Morocco businessman jailed over 29 deaths in factory flood
Rabat – The owner of a Moroccan textiles workshop where 29 workers drowned, most of them women, in a flood... Read more
10 Dec, 2021
Ghana introduces new travel guidelines… requires proof of vaccination against Covid-19 for travellers
Accra – Public health authorities in Ghana have introduced new travel guidelines requiring visitors to show proof of vaccination against... Read more
10 Dec, 2021
Covid-19: South Africa records 22 391 new infections, 22 deaths
Cape Town – South Africa continued to see a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases, with 22 391 new infections... Read more
10 Dec, 2021
One dead, 18 hurt in fire at HQ of Tunisia’s Ennahdha party
Tunis – One person died and 18 others were injured, including two leading figures from Tunisia’s Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party... Read more
10 Dec, 2021
Zambia ex-postal chief charged with plundering UK-backed social fund
Lusaka – Zambian investigators on Thursday arrested the ex-head of postal services and two former directors for allegedly diverting... Read more
10 Dec, 2021
Russia to send virus specialists to South Africa to establish Covid-19 lab
Moscow – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia will dispatch virus specialists to South Africa to establish a... Read more
10 Dec, 2021
SA extends national state of disaster; Nigerian state restricts food aid | Here are your top news headlines
Cape Town – From the South African government extending the national state of disaster by another month; to the... Read more
10 Dec, 2021
Inside the South African lab that discovered Omicron
Johannesburg – Access to the laboratory is strictly limited, for the risk of accidental infection is just too high.... Read more
9 Dec, 2021
Nigerian state restricts food aid despite crisis
Abuja – The governor of northeast Nigeria’s Borno state has banned food and aid distributions to tens of thousands... Read more
9 Dec, 2021
Omicron spreading in Africa but data suggests ‘less severe’, says WHO
Brazzaville – Cases of coronavirus in Africa nearly doubled over a week as Omicron spread, but hospitalisations in South... Read more
9 Dec, 2021
