Countries Nigeria rescues nearly 200 kidnap victims in northwest Lagos – Nigerian security forces have rescued nearly 200 kidnap victims during raids on camps of criminal gangs in dense... Read more 8 Oct, 2021
Countries Oil cleanup in southern Nigeria still a ‘long way’ from target Abuja – A much-touted cleanup of oil pollution in southern Nigeria has yet to start in parts of the hotspot... Read more 8 Oct, 2021
Arts and Leisure ‘Whenever I had time off, I just drank,’ Siya Kolisi reveals in his new book Cape Town – Springbok captain Siya Kolisi, has opened up about how his drinking habit nearly destroyed him. Siya... Read more 8 Oct, 2021
Coronavirus UK to recognise SA’s vaccine certificate as it removes it from its red list Cape Town – The Minister of Health Joe Phaahla has welcomed the removal of South Africa from the United... Read more 8 Oct, 2021
Coronavirus Now ready for use! SA officially launches its digital Covid-19 vaccine certificate Cape Town – South Africa has, on Friday, October 8, officially launched its first phase of the digital Covid-19... Read more 8 Oct, 2021
Countries Medical supply shortages fuel deaths in Tigray, UN says Addis Ababa – Medical supply shortages are having fatal consequences in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region, with patients succumbing to... Read more 8 Oct, 2021
Business Nigeria’s Buhari presents $39.8bn 2022 budget to lawmakers Abuja – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday presented lawmakers with his government’s 2022 budget proposal of 16.39 trillion naira... Read more 8 Oct, 2021
Countries Gunmen kill 24 people in northern Nigeria Kano – Gunmen raided two villages in northwest Nigeria killing 24 people, police and residents said on Thursday, in the... Read more 7 Oct, 2021
Countries SA’s moral compass: Ramaphosa, Biden wish Tutu a happy 90th birthday Cape Town – Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s anti-apartheid icon, Nobel peace laureate and a man dubbed the “moral compass of... Read more 7 Oct, 2021
Countries Abiy replaces defence, peace ministers in new Ethiopia cabinet Addis Ababa – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday appointed the former head of war-hit Tigray’s interim administration as... Read more 7 Oct, 2021