Politics

Some South Africans are calling for Britain to return the world’s largest diamond, known as the Star of Africa, which is set in the royal sceptre that King Charles III will hold at his coronation on Saturday. The diamond, which weighs 530 carats, was discovered in South Africa in 1905 …

The U.N. World Food Programme suspends food distribution in Ethiopia’s war-ravaged Tigray region in response to reports that significant amounts of aid were being diverted, the agency said. The announcement follows a similar one by the U.S. Agency for International Development, which said on Wednesday it had discovered that food …

The Nigeria senate has passed a bill recommending life imprisonment, without the option of fine, for manufacturers of unlawful explosives in the country. The passing of the bill on on Wednesday followed the consideration and adoption of a report by a senate committee on solid minerals, mines, steel development and …

UN chief Antonio Guterres has called on the warring factions in Sudan to stop the fighting immediately, before the conflict escalates into an all out war. Mr Guterres said the people in Sudan were facing a humanitarian catastrophe, with hospitals destroyed, food and aid warehouses looted and millions facing food …

Leaders of Sudan’s warring army and paramilitary forces agreed to a seven-day truce from May 4 to 11 in a phone call with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, the ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday. “General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane (…) and General Mohamed Hamdane Daglo (…) have agreed in …

The Australian Minister of Health, Mark Butler announced new restrictive measures to fight against smoking, especially among young people. Australia announced this ban on disposable vapes as part of new announcements on the 2023-2024 budget. In addition to this measure, authorities also intend to put an end to imports of …

Ugandan parliament has watered down an anti-homosexuality bill that originally criminalised people for simply identifying as LGBTQ+. The proposed legislation, first approved in March, was returned to the house after President Yoweri Museveni suggested changes. He said the clause penalising people who identify as gay would have led to the …

Uganda’s Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations, Colonel (rtd) Charles Okello Engola was shot dead by his bodyguard on Tuesday morning at his home in Kyanja, a suburb of Kampala. It is not yet clear whether there was an argument between the soldier and the minister. Some …

The United States will lift the obligation to be vaccinated against Covid-19 on the evening of May 11, which concerns federal civil servants and international travelers arriving by air, the White House announced on Monday. The United States is officially the country that has paid the highest price for the …

Only 11.3% of Americans are registered smokers in 2022, the lowest number ever recorded, according to preliminary results of a study, released Thursday by US authorities. Only one in nine adults smoked in 2022, according to a 2022 survey of more than 27,000 Americans by the Centers for Disease Control …