Strike shutters Zimbabwe’s main university
Harare – More than 100 lecturers and teaching staff picketed at Zimbabwe’s main university Tuesday to back a five-week wage... Read more
28 May
Suicide bomber behind explosion in Nigeria capital: emergency agency
Lagos – A suicide bomber is responsible for an explosion earlier this week near a military barracks in Nigerian... Read more
28 May
Zelensky set to meet Germany’s Merz in Berlin
Berlin – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to visit Germany on Wednesday for talks with Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who... Read more
28 May
Nigeria drops bill that would have made voting compulsory
Abuja – Nigeria’s National Assembly has scrapped a bill that would have made voting mandatory, a statement from the... Read more
27 May
Algeria presidential hopefuls jailed for 10 years: judicial source
Algiers – An Algerian court on Monday sentenced three former contenders for the country’s presidency to 10 years in jail... Read more
27 May
30 killed in central Nigeria attacks: local govt official
Jos – More than 30 people have been killed in separate attacks in recent days in central Nigeria, a... Read more
27 May
NZ teenager dies after taking part in rugby-inspired craze
Sydney – A teenager has died in New Zealand after taking part in a rugby-inspired craze that sees participants... Read more
27 May
Ukraine says hit by record drone salvo after Trump rebukes Putin
Kyiv – Russia fired its biggest ever drone barrage on Ukraine, authorities said Monday, just hours after Donald Trump... Read more
27 May
French surgeon says deserves no ‘leniency’ after abusing child patients
Vannes – A French surgeon who sexually abused hundreds of patients over two decades, most of them minors, said... Read more
27 May
WATCH | ‘Just joking around,’ says team Macron after face-push goes viral
Hanoi – French President Emmanuel Macron’s office on Monday downplayed an incident in which his wife appeared to push... Read more
26 May
