KYIV: Russian forces are making a “rapid retreat” from areas around the capital Kyiv and the city of Chernigiv in northern Ukraine, Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhaylo Podolyak said on Saturday.“With the rapid
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French court rejects appeal by E.Guinea VP over illegal assets
The vice-president of Equatorial Guinea Teodorin Obiang was definitively found guilty on Wednesday of having fraudulently constituted a luxurious patrimony in a section of the
Morocco authorities arrests Uyghur man at China’s request: activists
Moroccan authorities have arrested a Uyghur activist in exile based on a Chinese terrorism warrant distributed by Interpol, according to information from Moroccan police and
South Africa ‘appalled’ by Israel’s African Union observer status
South Africa on Wednesday vehemently objected to last week’s “unilateral” decision by the African Union Commission to grant Israel an official observer status at the
As the virus spreads, hospitals in Senegal’s capital are overwhelmed
Until now relatively spared by the coronavirus epidemic, Senegal is now facing an explosion of Covid-19 cases due to the spread of the Delta variant.
Samia Suluhu Hassan kicks off Tanzania’s Covid vaccination with first jab
Tanzania’s new president launched a coronavirus vaccination drive Wednesday in one of the last countries in the world to start inoculating its people, reversing the
Zimbabwe’s President Mnangagwa named in U.S. $500K fraud case
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s name was allegedly used in a botched deal which resulted in a Harare man losing US$488, 000. According to a Zimbabwean
Nigeria loses $243 million 51 days after Twitter ban
The decision by President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to ban Twitter in Africa’s most populous country in June, has dealt a blow to its revenue ambitions.
Covid-19 cases in Africa continue to surge, exceeds 6.5M positivity
Africa’s Covid-19 cases have continued to rise in recent months as the continent braces for the fourth wave. According to AllAfrica data, as of July
South Africa ports paralyzed by cyber-attack struggle to recover
South Africa’s state-owned logistics firm Transnet said on Tuesday it was working to restore systems, after the country’s key port terminals suffered a major cyber-attack
