DR Congo Ebola outbreak ‘not global emergency’
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is not yet an international public health emergency, the World Health Organization has said. It said
May 21, 2018
Africa
Home Office suspends immigration checks on UK bank accounts
The Home Office is to suspend controversial immigration checks on thousands of bank accounts in the wake of the Windrush scandal. The department is in
May 18, 2018
DR Congo Ebola outbreak: WHO in emergency talks as cases spread
The World Health Organization (WHO) is to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the risk of Ebola spreading from the Democratic Republic of Congo. A
May 18, 2018
Jacob Zuma to be prosecuted on corruption charges
Former South African President Jacob Zuma will be charged with 16 counts of corruption, money laundering and racketeering, the country’s national prosecuting authority announced Friday.
March 27, 2018
Blast in Egypt kills 1, wounds 4, state-run news agency says
A bomb targeting the director of security of an Egyptian city killed one of his bodyguards and wounded four others, according to state-run Ahram news
March 27, 2018
Freed Dapchi girl: Boko Haram told us ‘don’t go back to school’
One of the Dapchi schoolgirls freed by Boko Haram has told CNN that the militant group warned her and the other girls not to pursue
March 27, 2018
South Africa suspends Jacob Zuma’s state of the nation address
South Africa’s parliament has taken the extraordinary step of postponing President Jacob Zuma’s state of the nation address on Thursday, as pressure grows on him
February 6, 2018
Zimbabwe’s Morgan Tsvangirai ‘Critically Ill’
Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is critically ill in a South African hospital, reports say. Local media quoted family sources as saying the 65-year-old
February 6, 2018
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