August 2021
Malawi Braces for Another Election Challenge
BLANTYRE – Malawi’s Constitutional Court has agreed to hear a challenge to last year’s presidential election rerun from the opposition Democratic Progressive Party. President Lazarus Chakwera defeated the DPP’s Peter Mutharika in the rerun after the c…
Habré’s Victims, Analysts Reflect on His Legacy
DAKAR – The former president of Chad, Hissène Habré, died on Tuesday at age 79, five years into a life sentence for war crimes and crimes against humanity.His trial in Senegal marked the first time an African country tried a former leader of another Af…
Volunteers Tackle COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG – Despite COVID-19 vaccine being available to all South African adults, uptake remains low with just 20% of adults having received a first dose. The Muslim Association of South Africa is one of many groups combatting vaccine hesitancy by d…
Mogadishu Suicide Bombing Kills 2, Injures 5
MOGADISHU – At least two people were killed and five wounded Thursday after a suicide bomber detonated a device inside a cafe in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, police and witnesses said.The suicide bomber targeted a tea shop near a crowded junction in …
PRESS RELEASE BY THE MINISTRY FOR EQUALITY, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION: Science in the City 2021 will take place in hybrid format on the 24th and 25th September with the theme ‘Sowing Seeds’
This year the Science in the City festival will take place on a hybrid basis, meaning that it will be a combination of physical and digital events, culminating into the main events taking place over 2 days on the 24th and 25th of September. This year’s…
Six Out of 136 Abducted Islamic Students Die in North-Central Nigeria
Six of the 136 students kidnapped from an Islamic school in the north-central Nigerian state of Niger have died of illness, the school principal told Reuters on Monday. The abductors have demanded a ransom to release the students, kidnapped in May afte…