Africa
Masks, PCR tests no longer needed in Namibia as COVID cases fall
The wearing of masks in public in Namibia and negative PCR tests for vaccinated visitors are no longer required, President Hage Geingob ...France to continue aerial support to Mali after troop withdrawal
France will still give aerial military support to Malian troops battling an Islamist insurgency in the Sahel even after its counter-terrorism mission ...At least 17 killed, dozens wounded in Darfur militia attack
At least 17 people were killed and dozens wounded in the Jebel Moon area of Darfur on Thursday in a militia attack, ...Kenya lifts all mandatory Covid-19 restrictions
Kenya lifted its remaining COVID-19 restrictions on Friday, including a ban on large indoor gatherings such as religious services and a requirement ...Seven dead as Cyclone Gombe hits Mozambique
At least seven people died as Tropical Cyclone Gombe made early morning landfall in Mozambique on Friday packing wind speeds exceeding 200 ...Zambia’s former president Rupiah Banda dies aged 85
Former Zambian President Rupiah Bwezani Banda, 85, died at home on Friday after a short battle with colon cancer, his family and ...Gunmen kill at least 62 vigilantes in Nigeria’s Kebbi state
Gunmen ambushed and killed at least 62 members of a volunteer vigilante group in Nigeria’s northwestern Kebbi state, the head of the ...Tripoli tense amid standoff between Libya’s two rival governments
A long ceasefire has brought life back to Tripoli’s Algeria Square, its roundabout replanted with grass and customers lingering into the night ...Nearly 3 mln Malawian children to get polio shot after rare outbreak
Medics will vaccinate about 2.9 million young children against polio in Malawi, the United Nations said on Thursday, after a three-year-old girl ...Five MSF aid workers kidnapped in northeastern Cameroon
Five staff members of the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres were kidnapped overnight in Cameroon’s Far North, a region where militant group ...














