Africa

Government in Nigeria has condemned an assault on one of its diplomats in Indonesia. It wrote a protest letter to the Indonesian government after a video began circulating on social media showing the man shouting and being held down in a vehicle by several men. In a statement, Nigeria’s foreign …

In Kenya, civil servants have been given 13 days to be vaccinated against Covid or face unspecified disciplinary measures.The public service minister said he made the decision due to the low participation of civil servants in the vaccination. In a statement, the head of public service said the order was …

Health officials in Guinea have confirmed West Africa’s first case of Marburg, a highly-infectious disease that’s in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola. The World Health Organization (WHO) said the virus needed to be “stopped in its tracks”. Marburg virus disease is transmitted to people from fruit …

Rebels in Tigray have denied responsibility for an attack on a health centre in the Ethiopian region of Afar, that killed at least 12 people. The Afar regional administration blames Tigrayan forces for the incident, as fighting in Ethiopia’s nine-month conflict escalates in regions bordering Tigray. “The 12 people died …

Wildfires in Algeria have left four people dead and three others injured in Kabylia, a mountainous region east of the capital, Algiers. Algeria’s state news agency said two people died in Ait-Yenni, one in Yakourène and another in the nearby town of Azazga, in the province of Tizi-Ouzou. Videos posted …

After failing to deliver 3.4 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid vaccine, a UAE firm linked to a member of the country’s royal family has agreed to refund about $2m to Ghana’s health ministry, local media outlets report. The doses were to be supplied by end of June, but …

Malawi’s Energy Minister Newton Kambala has been arrested for allegedly trying to influence the way that contracts for the supply of oil were awarded, the country’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has said in a brief statement. Two others, the president of the of Alliance for Democracy party, Enoch Chihana, and a …

At least 12 people have been killed in an attack on a health centre in the north-eastern Afar region of Ethiopia, where fighting between Tigrayan rebels and pro-government forces has recently spread. The Afar regional administration blames Tigrayan fighters for Friday’s attack, but the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) hasn’t …

Government in Nigeria says it has invoked labour laws to stop the salaries of doctors who started an indefinite strike last week. The Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige accused the doctors of playing with people’s lives. According to the minister it was unfair that they were being paid …

About 90,000 people have been affected by flash flooding in South Sudan’s eastern Jonglei state, the UN humanitarian affairs agency (Ocha) says. The UN said local authorities had reported over 70,000 affected people in Ayod and Canal counties and many were experiencing this for the second time since May. It …