Africa
Sixteen soldiers were killed and nine wounded when hundreds of Boko Haram terror group members attacked a military post in southern Niger overnight, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday. The attack was in the commune of Bosso, the Diffa region bordering Nigeria, where Boko Haram is active along with the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), ...
Nigeria's confirmed COVID-19 cases rose to 184,593 Wednesday after reporting 1,149 new cases in the day, the highest rise since the country declared the third wave of infections ...
Libya said Tuesday that it will reopen its land border and air traffic with Tunisia after more than a month-long closure due to rising coronavirus cases in the ...
At the Sidi Bahri market in Tunis, shoppers were pleased with the president's attacks on corruption and high prices since he seized control of the government last month ...
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 7,222,853 as of Saturday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, ...
The death toll in Algeria from wildfires that broke out east of the capital has risen to 65, including 25 soldiers, the government said Tuesday. Several Algerian provinces ...
A South African court on Tuesday again postponed a long-delayed corruption trial against jailed former president Jacob Zuma to September 9 following his hospitalisation last week for an ...
Egypt on Monday received its first shipment of one-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines, obtaining 261,600 doses in cooperation with the African Union, the health ministry said. The J&J ...
Tunisian President Kais Saied has appointed Ali Mrabet as the new health minister, the presidency said on Friday. During the inauguration ceremony, the new minister "took the constitutional oath before the president, in accordance with article 89 of the Tunisian Constitution," a presidency statement said. Mrabet is professor in epidemiology and public health. On July ...
Seven Arab nations on Tuesday informed the African Union (AU) of their objection to grant Israel observer status in the bloc. Israeli Ambassador to Addis Ababa Aleli Admasu ...
