South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is receiving treatment for mild COVID-19 symptoms after testing positive for the virus on Sunday, his office said. Ramaphosa started feeling unwell and a test confirmed COVID-19, a statement from the presidency announced. He is self-isolating in Cape Town and is being monitored by the South African Military Health Service,…
Day after day, Helder walks miles against fear and disinformation. His job is to walk the streets of the outskirts of Maputo to raise awareness among young people about the vaccination against covid-19. A mission promoted by the Mozambican Ministry of Health wants to immunize all adults of the country’s 30 million inhabitants by the…
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma, accused of orchestrating the systematic plunder of government coffers during his rule, launched a new book on Sunday in which he intends “to the set record straight”. Titled “Jacob Zuma Speaks”, the book comes after the 79-year-old was released from prison in September due to ill health, just two…
Latest attack comes as Burkina Faso and Niger’s armies say they killed dozens of fighters in joint operation. Unidentified shooters have killed at least 14 members of a government-backed civilian militia in an ambush in northern Burkina Faso, the latest attack in a surge of escalating violence. The incident came as President Roch Marc Kabore…
Gunmen in Nigeria’s Niger state have shot dead at least 16 worshippers in a mosque. A number of others have been wounded in the attack in Ba’are village. The attackers opened fire on the Muslim worshippers during early morning prayers on Wednesday, Niger state government official Ahmed Ibrahim Matane told the BBC. He said the…
Rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Tigrayan forces summarily executed dozens of civilians in “apparent war crimes” in two towns they controlled in Ethiopia’s Amhara region. The executions occurred between 31 August and 9 September this year, it says in a new report. Witnesses described to HRW investigators that they saw Tigrayan fighters in Chenna…
Loharano’s effortless grace belies the hard work that she is doing to stave off the tragedy that is unfolding in parts of her region of Madagascar. A prolonged drought in the deep south of the island has left 1.3 million people struggling to find food and 28,000 facing starvation. Some have called it the world’s…
Ghana’s president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed his determination to protect the country’s democracy amidst the Covid-9 pandemic. The president said this on Thursday during a virtual summit on democracy where he recounted some challenged the country has faced during the pandemic. “It is that attachment to democratic values and institutions that we are…
Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) says that it has no plans to approach the Constitutional Court to get a declaratory order on mandatory Covid-19 vaccines, but existing Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) regulations are sufficient to boost the country’s vaccination numbers. The business group pointed to the success of financial services group Discovery which has…
Amnesty says fighting in Western Equatoria state this year killed dozens of civilians and displaced tens of thousands. A surge in clashes between rival armed groups aligned with government and opposition forces in South Sudan this year has killed dozens of civilians and unleashed “unimaginable violence” that could amount to war crimes, according to Amnesty…