Africa

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has said that the country is preparing for more hospital admissions, as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread in the country. President Ramaphosa says the number of daily infections has increased five- fold over the last week and has urged South Africans to get …

At least three children, including two brothers and their sister, died in a building collapse in Egypt, local media have reported. Three other siblings were also hurt. Six more injured people were rescued from the rubble of the collapsed two-storey apartment building in the province of Beni Suef. Read also: …

A Rwandan court has sentenced to five years in prison, the former director of Kigali’s main prison, Innocent Kayumba for stealing money from a British inmate. Innocent Kayumba, who was sentenced on Friday evening alongside his former deputy Eric Ntakirutimana, has appealed against the judgement, a court document shows. The …

At least 12 Nigerien soldiers have been killed in a clash between them and jihadists in the southwest of the country, a government official announced on Sunday. The official said dozens of militants had also been killed. Read also: Gambia: Adama Barrow declared winner for a second term Militants linked …

Nigeria is now added to the British travel red list as the new coronavirus variant Omicron is wreaking havoc in the west african country. Britain has imposed strict testing and quarantine restrictions on people wishing to enter the country. Southern African countries have already been added to the travel red …

The Gambian Election Commission has declared incumbent President Adama Barrow winner of Saturday’s election with 53% of the vote while his rival Ousainou Darboe holds 28%. The results of the vote, seen as test for democracy, have been rejected by Mr Darboe and other candidates earlier who say the elections …

The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, has sacked the boss of the state-owned mining company, Albert Yuma, who had run the company for more than a decade. President Tshisekedi says cleaning up the mining sector is a key priority and he had been under international …

Three Cameroonian soldiers have been killed on Friday by separatists in the North West, one of the two English-speaking regions of the country where violence has increased in recent years. “In the early hours of Friday, an armed separatist group attacked the army post stationed at Jakiri market,” Mayor Wirngo …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been honored with the status of traditional leader in Ivory coast on Thursday, December 2. He was given a symbolic key to the autonomous district of Abidjan and robed in Ivorian traditional clothes by local leaders during the ceremony on Thursday. The South African …

Four people have been charged with lynching and burning to death an elderly man accused of being a sorcerer, in Zavala in southern Inhambane province in Mozambique, local media reported. The tragedy occurred after a traditional doctor accused the 73-year-old man of being behind the murder of two young men. …