Suspected poacher killed by elephants in South Africa
Johannesburg – An elephant has trampled a suspected poacher to death in South Africa’s famed Kruger National Park, a... Read more
22 Oct, 2021
Fuel shortages block food aid in famine-threatened Tigray, says UN
Addis Ababa – Fuel shortages have forced some aid groups to suspend food distribution in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region,... Read more
22 Oct, 2021
Burkina Faso lifts ban on Norwegian aid agency
Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso on Thursday lifted a ban on the Norwegian Refugee Council from working in camps for displaced... Read more
22 Oct, 2021
Mozambique lauds Credit Suisse guilty plea in debt scandal
Maputo – Mozambique welcomed on Thursday an admission of misconduct by Credit Suisse, which agreed to pay a fine in... Read more
22 Oct, 2021
Kenya runner Agnes Tirop’s death highlights pressures faced by female athletes
Nairobi – The death of Kenyan running star Agnes Tirop has thrown a spotlight on the pressures faced by the... Read more
22 Oct, 2021
Sierra Leone moves to bring more women into politics
Freetown – Sierra Leone’s government on Thursday introduced a bill that would ensure that 30% of parliamentary seats and cabinet... Read more
22 Oct, 2021
‘We want to study,’ DRC pupils say as they protest for schools to reopen amid teachers’ strike
Kinshasa – Hundreds of secondary school pupils demonstrated outside the Democratic Republic of Congo’s parliament on Thursday, calling for lessons... Read more
22 Oct, 2021
West Africa’s Benin votes to legalise abortion
Cotonou – Benin has become one of the few countries in Africa to authorise abortions, after parliamentarians voted on a... Read more
22 Oct, 2021
Ethiopia launches fourth air strike this week on Tigray capital
Addis Ababa – Ethiopia said on Thursday it had launched another air strike on the capital of war-battered Tigray, the... Read more
22 Oct, 2021
Criminal gang frees at least 30 kidnapped Nigerian students after four months
Abuja – Thirty students who were kidnapped by a criminal gang more than four months ago in northwest Nigeria... Read more
22 Oct, 2021
