Africa

Zimbabwean nurses’ unions called on their members to go on strike next week to protest low pay and demand better working conditions. “Our members will not be able to turn up for duty starting on Monday June 20,” Zimbabwe Professional Nurses Union president Robert Chiduku said. The government and health …

Cameroon has no chance of lifting the 2022 World Cup trophy, according to the results of a study conducted by the company Opta and shared by several sports media. According to the company that produces the majority of football statistics, African countries are at the bottom of the rankings with …

The World Health Organization (WHO) is procuring thousands of monkeypox tests for Africa and working to ensure Africa has equitable access to vaccines when needed, the WHO director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti. Dr Moeti said eight countries in Africa including Nigeria, Cameroon and Democratic Republic of Congo where it is …

A Nigerian sex worker who plied her trade in Lagos has been killed and burnt after rendering her services to a customer who later found a Quran under her pillow, Pulse.ng reported. According to website, the sex worker charged the customer N1,000 for the sexual service but realized later that …

At least 35 teenagers have been rescued from a so-called ‘baby factory’ where women and girls are kept to give birth to babies for sale in Nigeria. Authorities said four of the girls in the building in the south-eastern state of Anambra were already pregnant. Police spokesperson Torchukwu Ikenga is …

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday called for immediate deployment of a new regional military force to try to stop rebel violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Reuters reported. President Kenyatta is calling for the immediate deployment of regional troops in close coordination with the UN peacekeeping mission in …

Police in Zimbabwe announced the arrest of Pius Jamba, on suspicion of murdering an opposition activist whose mutilated body was found in a well, three weeks after she was reported missing. Pius Jamba described as an ex-lover of Moreblessing Ali, an activist close to the opposition party Citizens Coalition for …

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Wednesday appointed Hamza Abdi Barre as the new prime minister, 30 days after his election as head of the country. President Mohamud said he chose Barre for his experience and skill, saying he is “the right man to lead the government’s ambitious reform agenda”. …

The powerful Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) union said all international flights to and from the country will be canceled on Thursday as part of a nationwide strike to protest President Kais Saied’s policies. The UGTT trade union is demanding salary rises for employees in the public sector after a …

The Ghana Police Service (GPS) promoted two officers for their position in effecting the arrest of one of their co-workers carrying suspected Indian hemp. The two police officers identified as Azumah Komla Justice and Felix Diameh arrested their colleague Lotsu Agbeko. The police in a statement said “The above police …