World Boris Johnson orders Christmas party probe as aide quits London – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised and his adviser resigned on Wednesday after a video emerged of... Read more 9 Dec, 2021
Business Zambia arrests former ministers for alleged graft Lusaka – Zambian graft investigators said on Tuesday they had arrested and charged the ex-foreign affairs minister and the former... Read more 8 Dec, 2021
Politics Gambia’s Barrow vows term limits, reform as part of ‘legacy’ Banjul – Gambia’s newly re-elected President Adama Barrow pledged on Tuesday to introduce a presidential term limit before the end... Read more 8 Dec, 2021
World Tokyo to recognise same-sex partnership, says governor Tokyo – Tokyo will move to recognise same-sex partnerships, its governor said, becoming the largest city in Japan to... Read more 8 Dec, 2021
Coronavirus WATCH | British PM under fire over video of staff joking about lockdown party London – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under fire on Wednesday after a video emerged of his senior aides... Read more 8 Dec, 2021
Agriculture South Africa MPs reject controversial land expropriation bill Cape Town – A bid to allow South Africa’s government to expropriate land without compensation as a way to... Read more 8 Dec, 2021
Politics Top ex-aide to DRC president freed on health grounds Kinshasa – An appeals court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday ordered the release of a former top... Read more 7 Dec, 2021
Politics Benin court sentences opposition leader to 10 years Porto-Novo – A special court in Benin on Tuesday sentenced one of the country’s opposition figures, Joel Aivo, to... Read more 7 Dec, 2021
Countries Jacob Zuma’s son Duduzane says he wants to help South Africa move forward Cape Town – Former president Jacob Zuma’s son and controversial businessman Duduzane Zuma has reportedly admitted that he is... Read more 7 Dec, 2021
Business Libya central banks to reunite after 7-year split Tripoli – Libya’s rival central banks said on Monday they had reached a reunification deal, seven years after they divided... Read more 7 Dec, 2021