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Zambian groups urge cleanup of lead pollution as vote looms

Johannesburg – With general elections looming, rights groups in Zambia appealed on Tuesday to the country’s future leadership to... Read more

28 Jul, 2021

Yaounde – Boko Haram islamists killed five Cameroonian soldiers and a civilian in an attack in the far north... Read more

28 Jul, 2021

Kaduna – Staring blankly from her hospital bed, 14-year-old Precious is struggling to recover after 21 days spent at... Read more

28 Jul, 2021

Vosloorus – A lively radio tune stopped abruptly as a line of armed police officers marched into a Johannesburg... Read more

28 Jul, 2021

Dar es Salaam – Tanzania’s health ministry said it will begin a mass vaccination drive on Wednesday, in a... Read more

27 Jul, 2021

Kano – An envoy who delivered a ransom payment for the release of more than 100 Nigerian children abducted... Read more

27 Jul, 2021

Cotonou – A Nigerian separatist Sunday Igboho, wanted in his country was remanded in custody on Tuesday in Benin,... Read more

27 Jul, 2021

Johannesburg – South Africa’s state-owned logistics firm Transnet says its main port terminals have been hit by a major cyber... Read more

27 Jul, 2021

Kinshasa – Police confronted protesters at the University of Kinshasa on Monday where students gathered to condemn the alleged police... Read more

27 Jul, 2021

Juba – The United Nations on Monday demanded an end to extrajudicial killings in South Sudan after the grisly... Read more

27 Jul, 2021