January 2, 2022 Devastating fire rips through South Africa’s Parliament complex A major fire ripped through South Africa's Parliament complex on Sunday, gutting offices and causing some ceilings in the building that houses the national legislature to collapse.Â
December 31, 2021 WHO leader warns of omicron 'tsunami' as South African study posits variant wave may have already peaked World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday he is worried about the omicron and delta variants of the coronavirus creating a "tsunami of cases."Â
December 30, 2021 Kenyan assembly melee leaves lawmaker with bloody eye: report A member of Kenya's National Assembly was left with a bloody eye Wednesday after a fight broke out among the African nation’s lawmakers, according to a report.
December 29, 2021 Ugandan author who called leader's son 'obese' detained by government: 'Men with guns are breaking my door' Ugandan author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija has been arrested and detained by the government on unknown charges
December 29, 2021 Experts scramble to solve South Sudan’s mysterious killer outbreak Almost 100 hundred people have died in Fangak, Jonglei State in the northern part of South Sudan from an undiagnosed illness
December 29, 2021 Biden issues proclamation revoking travel ban on 8 southern African countries President Biden issued a proclamation Tuesday overturning a November travel order that barred nearly all non-U.S. citizens who had recently been in eight southern African countries from entering the U.S.
December 26, 2021 Desmond Tutu, South African equality activist, dead at 90 Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Sunday. He was 90.
December 22, 2021 South Africa may have reached omicron peak after recent drop in COVID-19 cases South Africa's noticeable drop in new COVID-19 cases in recent days may signal that the country's dramatic omicron-driven surge has passed its peak
December 22, 2021 Nigeria destroys 1M expired donated COVID-19 vaccines Nigeria destroyed more than 1 million expired doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine because they could not be used before their expiration date, authorities said.
December 16, 2021 Nigerian bishop criticizes Blinken's decision to delist nation, says persecution more intense 'than ever' Nigerian Catholic Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza is demanding answers from Secretary of State Blinken, saying persecution in the African nation is 'more intense now than ever.'