Anerood Jugnauth, former Mauritius leader, dead at 91
Port Louis (Mauritius) (AFP) – The former prime minister of Mauritius, Anerood Jugnauth, who is credited with steering the... Read more
4 Jun, 2021
11 dead in fresh violence in eastern DR Congo
Bunia (DR Congo) (AFP) – At least 11 people were killed by an armed group in eastern DR Congo,... Read more
3 Jun, 2021
MSF warns of humanitarian crisis in northwest Nigeria
Abuja (AFP) – Rising violence in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state is stoking a humanitarian crisis, Doctors Without Borders (MSF)... Read more
3 Jun, 2021
More than two billion Covid vaccines given: AFP
Paris (AFP) – More than two billion Covid-19 vaccines have been given across the world, according to an AFP... Read more
3 Jun, 2021
Nigeria state in talks to free 136 abducted children
Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) – A Nigerian state government said it was negotiating with gunmen who seized 136 children from... Read more
3 Jun, 2021
Papers reveal UK royals' ban on 'coloured' office staff: report
London (AFP) – Senior aides to Queen Elizabeth II barred the hiring of “coloured immigrants or foreigners” in office... Read more
3 Jun, 2021
Ivory Coast in talks over Gbagbo return
Abidjan (AFP) – Ivory Coast’s government was to meet with the party of former president Laurent Gbagbo on Wednesday... Read more
2 Jun, 2021
Polisario leader leaves Spain, flies to Algeria
Madrid (AFP) – The leader of Western Sahara’s independence movement, whose presence at a Spanish hospital sparked a diplomatic... Read more
2 Jun, 2021
Families appeal for aid freeing kidnapped Nigerian school kids
Tegina (Nigeria) (AFP) – Relatives of scores of schoolchildren kidnapped by gunmen from an Islamic seminary over the weekend... Read more
2 Jun, 2021
Ancient traditional healing rituals go digital in virus-hit S.Africa
Johannesburg (AFP) – Incense burned gently in the corner of a sunlit room as South African traditional healer Makhosi... Read more
2 Jun, 2021
