News24.com | PICS | Lagos blast death toll rises to 17
Authorities in Nigeria’s largest city Lagos on Monday said that the death toll from a suspected gas explosion had risen to 17 as emergency services dug bodies from the debris.…
News24.com | Cyclone Idai: One year on, Zimbabwe survivors losing hope
Clusters of white tarpaulin tents dot the green forest slopes of Zimbabwe‘s northeastern town of Chimanimani, home to hundreds of people who have been displaced since Cyclone Idai struck these…
News24.com | Kenya blocks entry for non-residents in virus response
Kenya unveiled a series of strict measures to curb coronavirus on Sunday, blocking entry to the country to all except citizens and residents and shutting schools as the number of…
News24.com | Coronavirus ‘god’s punishment’ of west: Zimbabwe defence minister
Zimbabwe’s defence minister has called the coronavirus pandemic a “punishment” of the US and Europe for imposing sanctions against members of the ruling regime over human rights abuses. Coronavirus has…
News24.com | Couple kidnapped in Burkina Faso two years ago found in Mali after escaping
A Canadian woman and her Italian partner kidnapped in Burkina Faso in 2018 have been found in good health in the northwest of Mali after fleeing their captors, and were…
News24.com | Attacks, ethnic massacres leave ghost villages in central Mali
After years of ethnic massacres and unrelenting jihadist attacks, central Mali has been left a harrowed area of deserted villages and displaced people. An Islamist insurgency erupted in the north…
News24.com | Rwanda confirms first coronavirus case
Rwanda on Saturday confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus – an Indian citizen who arrived last week from Mumbai, the health ministry said. “He is currently under treatment…
News24.com | Ivory Coast PM named ruling party’s presidential candidate
Ivory Coast’s ruling party has named the prime minister as its candidate for the October presidential poll, after President Alassane Ouattara ended months of speculation and said he would not…
News24.com | Mauritania confirms first coronavirus case
Mauritania has confirmed its first case of novel coronavirus, the country’s health minister said on Friday, adding to the growing number of cases in West Africa. In a televised statement,…