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Cyril Ramaphosa pictured at the Union Buildings. Ludovic MARIN / AFP President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on Tuesday night, in which he announced that the country would move to Level 3 . This includes a curfew from 22:00 to 04:00, and restrictions on gatherings. Read his full speech below: …

  Two brothers died after consuming manioc, allegedly poisoned, in a field in the 11 de Novembro neighbourhood, on the outskirts of the city of Luena, in Moxico, Angola. According to the father of the victims, Lázaro Eurico, who was speaking to the press today, Monday, June 14, despite vomiting …

President Cyril Ramaphosa. GCIS Cabinet will, on Tuesday afternoon, ratify a proposal first tabled to the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) and then to the Presidential Coordinating Committee (PCC) to restrict alcohol sales off-site between Monday and Thursday – in light of the third wave of Covid-19 infections. Cabinet was …

  Rival politicians in Israel have formed a new government to remove Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s longest-serving leader, from power. After four parliamentary elections in two years, opposition leader Yair Lapid, a former TV news anchor, put together a coalition with Naftali Bennett, a former settler leader and hard-right religious …

3 Menu › Africa The Zambian government on Sunday June 13 confirmed that President Edgar Chagwa Lungu recovered from sudden dizziness whiles officiating a military event in the capital Lusaka. According to a statement signed by Simon Miti, Secretary to the Cabinet and Principal Private Secretary to the President, Lungu’s episode …

Five out of ten cities that are not liveable are found on the African continent according to a report by the Economic Intelligence Unit, EIU. Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital was ranked the second worst city to live in globally but that meant it is the worst in Africa according to …

  Wife of the late TB Joshua has Evelyn Joshua has celebrated her husband on his birthday which falls today. The Nigerian Televangelist lost his life on June 5 after a Church service; a death which came as a shock to many. The Prophet had earlier in a video indicated …

South Africa, which is struggling to roll out its inoculation programme as it enters a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, said Sunday it will pull millions of doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine following contamination concerns at one of the US drugmaker’s sites. On Friday, the US Food …

Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital has been ranked the second worst capital to live in according to a global ranking report. The Economic Intelligence Unit, EIU’s, Global Liveability Index 2021 which focussed on “How the COVID-19 pandemic affected liveability worldwide.” Lagos ranked 139 out of 140 cities with the Syrian capital …

Nigerian police have fired tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters in Lagos and the capital, Abuja, with reports of arrests and injuries. Activists had called for nationwide protests on Saturday on Democracy Day, which marks Nigeria’s move to civilian rule more than 20 years ago, over what they criticise as …