The Department of Health has confirmed that masks will still be a requirement in certain areas and circumstances once it lifts the national state of disaster. On Wednesday (16 March), the department published proposed regulations under the National Health Act which will effectively act as a long-term replacement to South Africa’s state of disaster Covid regulations. The…
The Pritzker Prize, architecture’s most prestigious award, was awarded Tuesday to Burkina Faso-born architect Diebedo Francis Kere — the first African to win the honor in its more than 40-year history. Kere, 56, was hailed for his “pioneering” designs that are “sustainable to the earth and its inhabitants — in lands of extreme scarcity,” Tom…
WASHINGTON/GENEVA March 15 (Reuters) – The United States, European Union, India and South Africa have reached a consensus on key elements of a long-sought intellectual property waiver for COVID-19 vaccines, according to a proposed text reviewed by Reuters. Sources familiar with the talks described the text as a tentative agreement among the four World Trade Organization members…
Burkina Faso-born Diebedo Francis Kere honoured for his ‘pioneering’ and sustainable designs. Burkina Faso-born architect Diebedo Francis Kere has become the first African to be awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize, architecture’s most prestigious honour. Kere, 56, was recognised for his “pioneering” designs that are “sustainable to the earth and its inhabitants – in lands of…
More than 10 Kenyan soldiers have been killed by a roadside explosive in southern Somalia. Five others were seriously injured when their vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device in the Gedo region, near the Kenya-Somalia border. The names of the killed soldiers have not been revealed, but a former Kenyan presidential aspirant said on…
When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine last month, 27-year-old Nigerian Ottah Abraham was outraged. He picked up his phone and tweeted: “I want to join the team.” He was some 8,700km (5,400 miles) away from the front line, in a small apartment in Nigeria’s main city, Lagos. The philosophy graduate is one of several…
Nigeria’s inflation rate rose in February after recording a fall in January as Africa’s most populous nation faces fuel shortages that have helped push prices higher. The country’s statistics office announced Tuesday that the consumer price index (CPI) increase between February 2021 and February 2022 was 15.70 per cent, higher than 15.60 per cent recorded…
The Chadian authorities on Monday handed over a former Central African Republic militia leader to the International Criminal Court on suspicion of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the Hague-based court said. Maxime Jeoffroy Eli Mokom Gawaka is suspected of crimes committed in 2013 and 2014 “in Bangui and other locations in the Central African…
The Egyptian government has introduced a package of measures trying it hopes will ease rapid inflation, particularly in food prices, ahead of Ramadan. Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said last week that some foodstuff, such as wheat and poultry products, in Egypt has witnessed a drastic surge in prices on the heels of the Russian…
Zambia has declared seven days of national mourning following the death of the country’s fourth president, Rupiah Banda, at the age of 85. Banda, who was president from 2008 until 2011, died after a long battle with colon cancer, his son Andrew Banda has confirmed. President Hakainde Hichilema declared the period of national mourning and…