News At least 43 missing off Tunisia after migrant boat sinks At least 43 people are missing off the southeastern coast of Tunisia after a boat carrying more than 120... Read more 3 Jul, 2021
News Suicide bomber kills 4, wounds 8 in Mogadishu At least four people were killed and eight others wounded in a suicide attack on a café in the... Read more 3 Jul, 2021
News Ex-ICC prisoner Laurent Gbagbo in DRC for former jail-mate’s bash Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo has flown into the Democratic Republic of Congo to attend a wedding bash... Read more 3 Jul, 2021
News Madagascar accused of smearing journalist for famine expose Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Thursday denounced a “smear campaign” by the authorities in Madagascar against a journalist who... Read more 3 Jul, 2021
Coronavirus South Africa hits record 24 000 daily Covid-19 cases as controls tightened South Africa has recorded a record tally of new Covid-19 infections, with more than 24 000 cases in the... Read more 3 Jul, 2021
Coronavirus Sierra Leone declares curfew amid third virus wave Sierra Leon President Julius Maada Bio has announced a raft of anti-coronavirus measures, including a nationwide curfew and a... Read more 3 Jul, 2021
News Jacob Zuma mounts last-ditch legal fight against jail term South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma has mounted a last-ditch legal bid to avoid prison after the country’s top court... Read more 2 Jul, 2021
News South Africans camp outside Jacob Zuma’s home in show of support Jacob Zuma supporters gathered outside his rural home on Friday in a show of solidarity as the ex-South African... Read more 2 Jul, 2021
News Nigerian separatist leader Sunday Igboho on the run after gun battle Sunday Igboho, a Nigerian separatist activist known for stocking ethnic tensions is on the run after a police raid... Read more 2 Jul, 2021
Business Soaring food prices: Families struggle to survive in Nigeria Soaring food prices are having dramatic consequences in Nigeria as many families are being pushed into poverty, with some... Read more 2 Jul, 2021