World / Africa

Two dead in army helicopter crash in Tunisia 03 Jan 2022 - 07:06 pm

CAIRO: A Tunisian military helicopter crashed in the north of the country, killing the pilot and the co-pilot, the state news agency reported...

Niger police seize more than 200 kg of cocaine from mayor's truck 03 Jan 2022 - 05:14 pm

NIAMEY: Police in northern Niger have seized more than 200 kg of cocaine worth around $8.7 million that was being transported in the...

South African police charge man with arson over damaging blaze at parliament 03 Jan 2022 - 12:10 pm

Cape Town: South African police said on Monday they had charged a man with arson over a fire that caused extensive damage to...

Fire erupts at South African parliament building in Cape Town 02 Jan 2022 - 10:01 am

A fire erupted at the South African parliament in Cape Town on Sunday, with media coverage showing flames coming from the roof of...

Mali proposes five-year election delay to West African bloc 01 Jan 2022 - 10:15 pm

BAMAKO: Mali's interim authorities proposed to its West African neighbours that a transition back to democracy following a 2020 military coup be extended...

Morocco's tough COVID restrictions hammer tourism sector 31 Dec 2021 - 08:43 pm

RABAT: Businesses working in Morocco's key tourism sector say the country's tough COVID-19 restrictions, including a full flight ban, are undermining its competitiveness...

Year-end cheer for South Africans as midnight curfew lifted 31 Dec 2021 - 05:20 pm

CAPE TOWN: South Africans cheered the government's decision to lift its midnight curfew after nearly two years of COVID-19 restrictions, a relief for...

S.Africa lifts curfew as it says COVID-19 fourth wave peaks 30 Dec 2021 - 10:50 pm

CAPE TOWN- South Africa lifted a midnight to 4 a.m. curfew on movement with immediate effect as it believes the country has passed...

Two doses of J&J’s vaccine slashes Omicron hospital stays 30 Dec 2021 - 11:16 am

Two doses of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine slashed hospitalizations caused by the omicron variant in South Africa by up to 85%, a...

Sudan officials say gold mine collapse leaves 38 people dead 28 Dec 2021 - 09:48 pm

Cairo: Sudanese authorities said at least 38 people were killed Tuesday when a gold mine collapsed in West Kordofan province. The country’s state-run...

S.Africa study suggests Omicron enhances neutralizing immunity against Delta 28 Dec 2021 - 10:42 am

Research by South African scientists suggests that Omicron infection enhances neutralizing immunity against the Delta variant of the coronavirus. The study, which has...

Cathedral bells to toll daily for South African struggle hero Tutu 27 Dec 2021 - 10:23 am

Johannesburg: The bells of Cape Town' St George's Cathedral will toll for 10 minutes a day every day at noon until Friday in...

In under-vaccinated Congo, fourth Covid-19 wave fills hospitals 27 Dec 2021 - 10:12 am

Kinshasa: At the St Joseph Covid Treatment Centre in Kinshasa, patients lie in ramshackle rooms breathing oxygen from old tanks. The clinic has...

South African anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Tutu dies aged 90 26 Dec 2021 - 10:30 am

Johannesburg: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa's struggle against white minority rule, has died aged 90, the...

Bomb explodes outside restaurant in eastern Congo 25 Dec 2021 - 09:43 pm

BENI, Congo: A bomb exploded at a restaurant Saturday as patrons gathered on Christmas Day in an eastern Congolese town where Islamic extremists...

Mali denies presence of Russian mercenaries on its territories 25 Dec 2021 - 05:20 pm

BAMAKO: The Malian government has denied the presence of Russian mercenaries on its territory, in response to a statement by 15 Western countries...

Sudan forces fire tear gas to disperse protesters, internet cut in Khartoum 25 Dec 2021 - 04:24 pm

Khartoum: Sudanese security forces fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the capital Khartoum on Saturday as the opponents of military rule marched...

Kenya to start giving COVID-19 booster shots 25 Dec 2021 - 04:05 pm

NAIROBI: Kenyawill offer COVID-19 booster shots to individuals six months after their initial shots, the health ministry said in a document published on...