AFRICA

Niger is set for a second round of vote as no candidate clinched the needed majority for a first round win in the December 27 vote. Former Prime Minister and favorite to win Mohammed Bazoum, of the ruling party, came first with 39.33 percent of the vote. He will go …

South Africa will deploy additional immigration and health officials, and inspectors at the country’s border posts to ease congestion starting on January 2, said Home Affairs Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi on Wednesday. Motsoaledi made the remarks at a press briefing about immigration matters and border law enforcement under the adjusted COVID-19 level-three lockdown. …

Nigerian Prophet TB Joshua has hinted that multiple challenges lie ahead in 2021. “This year is planting a seed that will be harvested next year. What this monster called COVID-19 has been destroying will be seen clearly next year”, he said. Joshua is the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations …

Four people were killed and five others serious injured after two vehicles were involved in a head-on collision on the N2 between East London and Butterworth in the Eastern Cape on Thursday morning. The four deceased were burnt beyond recognition, Eastern Cape transport department spokesperson Unathi Binqose said. He said …

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Wednesday announced evacuating 130 asylum seekers from Libya to Rwanda. “UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has successfully evacuated a group of 130 vulnerable asylum seekers out of Libya to safety in Rwanda in the fourth and last evacuation flight in 2020. …

SA will go into lockdown level 3 with immediate effect from midnight, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Monday. He said this would be done to curb the further spread of the coronavirus that is wreaking havoc in the country. Under adjusted lockdown level 3, all indoor and outdoor gatherings will …

A fire outbreak at Asokore Mampong in the Ashanti Region that struck at the dawn of Monday, December 28, 2020, has scaled up the number of fire incidents that are fast becoming rampant. According to a Citi News report, more than 50 persons have been displaced after the fire swept …

South Africa has breached the one million mark of COVID-19 cases in South Africa, after 9 502 cases were reported on Sunday, bringing the cumulative total to 1 004 413 cases. A total of 214 COVID-19 related deaths were reported, with 123 in the Eastern Cape, 17 in Gauteng, 13 …

Three loggers have been found dead and at least 40 more feared abducted by Boko Haram fighters in northeastern Nigeria. Sources and residents told AFP news agency on Saturday that the loggers were rounded up by the fighters on Thursday in Wulgo forest near the town of Gamboru where they …

Journalists in Sierra Leone have heaved a collective sigh of relief following the repeal – after a gruelling 55-year struggle – of a law which had been weaponised by authorities to curtail press freedom. On October 28, President Julius Maada Bio signed a decree revising the country’s 1965 Public Order …