Tags GENERAL UNICEF: A third of world’s children missed remote learning The U.N. children’s agency says at least a third of children couldn’t access remote learning when the COVID-19 pandemic closed
Tags NEWS Namibia Apartheid politician turned independence advocate dies of COVID-19 Dirk Mudge, a white Namibian who began his political life with the pro-Apartheid National Party but later lobbied for Namibia’s
Tags GENERAL Mali transition must be quick, French military action to continue, French foreign minister says France’s foreign minister said on Thursday that the transition in Mali needs to be quick, but that the coup d’etat
Tags GENERAL Five killed in boat accident in southwestern Uganda Five people have died after a canoe they were sailing in capsized on Lake Bunyonyi in southwestern Uganda, police said
Tags GENERAL Kenya’s wildebeest migration spectacle threatened by swollen Mara River The annual wildebeest migration from Tanzania’s Serengeti national park to Kenya’s world-famous Maasai Mara wildlife sanctuary is being threatened by
Tags GENERAL Libya reports 553 new COVID-19 cases The National Center for Disease Control of Libya on Wednesday reported 553 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total confirmed cases
Tags GENERAL Ivory Coast ex-leader Gbagbo’s supporters to file his election candidacy despite court decision Supporters of former Cote d’Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo said on Wednesday that they would file for candidacy in his name
Tags GENERAL Libya’s GNA accuses Haftar forces of killing, arresting civilians in Sirte The UN-backed government of Libya on Wednesday accused the rival eastern-based army of killing and arresting civilians in the city
Tags GENERAL Suspects in high-profile rape case fled Egypt in July: prosecutors Seven suspects in an alleged gang rape at a luxury Cairo hotel in 2014 that is at the center of
Tags GENERAL Victims of heavy rains in Sudan rise to 86 A total of 86 people have been killed and thousands of homes collapsed in the torrential rains which hit Sudan