Africa

Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini will be buried in a private ceremony on Wednesday followed by a memorial on Thursday. Zulu traditional leader Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi announced the arrangements for the burial on Sunday. According to the leader, only a select group of men would attend the burial. “He said he …

South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe was announced as the new president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Friday. Motsepe succeeds Malagasy Ahmad Ahmad, who is serving a two-year FIFA ban over “governance issues”, and will require his vast array of business skills to fix the organisation. The 58-year …

Human Rights Watch has called for a criminal investigation into the role of the former president of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, in the killing of dozens of migrants in 2005, BBC News reports. Recent testimony at the country’s truth commission implicated him in the summary execution of 59 people from …

Tanzania’s President John Magufuli is in the country and working hard in his office, his prime minister has said, scotching rumours about his whereabouts and health. “Tanzanians be calm, your president is there, in good health, he is working,” Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said. There has been speculation that President …

Raila Odinga, the Kenyan opposition leader has been placed under quarantine after returning positive tests for coronavirus on Thursday evening. Mr Odinga was admitted to hospital on Tuesday in the capital, Nairobi, after developing fatigue, according to his family. “He’s responding well to the treatment he is receiving… and remains …

US President Joe Biden is “deeply concerned” about the crisis in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, White House press secretary Jen Psaki has said. “The president is deeply concerned and highly engaged on this issue,” Ms Psaki told reporters on Thursday. She said the president also recognised the humanitarian crisis in …

According to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the continent will need a ”continental capacity” to produce covid-19 vaccines. As the continent tries to vaccinate more of its 1.3 billion people, Director of the Africa’s CDC says five African nations appear to have the capacity to produce vaccines. …

Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his wife Jeannette received their doses of the Covid vaccine on Thursday to serve as an example as people remain skeptical about vaccines. Photos of them being vaccinated at Kigali’s King Faisal hospital have been tweeted by the president’s office: As part of the ongoing …

As the Gambia launches nationwide coronavirus vaccinations, President Adama Barrow has taken the lead in being the first to receive his jab. The Gambia, with its population of 2.1 million people, has received 36,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine under the Covax programme. Read also: Covid-19: a second wave and …

A fire at a clothing factory in Egypt has killed at least 20 people. Reports still coming in say that another 20 or so were injured. Twelve fire engines dealt with the blaze, on the eastern outskirts of the capital, Cairo, BBC News reports. Read also: At 90, Warren Buffett …