A study using a sample of blood donors in South Africa has suggested that nearly everyone in the country has either been infected with Covid or has been vaccinated, or both, the Daily Maverick reports. The South African National Blood Service and the Western Cape Blood Service looked at the …
Read More »Security: is Mali indebted to Wagner group?
Blacklisted by ECOWAS, Mali is struggling to find cash to honor its contracts with the private Russian company Wagner, several sources said. Some indiscretions said the Malian government must pay 10 million dollars per month to the Wagner group. The government has thus requested several loans from various institutions in …
Read More »Ghana: two robbers sentenced to 30 years in prison with hard labor
A court in Koforidua, eastern Ghana, convicted and sentenced two armed robbers, aged 47 and 38, to 30 years each in prison with hard labour. According to adomonline.com, the convicts attacked and robbed a resident of Klo-Agogo, in the amount of 4,500.00 GHC. The bandits also attacked and robbed a …
Read More »South Africa: three pupils die after consuming energy drink
A father is being investigated in South Africa for the deaths of three of his sons after consuming an energy drink he allegedly gave them, local media reported. Two of the siblings died at school and the third died on the way to hospital. A fourth child who consumed the …
Read More »Ethiopia: at least 13 journalists arrested in a week
Two more journalists have been detained in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, increasing the number of reporters and media workers jailed since last week to 13, the BBC reported. The move has been seen by some as a crackdown on critical voices. The arrests have coincided with the launching of …
Read More »Chad: several dead in fights between miners
Deadly clashes have broken out between artisanal gold miners in northern Chad, leaving people dead and injured, the interim government announced on Wednesday. The violence broke out at an informal gold mining site in the mountainous Kouri Bougoudi district, near the border with Libya, where the army has been fighting …
Read More »Nigeria: police arrest wanted internet scammer
Nigeria’s police cyber-crime unit has arrested a 37-year-old Nigerian man alleged to be the head of a transnational cyber-crime syndicate. The syndicate launched mass phishing campaigns and business email compromise schemes targeting companies and individual victims, according to a statement by Interpol. The suspect was arrested at Murtala Mohammed International …
Read More »South Africa: Crowd burns suspected drug dealers alive
An incident occurred in the Ga-Mokgopa section of South Africa’s North West Province where a mob burned to death three men accused of being drug traffickers, police said. The victims, aged 22 to 36, burned and died in the home, police said in a statement. According to the police, members …
Read More »Tunisia: President Saied calls to vote for a new constitution
Tunisian President Kais Saied has issued a new decree calling on citizens to a referendum on a new constitution scheduled for July 25. Polls will start from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. local time and there will be a question about whether people agree with the new constitution, an official …
Read More »Senegal: eleven newborn babies die in hospital fire
Eleven newborn babies died in the fire at the hospital where they were in the town of Tivaouane, in western Senegal, the country’s president announced on Wednesday. President Macky Sall said he had “learned with pain and dismay about the deaths of 11 newborn babies in the fire that occurred …
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