Supporters of South African ex-President Jacob Zuma have formed what they say is a human shield outside his home to try to prevent his arrest. On Tuesday the constitutional court found him guilty of contempt for defying its order to appear before an inquiry into corruption. He was ordered to report to the nearest police […]
Tigray crisis About 33,000 severely malnourished children in the Tigray region of Ethiopia are at high risk of death, the UN children’s agency Unicef has warned. Tigray has been devastated by fighting between government forces and rebels, with 1.7 million people displaced since the conflict began in November 2020. A UN-backed study released on Thursday […]
Sahel Islamist insurgency Armed men have killed around 100 people in an attack on a village in the north of Burkina Faso, President Roch Kabore has said. During the overnight raid on Solhan, homes and the market were also burned, Reuters news agency reports quoting a government statement. No group has said it was behind […]
Gunmen have attacked and wounded Uganda’s Transport Minister and former army commander, Gen Katumba Wamala, killing his daughter and driver. Witnesses say men on motorbikes fired several shots at their vehicle near their home in the capital, Kampala. The army says phone calls potentially linked to planning the assassination attempt are being investigated. Soldiers are […]
People in Somaliland are hoping that Monday’s elections will boost the breakaway republic’s chances of gaining international recognition as an independent state, writes BBC Horn of Africa analyst Africa Mary Harper. “I cannot wait to cast my vote,” says 15-year-old Yasmin Abdi. “I feel like a proper grown-up now, almost like I own part of […]
Tigray crisis More than 10,000 people have attended an anti-US rally in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, to denounce President Joe Biden’s policy on the conflict in the country’s northern region of Tigray. Mr Biden had called for a ceasefire in the conflict, now in its seventh month. At the rally, people held placards criticising the […]
Dozens of people are missing feared dead in north-western Nigeria after a boat carrying about 200 broke in two and sank, officials say. Most passengers were women and children travelling from Niger state to neighbouring Kebbi state. One survivor said about 40 people had been rescued, but it is unlikely that many more survivors will […]
Eid al-Fitr Twenty-nine people have been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo in connection with Eid violence that erupted in the capital, Kinshasa. One police officer was killed and dozens of others were injured in clashes between rival Muslim groups. They had gathered to mark the end of the fasting month of […]
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa can “break through” Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine to some extent, a real-world data study in Israel found, though its prevalence in the country is low and the research has not been peer reviewed. The study, released on Saturday, compared almost 400 people who […]
SHARED Media ban reversed by Tanzania’s new president Summary It comes a day after an attack on police headquarters Tanzania’s new president lifts media ban Gunmen kill eight in troubled eastern Burkina Faso Heavily pregnant woman wins Taekwondo gold medal CAR militia ‘withdraws from Bozizé’s rebel coalition’ Sudan declares Darfur emergency as 40 killed Kenyan […]
