Home Record numbers flee jihadist attacks in Burkina Faso Ouagadougou – Record numbers of people in Burkina Faso have become internally displaced or fled abroad as a result... Read more 24 Jul, 2021
Sport Lions’ criticism of TMO ‘blatant intimidation’ – former Test ref Johannesburg – A former South African Test referee said on Friday that British and Irish Lions’ criticism of local... Read more 24 Jul, 2021
Sport Beating Lions ‘bigger challenge’ than winning World Cup, says Mallett Cape Town – Winning a series against the Lions will be a bigger achievement for the Springboks than their... Read more 23 Jul, 2021
Coronavirus Tunisia PM blasts ‘mess’ after sacking health minister Tunis – Tunisia’s government stumbled deeper into crisis on Wednesday over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, after premier... Read more 21 Jul, 2021
Coronavirus Pfizer, BioNTech to produce Covid-19 vaccine in South Africa Frankfurt – Covid-19 vaccine makers BioNTech and Pfizer on Wednesday said they had found a South African partner to... Read more 21 Jul, 2021
Sport Japan police find Ugandan weightlifter who went missing from Olympic camp Tokyo – A Ugandan weightlifter has been found four days after he disappeared from an Olympic training camp in... Read more 20 Jul, 2021
Politics Mali interim leader ‘safe’ after attempted knife attack in a mosque Bamako – Mali’s interim president Colonel Assimi Goita was “safe and sound”, his office said, after an assassination attempt... Read more 20 Jul, 2021
Business Crisis-hit Libya faces lean Eid as livestock prices spiral Benghazi – Muslims in war-scarred Libya mark Eid al-Adha from Tuesday, but few will be able to afford the... Read more 19 Jul, 2021
Technology At least 50 000 phone numbers worldwide on list linked to Israeli spyware Washington – An Israeli firm accused of supplying spyware to governments has been linked to a list of tens... Read more 19 Jul, 2021
Politics Ethiopia’s Tigray war spills into neighbouring regions Addis Ababa – Rebels in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray have carried out operations against pro-government troops in neighbouring Afar region,... Read more 18 Jul, 2021