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FILE PHOTO: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo by Felix Dlangamandla / Beeld / Gallo Images via Getty Images) South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Accra on Saturday to begin a two day tour of Ghana where he is being hosted by President Nana Akufo-Addo. The visit …
Health officials in South Africa have been deployed across the country to encourage communities to be vaccinated amid rising COVID-19 infections. This is part of government’s Vooma vaccination campaign. The drive will see more pop-up vaccine sites with officials urging the public to get immunised before the festive season. Many hospitals overwhelmed by COVID admissions have reported that most patients did not get jabbed. Despite these revelations, many people are still hesitant to get vaccinated, which is why the Vooma …
At least 20 people are feared dead after a bus they were travelling in plunged into a river in eastern Kenya on December 4. The bus was transporting church members to a wedding ceremony before it plunged into River Enziu, which is flooded following days of heavy rainfall. Amateur video shared on social media shows the driver trying to maneuver the bus through a flooded bridge, before the vehicle lost balance and slipped into the river. …
Seventy kidnapped people have regained their freedom after being held for over a month by unidentified gunmen who abducted them in recent attacks in the country’s northwestern state of Kaduna, a religious leader said on Saturday. At a press conference on Saturday in the city of Kaduna, the state capital, John Hayab, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Kaduna branch, told reporters the 70 released people included 61 worshippers who were kidnapped by gunmen …
Government forces in eastern DR Congo are struggling to contain massacres by the ADF, a jihadist group linked to the Islamic State. /AFP Democratic Republic of Congo’s army on Friday said a military operation including air and artillery strikes against the ADF rebel group earlier this week allowed 27 hostages to …
