Zimbabwe bans traditional funerals after spike in coronavirus cases
Zimbabwe has banned families from transporting their dead relatives between cities, a custom where families take the dead to their areas of birth for burial...
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Bodies of 20 migrants retrieved off Tunisia – ministry
Tunisia’s coastguard on Thursday retrieved the bodies of 20 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa after their boat capsized at sea, a spokesperson for the defence ministry...
Family stranded in South Africa as travel ban over mutant virus strain kicks in
When businesswoman Marina Wessolowski arrived in Cape Town on Dec. 12 she was looking forward to spending Christmas with family and friends before flying back...
New coronavirus variant driving spike in South Africa
A new variant of the coronavirus is driving spike in cases in South Africa. According to health officials and scientists leading the country’s virus strategy,...
Chinese face-scanning firm CloudMinds rebrands U.S. unit after blacklisting
The U.S. unit of SoftBank-backed robotics startup CloudMinds has changed its name to distance itself from the blacklisted China-based firm, two people with knowledge of...
Ghana MP: Ballot papers were overprinted in favour of the NPP
Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, says the Electoral Commission was an accomplice in printing excess ballot papers to favour the victory...
South Africa officially in a second wave of coronavirus
South Africa’s health minister has said the country is now experiencing a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Minister Zweli Mkhize said four provinces –...
Voting ends in Ghana’s presidential, parliamentary polls
Voting in Ghana to elect a president and members of parliament ended 5 p.m. Monday in an election adjudged by several voters and electoral officials...
United Nations, Ethiopia reach aid pact for war-hit Tigray
Ethiopia and the United Nations reached an agreement on Wednesday to channel desperately needed humanitarian aid to a northern region where a month of war...
Hotline helps Ethiopians separated by conflict stay in touch
A shack covered by plastic in Sudan’s Hamdayit refugee centre has become a source of smiles, sighs and tears for Ethiopian refugees, thanks to a...