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A still image taken from a drone video shows a cleanup crew working at the site of an oil spill after the bulk carrier ship MV Wakashio ran aground on a reef, at Riviere des Creoles, Mauritius, August 8, 2020. REUBEN PILLAY/REUTERS Mauritians are making floating booms …
Members of the crew of a fishing vessel offload fish at the port of Walvis Bay, Namibia, June 7, 2016. (Photo by Oleksandr Rupeta/NurPhoto via Getty Images) The Namibian government will for the first time auction its 60% share of the country’s annual horse mackerel and hake output to the highest bidder by the end …
A military spokesman for al-Shabab issues a statement south of Mogadishu. (Feisal Omar/Reuters) A fierce gunfire was heard inside the main prison in Mogadishu on Monday afternoon after al-Shabab inmates exchanged gunfire with security officers inside the heavily guarded facility in the restive city, police and witnesses said. “There is an exchange of gunfire inside the …
Public health workers go about their work in collecting swab samples for COVID-19 testing from workers in the hospitality industry in Rongai, Nakuru County, Kenya, June 6, 2020. (Xinhua/Sheikh Maina)
The number of coronavirus cases topped 20 million on Tuesday, more than half of them from the …
(Photo: UNICEF/Pudlowski) The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Monday hailed Tanzania’s new simplified birth registration system for under-five children saying the system will help more children in the country to claim their rights and be protected. “Every child has the right to an identity. A birth certificate …
