Africa
France to lift ban on Southern Africa flights from Saturday
France has said it will start allowing flights from Southern Africa to land on its territory from Saturday, but with “drastic” restrictions ...Vaccines should give good protection against Omicron: South African expert
Existing COVID-19 vaccines should be highly effective at preventing severe disease and hospitalisation from the newly identified Omicron variant, a top South ...South African doctor says patients with Omicron variant have “very mild” symptoms
A South African doctor who was one of the first to suspect a different coronavirus strain among patients said on Sunday that symptoms of ...Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy says military will ‘destroy’ Tigray rebels
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said his soldiers would “destroy” rebels from the northern Tigray region, in the latest instalment of footage ...Burkina Faso police fire tear gas at protest against militant violence
Police fired tear gas in Burkina Faso’s capital on Saturday during a demonstration against the government’s failure to stop a wave of ...Islamist car bomb attack kills at least eight in Somalia
At least eight people were killed in Somalia’s capital on Thursday when Islamist militants launched a suicide attack on a U.N. security ...Number of children recruited into conflict grows in West and Central Africa
West and Central Africa has recorded the highest number of children recruited into conflict of any region in the world, and the ...Sudan’s military to reinstate ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok
Sudan’s military plans to reinstate Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and release all political detainees under a deal to end weeks of deadly ...U.N. climate agreement clinched after late drama over coal
U.N. climate talks ended Saturday with a deal that for the first time targeted fossil fuels as the key driver of global ...Protesters face tear gas and bullets to oppose Sudan coup
Five protesters were killed on Saturday as huge crowds took to the streets in the Sudanese capital Khartoum and other cities to ...














