Coronavirus Egypt reports first cases of Omicron variant Cairo – Egypt on Saturday said it had detected its first three cases of the coronavirus Omicron variant, at the... Read more 18 Dec, 2021
Countries Niger president calls for probe into troubled France convoy Niamey – Niger’s president Mohamed Bazoum called on Friday for an investigation into a French military convoy heading to Mali... Read more 18 Dec, 2021
Business Ivory Coast dockers end strike at Abidjan port Abidjan – A strike by dockers paralysed the main port in Abidjan on Friday before their union suspended the... Read more 18 Dec, 2021
Countries Gabon president demands probe over youth soccer coach rape claims Libreville – Gabon’s president has asked for an investigation into allegations that a former coach for the country’s under-17 soccer... Read more 18 Dec, 2021
Central African Republic ‘No food at home’: Central African Republic mothers desperate in restive NW Paoua – A two-year-old boy bawls as his mother gently lays him on scales at a health centre in northwestern... Read more 18 Dec, 2021
Countries ‘I’m surprised, displeased,’ says Guinea PM as he offers rare rebuke to junta over airport renaming Conakry – Guinea’s transitional prime minister has said he is “displeased and overwhelmed” at a decision to rename the... Read more 18 Dec, 2021
Countries Ex-South Africa captain Graeme Smith rejects charges of racism Johannesburg – Graeme Smith, South Africa’s director of cricket and former Test captain, has hit back through his lawyer at... Read more 18 Dec, 2021
Countries DRC jails rappers over songs criticising army, president Goma – A Democratic Republic of Congo military court on Friday jailed two rappers for 10 and two years for... Read more 18 Dec, 2021
Business Ivory Coast dockers stike paralyses Abidjan port Abidjan – A strike by dockers paralysed the port of Abidjan on Friday, the main facility through which Ivory Coast’s... Read more 17 Dec, 2021
Countries Death toll in Sudan’s Darfur tribal clashes reaches 199, medics say Khartoum – At least 199 people have been killed in Sudan’s restive Darfur in tribal clashes over the past two... Read more 17 Dec, 2021