Death toll from Kenya bus accident rises to 31
Nairobi – Divers recovered seven more bodies on Sunday from a bus that was swept off a bridge by a... Read more
6 Dec, 2021
Top Kabila ally ousted from DRC mining firm; South Africans protest against Shell | Here are your top news headlines
Cape Town – From former president Joseph Kabila’s ally being ousted from a DRC mining firm; to protesters gathering... Read more
6 Dec, 2021
Protesters hit South Africa beaches to oppose Shell’s oil exploration
Cape Town – Hundreds of environmentalist demonstrators gathered on South African beaches on Sunday to protest against oil and gas... Read more
5 Dec, 2021
Senegal detects first case of Omicron variant
Dakar – A first case of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has been reported in Senegal, in a visitor who... Read more
5 Dec, 2021
Suspected jihadists fire rockets at Nigerian city
Kano – Suspected jihadists fired two rockets at the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday, hitting two homes... Read more
5 Dec, 2021
Senegal transport workers end strike
Dakar – Senegalese transport unions ended a strike overnight from Friday to Saturday that had paralysed capital Dakar and... Read more
5 Dec, 2021
Top Kabila ally ousted from DRC mining firm
Kinshasa – Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi on Saturday named a new head of state mining company Gecamines,... Read more
5 Dec, 2021
More than 20 drown as bus swept into flooded river in Kenya
Nairobi – More than 20 people drowned on Saturday when a bus travelling to a wedding in Kenya was... Read more
5 Dec, 2021
SA’s Covid cases top 3 million; Gambians head to the polls | Here are your top news headlines
Cape Town – From Covid-19 infections in South Africa soaring to three million; to Gambians voting in the first... Read more
5 Dec, 2021
Covid-19: South Africa is officially in fourth wave
Cape Town – South Africa has officially entered the fourth wave of Covid-19, the National Department of Health said... Read more
4 Dec, 2021
