News24 | Egypt sends first arms in decades to Somalia, after Ethiopia’s deal with Somaliland
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) welcoming Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, at Ittihadiya Palace in Cairo, in January 2024. (Egyptian Presidency via AFP) Diplomatic and government sources have confirmed…
News24 | Tanzanian Dr Faustine Engelbert Ndugulile to take over as WHO’s Africa director
Dr Faustine Engelbert Ndugulile of Tanzania (middle) was nominated as the next director for WHO African Region. (WHO/Daniel Elombat/Supplied) Tanzania’s Dr Faustine Engelbert Ndugulile beat competition from Senegal, Rwanda, and…
6 Polish students and a lecturer freed from detention in Nigeria, foreign ministry in Warsaw says
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News24 | Mnangagwa supporters call for Zimbabwe to drop term limits – despite iron-clad Constitution
Some sections of Zanu-PF are calling for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to extend his stay in office, four years ahead of the next polls. Constitutionally repealing term limits or extension will…
Africa has almost 4,000 new mpox cases in a week, but the wait for vaccines continues
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Mpox outbreaks in Africa result from neglect and global community’s inability to stop epidemics
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Cows obstruct Nigeria’s capital as climate change and development leave herders with nowhere to go
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How do you deal with stress? In Nigeria, swinging a sledgehammer in a ‘rage room’ helps
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News24 | Ahead of 200-year celebrations, Basotho love their king but do not trust politicians, survey finds
King Letsie III of Lesotho watches the races during the Vodacom Durban July 2018 at Greyville Racecourse in Durban. (Anesh Debiky/Gallo Images) South Africans need to be in the know…