Arrests in case of Italian ambassador murdered in DRC
Goma – Democratic Republic of Congo police said on Tuesday they had arrested suspects in the murder of the Italian... Read more
19 Jan, 2022
Hospitals in Ethiopia’s war-torn north reel from shortages, ICRC says
Nairobi – Doctors in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are recycling surgical gloves and using salt to disinfect wounds as essential medical... Read more
19 Jan, 2022
Uproar after mysterious death of 11-year-old Nigerian pupil
Abuja – Nigeria has been gripped by the mysterious death of an 11-year-old boy enrolled at a top boarding... Read more
19 Jan, 2022
Sierra Leone cancels pardon for witch doctor who murdered and dismembered a DJ
Freetown – Sierra Leone’s government has revoked a pardon for a notorious witch doctor who was sentenced to death in... Read more
19 Jan, 2022
South Africa records 3 658 new Covid-19 infections, 100 deaths
Cape Town – South Africa has recorded 3 658 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the National Department... Read more
19 Jan, 2022
Former Guinea president travels to UAE for medical treatment
Conakry – Guinea’s deposed former president has sought medical treatment in the United Arab Emirates having left the country earlier... Read more
19 Jan, 2022
At least 10 killed by floods in Madagascar capital
Antananarivo – At least 10 people have died in flash floods triggered by torrential rain that battered Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo... Read more
19 Jan, 2022
South African lions, pumas contracted Covid from zoo workers, study reveals
Johannesburg – Big cats caged in zoos are at risk from catching Covid-19 from their keepers, a study said... Read more
19 Jan, 2022
Court reverses DBE decision on matric results; Nigeria state reopens schools after mass abductions | Here are your top news headlines
Cape Town – From a high court reversing the DBE decision not to publish matric results on public platforms,... Read more
19 Jan, 2022
At least 43, including 3 infants, drown as migrant boat capsizes off Morocco
Rabat – Forty-three migrants, including three infants, died after their boat capsized off the coast of Tarfaya in southern Morocco,... Read more
18 Jan, 2022
