Popular 25-year-old Ugandan gorilla killed at UNESCO park
The Silverback gorilla, named Rafiki, was killed in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park after going missing on June 1. His
South Africa should consider zero-based budgeting, finance minister says
South Africa should think about moving to a zero-based budget, the finance minister, Tito Mboweni said on Friday, ahead of an
Egypt registers single-day record of 1,577 new COVID-19 infections
Egypt witnessed on Friday a record of 1,577 single-day new COVID-19 cases, raising the total infections confirmed in the country
Kenya launches national blood donation campaign
Kenya’s Health Ministry on Friday launched a blood donation campaign to restock the national blood bank that has been faced
Nigeria declares emergency after rapes triple under lockdown
Governors across Nigeria have declared a state of emergency over rape and other gender-based violence against women and children as
Botswana capital on lockdown as COVID-19 cases surge
Botswana’s capital city Gaborone was placed on a total lockdown on Friday following an increase in the number of COVID-19
Somalia’s Islamist group al Shabaab say they set up COVID-19 treatment centre
Somalia’s Islamist group Al-Shabaab said on Friday they had set up a COVID-19 treatment centre in the country, and said
French court allows access to archives on 1994 Rwanda genocide
France’s top administrative court has ruled that a researcher could access former President Francois Mitterrand’s archives on the 1994 Rwandan
Congo’s gold being smuggled out by the tonne, UN report finds
Gold production in Democratic Republic of Congo continues to be systematically under-reported while tonnes of the precious metal is smuggled
Zimbabwe relaxes virus lockdown restrictions
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa eased restrictions on movement implemented in March to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, to