Countries

Somalia registers record 39 candidates for presidential vote

Mogadishu – Somalia has registered a record 39 candidates for the presidential elections on May 15, a parliamentary committee... Read more

11 May, 2022

Business

Senegal launches aid programme as global economic crisis hits

Dakar – President Macky Sall on Tuesday announced “emergency” cash transfers to more than half a million Senegalese households... Read more

11 May, 2022

Countries

Lawmakers in post-coup Mali look at election bill

Bamako – Lawmakers named by Mali’s military junta have begun consultations on an election bill, an official said on... Read more

11 May, 2022

Burkina Faso

Burkina orders Compaore to pay damages over Sankara killings

Ouagadougou – A court in Burkina Faso on Tuesday ordered ex-president Blaise Compaore and nine others to pay more... Read more

11 May, 2022

Countries

WATCH | Off-duty cop grabs taxi driver who tried to run away from metro police

Cape Town – A video in which an off-duty police officer is seen getting out of a white Mercedes-Benz... Read more

11 May, 2022

World

Al Jazeera journalist killed by Israeli forces in West Bank

Jenin – Veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh was shot dead by Israeli troops on Wednesday as she covered... Read more

11 May, 2022

Coronavirus

WHO says China’s zero-Covid strategy unsustainable

Geneva – China’s flagship zero-Covid strategy to defeat the pandemic is unsustainable, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, adding... Read more

11 May, 2022

World

Tokyo to recognise same-sex partnerships from November

Tokyo – Tokyo will begin recognising same-sex partnerships from November after revising current rules, officials said Wednesday, becoming the... Read more

11 May, 2022

Technology

Elon Musk says he would lift Twitter ban on Trump

San Francisco – Elon Musk on said on Tuesday that as owner of Twitter he would lift the ban... Read more

11 May, 2022

Countries

Ex-Joburg mayor Mpho Moerane fighting for his life in hospital after car crash

Cape Town – Former Johannesburg mayor Mpho Moerane is fighting for his life in hospital after being involved in... Read more

10 May, 2022