Cape Town – From Namibia discontinuing the use of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine following concerns raised by South Africa; to gunmen freeing inmates during an attack on a Nigerian prison… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Namibia halts use of Sputnik jabs after South African HIV fears
Namibia has discontinued the use of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine following concerns raised by neighbouring South Africa, the health ministry said on Saturday. Read more…
Nigeria to launch eNaira digital currency
Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari will officially launch the country’s eNaira digital currency on Monday, the central bank said, a first in Africa. Read more…
Sudan pro-civilian rule faction warns of ‘creeping coup’
A Sudanese faction calling for a transfer of power to civilian rule warned Saturday of a “creeping coup”, during a press conference that an unidentified mob attack sought to prevent. Read more…
Ugandan president says deadly blast a ‘terrorist act’
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said on Sunday an explosion in the capital Kampala that killed one person and injured five was “a terrorist act”, vowing to hunt down those responsible. Read more…
Ethiopia launches air strike on Tigray’s ‘western front’
Ethiopia’s military launched an air strike on a rebel-held facility in Tigray’s west on Sunday, a government official said, the seventh aerial bombardment in the war-hit region in a week. Read more…
UN delegation in Mali urged to press junta over abuses
Human Rights Watch called on the United Nations to pressure Mali in weekend talks to investigate summary executions and disappearances allegedly carried out by the military in the conflict-torn African country. Read more…
At least 4 killed in Abidjan as heavy rain hits Ivory Coast
Flooding after heavy rains killed at least four people Friday in Ivory Coast’s economic capital Abidjan and swept away two children, firefighters told AFP. Read more…
Two kids among 6 killed after their horse-drawn vehicle hits old land mine in Senegal
Six young people were killed when their horse-drawn vehicle hit an old land mine unearthed up by rain in Senegal’s southern Casamance region, the local mayor said on Saturday. Read more…
Gunmen free inmates during attack on Nigeria prison
Heavily armed men have stormed a prison in southwestern Nigeria using grenades, the facility said on Saturday, with unconfirmed media reports saying that nearly a thousand inmates had escaped. Read more…
Jihadist threat closes schools in Burkina Faso province
The threat posed by jihadist groups has forced the mass closure of schools in Burkina Faso’s eastern province of Tapoa, a young resident said on Friday. Read more…
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