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Tunisia president names Najla Bouden as country’s first female PM

Tunis – Tunisia’s president on Wednesday named geologist Najla Bouden as the country’s first ever female prime minister-designate, two months... Read more

29 Sep, 2021

WHO chief sorry for sex abuse by Ebola workers in DRC

Geneva – World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus apologised on Tuesday on what he called a “dark day”... Read more

29 Sep, 2021

Algeria returns 40 Moroccan migrants via shuttered land border – NGO

Rabat – Algeria on Tuesday repatriated at least 40 Moroccan migrants across a long-shuttered land border crossing opened exceptionally for... Read more

29 Sep, 2021

Malawi fines India’s Airtel for frauding customers

Lilongwe – Malawian regulators on Wednesday fined the local unit of India’s Bharti Airtel the equivalent of around $2.6 million... Read more

29 Sep, 2021

$10m Covid fund fraud: Cyril Ramaphosa urged to take ‘executive action’ against Zweli Mkhize

Johannesburg – South African investigators on Wednesday called for a former health minister Zweli Mkhize to be punished and a... Read more

29 Sep, 2021

Five Sudan officers killed targeting ISIS cell, security officials say

Khartoum – Five Sudanese counterterrorism officers were killed on Tuesday during a raid in Khartoum targeting “a cell linked... Read more

29 Sep, 2021

State Capture Inquiry: Zondo given another extension to complete commission’s work

Cape Town – The High Court in Pretoria has granted the state capture a fifth extension, giving the team... Read more

29 Sep, 2021

Nigerian police disperse Shiite procession, arrest dozens

Abuja – Nigerian police said on Tuesday they had arrested dozens of Shiite Muslim followers of an outlawed group... Read more

29 Sep, 2021

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Jacob Zuma’s daughter renames ANC to ‘Apartheid National Congress’

Cape Town – Former President Jacob Zuma’s daughter Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla caused a stir over the weekend after she renamed... Read more

29 Sep, 2021

Witchhunt murders surge in troubled DRC province

Bukavu – Murders of women accused of witchcraft are surging in a troubled eastern province of the Democratic Republic of... Read more

29 Sep, 2021