Conflict-hit Mali agrees to 1 000 extra UN peacekeepers
Bamako – Mali has agreed to accept 1 000 UN peacekeepers from nearby Chad, following France’s move to reduce troops... Read more
18 Dec, 2021
Jacob Zuma ruling: Police, army ‘on alert’ for possible unrest, says Bheki Cele
Cape Town – South African Police Minister Bheki Cele has reportedly said that police and law enforcement agencies are... Read more
18 Dec, 2021
South Africa donates over 2 million J&J Covid-19 vaccines to other African countries
Cape Town – South Africa will be donating 2 030 400 doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines... Read more
18 Dec, 2021
Egypt reports first cases of Omicron variant
Cairo – Egypt on Saturday said it had detected its first three cases of the coronavirus Omicron variant, at the... Read more
18 Dec, 2021
Niger president calls for probe into troubled France convoy
Niamey – Niger’s president Mohamed Bazoum called on Friday for an investigation into a French military convoy heading to Mali... Read more
18 Dec, 2021
Gabon president demands probe over youth soccer coach rape claims
Libreville – Gabon’s president has asked for an investigation into allegations that a former coach for the country’s under-17 soccer... Read more
18 Dec, 2021
‘No food at home’: Central African Republic mothers desperate in restive NW
Paoua – A two-year-old boy bawls as his mother gently lays him on scales at a health centre in northwestern... Read more
18 Dec, 2021
‘I’m surprised, displeased,’ says Guinea PM as he offers rare rebuke to junta over airport renaming
Conakry – Guinea’s transitional prime minister has said he is “displeased and overwhelmed” at a decision to rename the... Read more
18 Dec, 2021
South Africa records 20 713 Covid-19 new infections, 35 deaths
Cape Town – At least 20 713 new Covid-19 cases and 35 deaths were recorded in South Africa, according... Read more
18 Dec, 2021
WATCH | Cassper Nyovest adds a R3m+ McLaren to his expensive car collection on his 31st birthday
Cape Town – South African rapper Refiloe Maele Phoolo, better known as Cassper Nyovest, threw himself an epic 31st... Read more
18 Dec, 2021
