Cape Town – From Burkina Faso’s new military strongman being declared president; to the WHO saying the Covid-19 pandemic’s acute phase could end by midyear… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Pandemic’s ‘acute phase’ could end by midyear, says WHO
The head of the World Health Organisation said on Friday the acute phase of the pandemic could end this year, if around 70% of the world gets vaccinated. Read more…
Burkina Faso junta chief declared president
Burkina Faso’s new military strongman, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, has been declared president by the country’s top constitutional body after a coup last month, legal sources said on Thursday. Read more…
WATCH | Cyril Ramaphosa extends R350 social relief grant to March 2023
President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended the R350-per-month Social Relief Distress (SRD) grant for another year, until March 2023. Read more…
Libya parliament names rival PM in challenge to unity govt
Libya faced the challenge of two prime ministers on Thursday after parliament named a rival to the existing unity government’s chief Abdulhamid Dbeibah, hours after his convoy was targeted in a drive-by shooting. Read more…
Sudanese return to streets rallying against military coup
Thousands of Sudanese took to the streets on Thursday in the latest mass rally protesting against last year’s military coup that upended a transition to civilian rule, witnesses said. Read more…
Libya confirms drive-by shooting on PM’s convoy
Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah’s convoy was targeted in a drive-by shooting in the capital Tripoli, with no injuries reported, the interior ministry said on Thursday. Read more…
SEE: Two sustain minor injuries after light aircraft crashes in Table Mountain National Park
Two people, who were on a light aircraft that crashed along Link Road in the Cape Point section of Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town on Thursday, were taken to hospital after sustaining minor injuries. Read more…
Woman, 21, gang-raped by group of 10 men, including her boyfriend… 7 still at large
A 21-year-old Free State woman was allegedly gang-raped by a group of ten men, including her boyfriend, inside her rented room in Meloding. Read more…
Aid operations in Tigray ‘largely reduced or suspended’, UN says
Fuel and cash shortages have forced humanitarian operations to a virtual standstill in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region, the UN’s emergency response agency OCHA said on Thursday. Read more…
House music DJ and businessman DJ Tira has taken to the Twitter streets in the wake of the state of the nation address (SONA) to ask President Cyril Ramaphosa to “open up the country”. Read more…
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