At least 2,554 people arrested in Kwazulu-Natal, Gauteng provinces for violence, says senior official The death toll in South Africa rose to 212 on Friday amid lulled violent protests and looting. Acting Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said 180 people died in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province and 32 died in the province of Gauteng

Members of the Uganda Olympics team pose for a photo call as they arrive at a hotel in Izumisano city, Osaka Prefecture on June 20, 2021. AFP By AFP In a statement, Izumisano city said 20-year-old weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko failed to appear by noon for his daily virus test and was not in his hotel

A photograph appeared on the Internet Ikran Tahlil Farah, a 23-year-old member of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) and former director of the Mogadishu mayor’s office, is missing after two weeks away from home. Her last appearance was at 8pm, after she boarded a luxury car from her home in the area of

Johnson & Johnson’s Neutrogena Cool Dry Sport sunscreen, which is part of a voluntary recall of five Neutrogena and Aveeno brand aerosol sunscreen products after a cancer-causing chemical was detected in some samples, sits on a shelf at a store in Gloucester, Massachusetts, U.S., July 15, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder By Manas Mishra, Michael Erman Pharmacy

President Joe Biden meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, July 15, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) By AAMER MADHANI, ALEXANDRA JAFFE and FRANK JORDANS WASHINGTON (AP) — Welcoming Angela Merkel to the White House for a final time, President Joe Biden renewed his concerns to

Damaged houses are seen at the Ahr river in Insul, western Germany, Thursday, July 15, 2021. Due to heavy rain falls the Ahr river dramatically went over the banks the evening before. People have died and dozens of people are missing in Germany after heavy flooding turned streams and streets into raging torrents, sweeping away

Members of Amhara Special Forces stand guard along a street in Humera town, Ethiopia July 1, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer By Dawit Endeshaw Ethiopia’s war in the northern region of Tigray looked set to intensify on Wednesday as the prime minister signalled the end of a government ceasefire and the neighbouring Amhara region said it would go

Safaricom headquarters on Nairobi’s Waiyaki Way. By BRIAN NGUGI Safaricom’s plans to expand to Ethiopia have been complicated by a US State financier threatening to recall its loans following escalation of armed conflict in the horn of Africa nation. The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) says that the acts of violence against civilians in

To host the World Cup in November 2022, Qatar has massively grown its hotel industry (AFP/File photo) Doha says it takes ‘zero-tolerance approach’ towards violating companies, but report’s authors say research ‘should be a wakeup call’ to football teams and sponsors labour abuse ahead of the 2022 Fifa World Cup, a London-based NGO said in

File – In this Friday, April 30, 2021, file photo former Afghan interpreters hold banners during a protest against the U.S. government and NATO in Kabul, Afghanistan. With American troops withdrawing from Afghanistan, pressure has been mounting for the Biden administration to plan a military evacuation of Afghans who supported U.S. military operations during two