COVID-19 expanding risks to peace everywhere, warns UN chief
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Thursday that the COVID-19 pandemic is expanding risks to peace everywhere. “It poses
Namibia’s COVID-19 cases break 10,000 mark
Namibia on Thursday recorded 114 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the country’s cumulative confirmed cases to 10,078. Namibia’s Health Minister
Libyan unity government chief says ready to step down
The head of Libya’s UN-recognised Government of National Accord said Wednesday he planned to step down within six weeks as
Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 1.37 mln amid multiple impacts of pandemic
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the African continent has reached 1,373,986, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and
South Africa’s economy to shrink 8.2% in 2020: central bank
South Africa’s central bank on Thursday forecast the economy will shrink by 8.2 percent in 2020, but some forecasts foresee
Aid worker with charity World Vision killed in DR Congo
A worker with the British charity World Vision has been killed in an ambush on a humanitarian convoy in eastern
Foreigners ‘live in constant fear’ in South Africa : HRW
Foreign nationals in South Africa suffer “routine” harassment, violence and discrimination by locals and government authorities, Human Rights Watch (HRW)
South Africa bids farewell to ‘hero’ George Bizos, Mandela’s lawyer
South Africa on Thursday bade farewell to George Bizos, the “hero” anti-apartheid lawyer who represented Nelson Mandela at his trial
Islamic State claims killing of French aid workers in Niger
Islamic State has credited its West Africa affiliate for killing six French aid workers and their Nigerien guide and driver
Kenya loses 16 healthcare workers to COVID-19 amid heightened risk
Kenya has lost 16 healthcare workers to COVID-19 while 945 have contracted the virus since mid-March when the first positive