N’Djamena – A group of 44 suspected members of Boko Haram, arrested during a recent operation against the jihadist group, have been found dead in their prison cell, apparently poisoned,…
Lesotho’s embattled prime minister has announced that he has sent troops onto the streets to “restore order”, accusing unnamed law enforcement agencies of undermining democracy. Prime Minister Thomas Thabane is…
The Union Jack is slowly lowered. An enormous clamour rising from across Salisbury’s Rufaro stadium hits fever pitch as 36 000 people celebrate the hoisting of the new green-gold-red-black-white flag,…
Lesotho, Samoa and North Korea. What do these countries have in common with 13 other nations? Until 17 April, they had no reported cases of the coronavirus, Al Jazeera reports.…
Coronavirus cases in Africa could surge from just thousands now to 10 million within three to six months, according to provisional modelling, a regional World Health Organisation (WHO) official said.…
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention plans to distribute a million Covid-19 test kits from next week to help the continent tackle a glaring shortfall in testing, its…
Nigerian security agents have killed 18 people in their enforcement of measures to curb coronavirus, a figure higher than the documented toll inflicted by the disease, the country’s human rights…
The southern African kingdom of Eswatini has recorded its first death from coronavirus, Health Minister Lizzie Nkosi said on Thursday. “The ministry sadly announces the first death of a Covid-19…
Women and children fell to the ground, bloodied and trampled in a desperate surge for food being handed out in a Nairobi slum, as police fired teargas and men with…
