International

A woman holds a small bottle labelled with a “COVID-19 Vaccine” sticker. [Reuters] The United States has donated over 110 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to more than 60 countries so far, the White House […]

At least 30 corpses have washed up on the Sudanese banks of a river that abuts Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray, according to two Ethiopian refugees and four Sudanese witnesses who told Reuters on Monday […]

People are seen going into the National hospital after resident doctors commence a doctors strike, in Abuja, Nigeria. [Reuters] Resident doctors in Nigerian public hospitals began an indefinite strike on Monday over grievances that include […]

Ambilikile Mwasapile alias Babu wa Loliondo died in Arusha, Tanzania, on July 30, 2021. [Courtesy] Pastor Ambilikile Mwasapile, widely known as Babu wa Loliondo, was suffering from severe pneumonia. Babu, 86, is said to have developed […]

Ambilikile Mwasapile alias Babu wa Loliondo dies in Arusha, Tanzania. [Courtesy] Retired Tanzanian Priest Ambilikile Mwasapile alias Babu wa Loliondo is dead. Tanzanian dailies reported that Babu died on Friday evening at a health facility […]

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni arrives at the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London, Britain January 20, 2020. [File] A move by Uganda’s government to install digital tracking devices on vehicles to help fight rampant crime has […]

Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara shakes hands with former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo during a meeting at the presidential palace in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. [Reuters] Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara and long-time rival Laurent […]

A passenger looks at a departures board with cancelled flights from Paris to London and Bristol at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy near Paris. [Reuters] England’s decision to keep quarantine measures for travellers […]

Displaced women sit on mats after fleeing an attack claimed by Islamic State-linked insurgents on the town of Palma, April 2, 2021. [Reuters] South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the use of 1,495 members […]

Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan. [Standard] Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan has received her first Covid-19 Janssen vaccine shot at State House, Dar es Salaam as she launched a nationwide vaccination drive. The country’s Health […]

A bus carrying displaced people arrives at the Tsehaye primary school, which was turned into a temporary shelter for people displaced by conflict, in the town of Shire, Tigray region, Ethiopia. [Reuters] Some 24,000 Eritrean […]

A view of the port and the area around Champs de Mar, near the presidential palace, after Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise was shot dead by unidentified attackers in his private residence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. [Reuters] […]

A crew member of the German NGO migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 uses binoculars to keep watch for migrant boats in the search and rescue zone in international waters off the coast of Libya. [Reuters] […]

Rows of empty seats of an American Airline flight are seen during a flight between Washington DC and Miami, in Washington, US. [Reuters] The United States will not lift any existing travel restrictions “at this […]

Supporters of Tunisia’s biggest political party, the moderate Islamist Ennahda, take cover from stones thrown at them by supporters of President Kais Saied, outside the parliament building in Tunis, Tunisia July 26, 2021. [Reuters, Zoubeir […]

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, September 26, 2019. [Reuters] Sierra Leone’s parliament voted unanimously on Friday to repeal the death penalty more than two […]

French anti-riot police fired teargas on Saturday, July 24, as clashes erupted during protests in central Paris against COVID-19 restrictions. [Reuters] French anti-riot police fired teargas on Saturday as clashes erupted during protests in central […]

Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina attends a meeting to discuss the 20th replenishment of the World Bank’s International Development Association, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast July 15, 2021.[Reuters] A French citizen is among six people arrested on […]

Container ships wait to load and offload goods in port in Cape Town, South Africa, on April 17, 2020. [Reuters] A cyber attack has disrupted container operations at the South African port of Cape Town, […]

A member of a hazardous waste cleanup crew walks to clean up a warehouse that was burned during days of looting following the imprisonment of former South African President Jacob Zuma, in Durban, South Africa, […]