AFRICA

Pistorius was found guilty of manslaughter in 2014 and sentenced to six years in jail, but the conviction was later upgraded to murder in 2015 and led to a 13-year term. By MARCO LONGARI (POOL/AFP) South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius has moved to another prison as part of his …

South Africa’s president has condemned travel bans enacted against his country and its neighbours over the new coronavirus variant Omicron. Cyril Ramaphosa said he was “deeply disappointed” by the action, which he described as unjustified, and called for the bans to be urgently lifted. The UK, EU and US are …

Disbelief and confusion washed over South Africa as the announcement of the discovery of the Omicron COVID-19 variant grounded flights and raised fears of a hard lockdown in Africa’s most developed economy. Flights from the country to the United States, United Kingdom, and nations in Europe were swiftly banned after …

Over the weekend, a video went viral in Uganda in which a vendor of a grasshopper delicacy was seen selling the produce in a Ugandan Airlines flight. The flight was confirmed as UG 446 heading to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, UAE on Friday, November 26, 2021. The video showed …

Togo becomes the first African country to have a certified vaccine passport Sun, 28 Nov 2021Source: 3news.com The African Union (AU) has endorsed vaccine pass standard (Trusted Vaccines) and COVID-19 testing certificate standard (Trusted Travel) of the Republic of Togo. Togo is the “first country to offer a continental vaccine pass …

South Africa has said it is being “punished” for detecting a new coronavirus strain known as the Omicron variant. The variant has prompted several countries to impose restrictions such as travel bans on several southern African countries, while others have renewed lockdowns over the new strain. The ban on flights …

A rebel group from northern Ethiopia, the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front, TPLF, have provided updates on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s much talked about decision to join soldiers at the battlefront. PM Abiy Ahmed announced earlier this week that he was joining the army to fight the rebels who have for …

STATEMENT: Department of Health and Social Care, UK Health Security Agency, and Department for Transport From midday Friday 26 November, South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe and Namibia will be added to the UK’s travel red list Passengers arriving from 4am Sunday in England will be required to book and …

The son of Libya’s late leader Muammar Gaddafi has been excluded from running in the 24 December presidential elections. The electoral commission rejected the candidacy of several applicants including Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, citing “legal reasons”, local media reported. Mr Gaddafi had sparked controversy after he announced he would run for …

South Africa’s opposition Democratic Alliance, DA, won the mayoral election for the country’s largest city of Johannesburg on Monday. Mayor Mpho Phalatse becomes the first black woman to lead Johannesburg and the first woman since the end of apartheid. The last mayoress was elected in 1946. The victory of the …