AFRICA

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Former Boko Haram fighters are seen in Meri, Cameroon, April 9, 2021. (Moki Edwin Kindzeka/VOA) Boko Haram Islamists killed five Cameroonian soldiers and a civilian in an attack in the far north of the country, the defense ministry said Tuesday. The attack took place on Monday night near the border …

  I was working as a journalist at Krugersdorp News when I started covering the Krugersdorp murders in 2016, when the first victim of The Appointment Murders, Anthony Scholefield, was found in his boot. At that point, it was just a very mysterious murder, especially in a town like Krugersdorp. …

In some good news, SA passed the 7-million mark for the number of vaccines administered. There were 194,891 jabs administered by 5pm on Wednesday, taking the national tally to 7,065,432. There were 520 Covid-19 related deaths recorded in SA in the past 24 hours, as well as 17,351 new infections. …

Africa’s economy just like the rest of the world has continued to lag behind due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Some currencies within the continent have also grown weaker compared to the US dollar or the pound. Poor living standards and a dwindling national economy have been the major contributing …

The Speaker of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament, Mr Sidie Mohammed Tunis, has asked Ghana to be cautious in attempts to criminalize homosexuality in the country. He told TV3’s Komla Kluste in an interview on Tuesday July 27 that Ghana must be careful with this bill …

The 16-year-old twin sisters who were impregnated by same boy in Cameroon, have given birth to two healthy boys. Ayisha Togina, who shared their story earlier, confirmed the latest development on Friday, July 23. Togina also said that they secured and furnished one room for the new mothers and their babies. “You have …

A monitoring operation unlike any other exists on Mauritania’s borders. Armed troops on the back of a dromedary patrol the sand dunes in a swinging and airy beat. Méharistes is the name given to them. The Mehari National Guard section of the armed forces dispatches camel-riding cops to meet with …

Around six million doses of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine will be delivered by the African Union to 27 African nations that have paid for the shipments through the end of August, an AU special envoy said on Thursday. AU coronavirus envoy Strive Masiyiwa said 18 countries are …

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has delivered two Advisory Opinions on the Application of the principle of regional rotation in electing Members of the Bureau of the Pan African Parliament request for Advisory Opinion No. 001/2021. The other was an Advisory Opinion on the Right to participate …