Tags GENERAL Tunisian parliament speaker retains post after no-confidence vote fails Tunisia’s parliament speaker Rached Ghannouchi has retained his post after a no-confidence vote session failed to secure the required number
Tags GENERAL Libya to impose full lockdown as pandemic cases grow Libya’s internationally recognised government in Tripoli will impose a full lockdown in areas of the country it controls, it said
Tags GENERAL World U20 Championships in Kenya scheduled for August 2021 The World Under-20 Championships in the Kenyan capital Nairobi have been rescheduled for August 17-22 next year, World Athletics announced
Tags GENERAL Forced labour, prostitution and child marriages in Malawi Human trafficking is a problem in Malawi, with teenage boys forced to work as farm labourers, and young women to
Tags GENERAL Zimbabwe clears streets, shops close ahead of planned protests Zimbabwe’s security forces on Thursday cleared people off streets of the capital Harare and forced shops to close, a day
Tags GENERAL Nigerian governor escapes suspected Boko Haram attack A Nigerian state governor on Wednesday evening escaped an ambush by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram militants in the
Tags GENERAL UNICEF: A third of world’s children poisoned by lead Lead poisoning is affecting children on a “massive and previously unknown scale”, according to a ground-breaking new study launched on
Tags GENERAL Killer of Uganda mountain gorilla sentenced to 11 years in prison A court in southwestern Uganda has sentenced a man to 11 years in jail after he was found guilty of
Tags GENERAL Zimbabwe records 62 new COVID-19 cases as total hits 2,879 Zimbabwe recorded 62 new COVID-19 cases and one death on Wednesday, bringing the country’s total cases to 2,879 and the
Tags GENERAL U.N. warns that 60% of Zimbabweans threatened by hunger The U.N. food agency on Thursday appealed for an additional $250 million to provide relief to millions of Zimbabweans as