Sudanese Police have admitted the killing of a protester by its forces during a demonstration against military rule near Khartoum, the capital on Tuesday. The Police said the shooting was an individual action that went against orders. They said they have taken “necessary legal procedures” immediately against the policeman involved. “We saw the video, including […]
The Malawian government says it will roll out an integrated nationwide cholera and COVID-19 campaign. This is to prevent spread of cholera and to allow the population to access the COVID-19 vaccine. Secretary for Ministry of Local Government, James Chiusiwa, said the campaign will run for 12 days, from March 2. The campaign is part […]
Morocco announced on Tuesday that its air traffic volume in January reached the pre-pandemic level. Airports in Morocco recorded 1,981,294 travellers in January, up by six per cent from the same period in 2019. Also, it recorded 15,726 aircraft movements, about 94 per cent as of January that year, the Moroccan Airports Authority said in […]
Angolan plans to create tax incentives to attract more investors to its diamond-cutting sector, Minister of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas, Diamantino Azevedo, announced on Saturday. Azevedo made the announcement at the inauguration of the fifth diamond-cutting factory at Saurimo Diamond Development Park in Lunda Sul province. He said the incentives aim to promote competitiveness, create […]
Three policemen died and two others sustain injuries on Saturday in a fierce gunfight with Naxals in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, the Police said. The gunfight broke out between the Naxals and a contingent of the police’s District Reserve Guard (DRG) at Jagargunda area in Sukma district, about 515 km south of Raipur, […]
The President of Peru, Dina Boluarte has recalled the Peruvian ambassador to Mexico, following criticism from Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. She also reduced the level of Peru’s relations with that country. “The Government of Peru has ordered the definitive withdrawal of its ambassador in the United Mexican States. “Thus, diplomatic relations between Peru […]
Explosions rocked Mount Cameroon Race of Hope, an international athletic competition, which kicked off in the country’s restive Anglophone region of Southwest, on Saturday, according to the Police and eyewitness. The blasts went off in three locations just a few minutes after the race began in Buea, the chief town of the region, the local […]
Ukrainians honoured their dead and vowed to keep fighting, on Friday, as Russia told the world to accept “the realities” of its war. Moscow faces new Western sanctions on the one-year invasion’s anniversary. At a ceremony in Kyiv’s St Sophia Square, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy bestowed medals on soldiers and the mother of one killed, fighting […]
The South African Police Service (SAPS), on Friday, said that they have seized 380 kilogrammes of cocaine at the Durban Harbour. “A multidisciplinary team led by the SAPS Organised Crime Investigations unit acted on intelligence-driven information that a vessel that was coming into the country from South America on Thursday,” the SAPS said in a […]
Four school pupils are reportedly missing after their boat capsized in a crocodile and hippo-infested river in Tanzania’s western region of Kigoma, an official said on Friday. Salum Kali, the Kigoma District Commissioner, said the pupils were crossing over to a primary school on the other side of the Luiche River when it capsized at […]