The South African government condemned the planned auction of the key to the prison cell that once held ex-president and national hero Nelson Mandela. The key to the cell on Robben Island, where Mandela was jailed for 27 years, is the headline item o…
Read moreFrance and its 15 allies in Europe and Canada have condemned what they say is the deployment of Russian mercenaries to Mali.They said it could “further deteriorate the security situation in West Africa”, which is battling Jihadist groups.The Western na…
Read moreThe Federal Government has declared free train rides for citizens from Dec 24 to Jan 4, 2022.Fidet Okhiria, Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Friday in Abuja.“The decision which was made…
Read moreSouth Africans without symptoms of COVID-19 will no longer need to isolate or test if they have been in contact with a positive case, the government announced, saying developments around the virus justified a shift from containment measures towards mit…
Read morePolice in Zimbabwe are still searching for 12 COVID-19 positive inmates who escaped from a quarantine center in Beitbridge, Matabeleland South province last Friday.The inmates were put on mandatory quarantine after they tested positive for the novel vi…
Read moreThe United States will next week lift the travel ban imposed on several southern African nations when the Omicron variant of Covid was first detected, officials said. Countries around the world restricted travel from southern Africa after the variant…
Read moreROME — On Christmas Day, in his message to the city and the world, Pope Francis stressed the importance of being open to dialogue to resolve the large number of conflicts, crises and disagreements that exist in today’s world. He mentioned Syria, Iraq a…
Read moreFive suspects aged 24,28,30,34 and 36 are expected to appear in the Pampierstad Magistrate’s Court on a charge of dealing in drugs on Tuesday, 28 December 2021, subsequent to their arrest on Friday,24 December 2021.Members of Hartswater K9 unit, C…
Read moreNigeria’s Kaduna State Police Command has foiled a kidnap attempt, rescuing 48 persons at Udawa village in Chikun local government area of the state.The command’s spokesman, ASP Mohammed Jalige, said this in a statement he issued on the operation.He sa…
Read moreHundreds of women have rallied in Sudan against sexual violence following allegations that 13 women and girls were raped at a protest on Sunday.The UN said it had received “disturbing reports” that security force members sexually abused women at the de…
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