African

BAMAKO – Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed security and economic cooperation with Mali’s junta leader Assimi Goita by phone on Wednesday, both countries said, a day…

TUNIS – Japan pledged US$30 billion (S$42 billion) in aid for development in Africa on Saturday (Aug 27), saying it wants to work more closely with the continent, with the…

JOHANNESBURG – South African scientists have discovered two new sublineages of the Omicron coronavirus variant, said Professor Tulio de Oliveira, who runs gene-sequencing institutions in…

GENEVA – Six African countries have been chosen to establish their own mRNA vaccine production, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday (Feb 18), with the continent…

JOHANNESBURG – The South African government on Wednesday (July 14) sought to deploy around 25,000 troops to curb unrest, now in its sixth straight day, amid fears of food and fuel shortages…

JOHANNESBURG – Jacob Zuma, who has been repeatedly implicated in aiding and abetting the plunder of state funds during the nine years he led South Africa, was sentenced to 15 months in jail…

JOHANNESBURG – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa put the communications minister on “special leave” for two months, one of which will be unpaid, on Wednesday (April 8) for breaking…

ABUJA: Governments across Africa are teaming up with technology giants including Facebook and WhatsApp to fight misinformation about coronavirus on social media platforms that could propel…

Johannesburg: Cricket South Africa’s interim chief executive Jacques Faul has requested South African fans to “respect” Steven Smith and David Warner as the Australians return to the…

JOHANNESBURG – The rapidly spreading coronavirus has wreaked havoc across much of the developed world, yet not a single case has been confirmed so far in Africa – the continent that’s least…