South Africa: 15 dead, 37 injured in bus collision
“The death toll is now 15 dead, and 37 people have been injured, some of them critically,” spokesman Thabo Charles Mabaso said.
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Salah-less Egypt suffer shock AFCON loss to Ethiopia
Egypt lacked several other injured first choices, but were still expected to secure maximum Group D points in neutral Malawi against opponents 108 places lower in the world rankings.
Nigeria’s ruling party battles disunity over 2023 election candidate
The opposition People’s Democratic Party chose veteran Atiku Abubakar as its challenger for next year’s ballot.
Election influencers for hire: Kenya’s disinformation factories
The rising dominance of platforms like Twitter and Facebook has opened up a new front in Kenyan politics.
UN: 40 million more faced acute hunger in 2021
Among 53 countries facing the problem, the most affected include the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Yemen and Afghanistan
UN chief calls for safe return for Nigeria’s displaced
Nigerian authorities are planning to close all camps for displaced people in Borno by 2026
Al-Shabaab claims deadly attack on AU base in Somalia
Somalia’s government said it “condemns in the strongest possible terms the heinous attack targeting ATMIS”
Tunisia announces ‘national dialogue’, without opposition
It would not include parties and civil society organisations which have denounced seizure of power by President Kais Saeid
South Africa miners force president to quit May Day event
The protesters held up placards demanding a pay rise and chanted “Cyril must go”
WHO study: Over two-thirds of Africans have had COVID
Laboratory tests have detected 11.5 million COVID cases and 252,000 fatalities across the African continent.
