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Russia to send virus specialists to South Africa to establish Covid-19 lab
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia will dispatch virus specialists to South Africa to establish a Covid-19 lab there after the discovery of the new variant Omicron. Read more…
Veteran Kenyan politician Odinga to make fifth run for president
Veteran Kenyan politician Raila Odinga announced on Friday he would make his fifth bid for the presidency in next year’s election, ending months of suspense following a surprise truce with his former foe, President Uhuru Kenyatta. Read more…
Violence ripples in Islamist-hit Mozambique as insurgency evolves
Five months after foreign soldiers arrived to help Mozambique battle an insurgency in northern Cabo Delgado province, militants have widened their battleground in an evolving conflict, witnesses and analysts say. Read more…
Russia to send virus specialists to South Africa to establish Covid-19 lab
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia will dispatch virus specialists to South Africa to establish a Covid-19 lab there after the discovery of the new variant Omicron. Read more…
WATCH | ANC councillors present Jacob Zuma with a bull, wish him ‘a fabulous festive season’
A delegation of at least 100 newly elected African National Congress (ANC) councillors in eThekwini presented former president Jacob Zuma with a bull on Thursday. Read more…
Public health authorities in Ghana have introduced new travel guidelines requiring visitors to show proof of vaccination against Covid-19 from next week as the government tries to avert a fourth wave of infections. Read more…
Zambia ex-postal chief charged with plundering UK-backed social fund
Zambian investigators on Thursday arrested the ex-head of postal services and two former directors for allegedly diverting more than $20 million from a UK-backed social fund, the anti-graft agency said. Read more…
Gunmen kill at least nine in Nigeria mosque attack
Gunmen have attacked a mosque in central Nigeria’s state of Niger, killing nine people, police said Friday while residents gave a higher death toll of 16. Read more…
The Commission of Inquiry into State Capture will hand over its final report to President Cyril Ramaphosa on January 1, 2022 and will be made public, Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele has said. Read more…
South African media personality and entrepreneur Basetsana Kumalo and her husband Romeo are celebrating their wedding anniversary, as they continue to go strong in a union started 21 years ago. Read more…
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