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Health authorities in South Africa are calling for more men to come out in greater numbers and get vaccinated against Covid-19 as their numbers trails that of women. About 60% of vaccines have been administered to women, health officials noted on Friday during a media briefing on government’s efforts in …

Torrential rains in central China have left at least 21 people dead, state television said Friday, after devastating floods in July that had already killed more than 300 people. Hubei province, located a thousand kilometers west of Shanghai, has been hit by heavy rains since Wednesday. The locality of Yicheng …

A Journalist in Algeria has been arrested for covering protests. Rabah Kareche has been sentenced to eight months in prison for his reporting on protests, his newspaper Liberte said. Mr Kareche was handed a one-year-term, with four months suspended. He has already been in prison since his arrest in April …

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid has officially opened his country’s diplomatic liaison office in the Moroccan capital, Rabat. Morocco broke off relations with Israel more than 20 years ago, when the second Palestinian Intifada, or uprising, erupted. But the ties were revived last year as part of a series of …

Algeria’s state prosecutor has ordered an investigation after a mob lynched a man accused of deliberately starting fires. The murder happened in the Tizi Ouzou area, which has been hardest hit as dozens of fires have raged across the country for days – killing 69 people. Video footage showed the …

Mobile phone social media and messaging apps are not working in Zambia as the country continues to vote in a general election, internet monitoring service Netblocks says. ⚠️ Confirmed: WhatsApp messaging app restricted in #Zambia on election day; real-time network data show loss of service on multiple internet providers as …

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has sacked all his ministers citing ”failures in government”. Their dismissal comes days after he criticised some of their performances as below par. His office gave no particular reason, but on Sunday Mr Rajoelina said there’d been “failures in government” and “like in a football team” …

Two rebels forces in Ethiopia, Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) and Tigray People’s Liberation Front have signed an alliance in order to fight the federal government. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has not made a statement on the pact but a spokesperson for the group confirmed the agreement to the …

A Red Cross nurse gave nearly 8,600 people in Germany, saline solution while her mission was to administer them Pfizer vaccines. The events took place in a vaccination center in Schortens-Roffhausen in East Frisia (Lower Saxony). In total, nearly 8,600 people did not receive one of the two doses of …

Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has sacked the energy minister and his chief of staff who are facing corruption charges. The two and one other official, Enock Chihana, a partner in the governing Tonse Alliance were arrested on Monday for their alleged involvement in a state oil contract. They were reportedly …