort... Read more
2 Sep, 2021
Amnesty demands Tunisia probe ‘refugee’s forced Algeria return’
Tunis – Rights group Amnesty International on Wednesday called on Tunisia to investigate the “extremely serious” return to Algeria... Read more
2 Sep, 2021
Popular Rwandan rapper Jay Polly dies in custody
Kigali – A popular Rwandan rapper known as Jay Polly died in custody early on Thursday, officials and media reports... Read more
2 Sep, 2021
Ivorian TV host punished over ‘rape demonstration’ as anger rages unabated
Abidjan – Outrage persisted on Wednesday in Ivory Coast two days after a TV host laughingly encouraged a convicted rapist... Read more
2 Sep, 2021
