Countries

Senior Ennahdha party official held in Tunisia, says lawyer

Tunis – Plainclothes officers in Tunisia’s capital on Friday arrested a senior official of the Ennahdha party which played a... Read more

31 Dec, 2021

Countries

Mali junta moots five-year transition to civilian rule

Bamako – Mali’s military-dominated government on Thursday suggested that the poor Sahel country might take five years to return to... Read more

31 Dec, 2021

Countries

Mauritania’s detained ex-president hospitalised, a lawyer says

Nouakchott – Mauritania’s former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, detained since mid-2021 over suspicions of corruption, has been admitted to... Read more

31 Dec, 2021

Countries

Libya PM back after election postponed

Tripoli – Libya’s interim prime minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah led a cabinet meeting on Thursday, marking his return to the post... Read more

31 Dec, 2021

Countries

Desmond Tutu’s body lies in state for second day at St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town

Cape Town – The body of Archbishop Desmond Tutu lay in state on Friday for a second day, giving South... Read more

31 Dec, 2021

Business

Malawi lands minister arrested on corruption charges

Lilongwe – Malawi’s land minister on Thursday was arrested on suspicion of taking bribes from a businessman to influence a... Read more

31 Dec, 2021

Countries

‘Rainbow Nation’ South Africa bids goodbye to much-loved Desmond Tutu

Cape Town – Liz Cowan, a 65-year-old white social worker, grew up in apartheid South Africa being told that... Read more

30 Dec, 2021

Countries

Sudan forces seal Khartoum ahead of new anti-coup rally

Khartoum – Sudanese security forces stepped up surveillance of Khartoum’s streets on Thursday and sealed the capital from its suburbs,... Read more

30 Dec, 2021

Countries

WATCH | Desmond Tutu’s body lies in state at St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town

Cape Town – The body of Archbishop Desmond Tutu was carried on Thursday into a historic cathedral where he... Read more

30 Dec, 2021

Countries

Libya orders arrest of second minister over alleged graft

Tripoli – Libyan prosecutors ordered the culture minister detained on Wednesday as part of an investigation into alleged graft of... Read more

30 Dec, 2021