African News
Drugmakers condemn plan for Covid vaccine patent waiver
By: Reuters 16th March 2022 Global drugmakers condemned on Wednesday an initiative by four World Trade Organization members to introduce an intellectual property waiver for... →
Police break up militant cell in Tunisia's Tataouine, ministry says
By: Reuters 16th March 2022 Police have broken up a militant cell linked to Islamic State in the southern Tunisian city of Tataouine, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.... →
Masks, PCR tests no longer needed in Namibia as Covid cases fall
By: Reuters 15th March 2022 The wearing of masks in public in Namibia and negative PCR tests for vaccinated visitors are no longer required, President Hage Geingob said on... →
Somalia's worst drought in four decades means millions need aid
By: Reuters 15th March 2022 It has not rained on Habiba Maow Iman's farm in southern Somalia for two years. Her animals are dead; her crops failed. Wrapped in a shawl stamped... →
Rebel attacks in eastern Congo kill more than 60
By: Reuters 15th March 2022 Suspected Islamist militants have killed more than 60 people over five days of attacks on villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local... →
Kenya's deputy president, estranged from his boss, aims for the presidency
By: Reuters 15th March 2022 Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto is due to be nominated on Tuesday by his new party to stand for the presidency in an August election after... →
ICC says Central African Republic war crimes suspect surrendered
By: Reuters 15th March 2022 The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday said the former Central African Republic's militia leader Maxime Jeoffroy Eli Mokom Gawaka had... →
Uganda military denies president's son, seen as potential successor, has resigned
By: Reuters 14th March 2022 Uganda's military said on Monday that President Yoweri Museveni's son, a lieutenant general who stood down for what many believe to be a bid to... →