Kenya’s President-elect William Ruto says the outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta has not seen it fit to congratulate him for his election win. “I have won the elections, that is what is important… Unfortunately, President Kenyatta has not seen it fit to congratulate me but I think that’s fine. Maybe he is a bit disillusioned, or…
A malaria vaccine with “world-changing” potential has been developed by scientists at the University of Oxford. The team expect it to be rolled out next year after trials showed up to 80% protection against the deadly disease. Crucially, say the scientists, their vaccine is cheap and they already have a deal to manufacture more than…
Germany has resumed reconnaissance patrols in eastern Mali as part of a UN peacekeeping mission known as MINUSMA, the military said Wednesday, after suspending the operations last month when the Malian government denied flyover rights. “Reconnaissance operations outside the city of Gao resumed yesterday, Tuesday,” a military spokeswoman said in a statement. Most German forces…
State witness in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, Sergeant Thabo Mosia, says he was surprised when former police Brigadier Johan Ndlovu refused to work with him at the crime scene where the soccer star was shot. Mosia will be back in the witness box at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, on Wednesday morning, where five…
UN peacekeeping troops have been accused of retaliating with force during the recent protests against them in the eastern cities of Butembo and Goma, which saw hundreds of protesters throw rocks and petrol bombs and set fire to UN buildings. At least one person was killed in the eastern Congolese city of Beni on Tuesday…
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says the decision by former president Jacob Zuma to privately prosecute State advocate Billy Downer is nothing more than an intimidation tactic. The prosecution relates to allegations that Downer leaked Zuma’s confidential medical records to News24’s specialist legal journalist Karyn Maughan. Maughan and Downer are to appear in the Pietermaritzburg High Court…
LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Zambia is seeking $8.4 billion of debt relief from 2022 to 2025, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday in a report on the first African nation to default on its debt in the pandemic era. Zambia needs to bring down its debt service-to-revenue ratio to 14% by 2025 and then maintain that level…
The UN humanitarian chief predicted Tuesday that at least $1 billion will be needed urgently to avert famine in Somalia in the coming months and early next year when two more dry seasons are expected to compound the historic drought that has hit the Horn of Africa nation. Martin Griffiths said in a video briefing from Somalia’s…
Nigerian police have arrested a 44-year-old woman for alleged theft of 15 children in the southern Rivers state. The police say the children were abducted in order to be trafficked by the woman – who claimed to be a nun running an orphanage. The children are reportedly aged between four and 15 years. The police…
Donning a festive white dress, with her hair intricately braided and her eyes lined with the traditional kohl paint, Ethiopian Yudita Ihab prepared for the annual Ashenda celebration. But for Yudita and the thousands of other women who gathered in Sudan’s capital Khartoum late last month, the normally joyful week-long Ethiopian holiday was overshadowed by…