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image copyrightGetty Images South Africa has issued an arrest warrant for controversial millionaire pastor Shepard Bushiri, who skipped bail and returned home to Malawi. On Saturday he told his social media followers
image copyrightAFP The doctors’ union in Kenya has accused the government of not protecting healthcare workers who are treating Covid-19 patients, after the deaths of four medical practitioners last week. They all died
CLOSE (Photo: Francisco Seco, AP) HALLE, Belgium — New Kim is worth her weight in gold and then some — actually much, much more. A wealthy Chinese pigeon
New Kim is worth her weight in gold and then some — actually much, much more. A wealthy Chinese pigeon racing fan put down a record price of 1.6 million euros ($1.9 million) for the Belgian-bred bird, saying a lot
Historically across Latin America, when constitutionally elected leaders were denied their legitimate mandate, there was just one word for it: coup. Just think of the emblematic cases of Salvador Allende in Chile (1973) and Jacobo Arbenz in Guatemala
GENEVA — The World Health Organization director-general says the U.N. agency is “extremely concerned” by a surge of coronavirus cases particularly in Europe and North America, saying health workers and systems are “being pushed to the breaking point.” Tedros Adhanom
Hundreds have died, at least 20,000 refugees have fled to Sudan and there have been reports of atrocities since Abiy ordered air strikes and a ground offensive against Tigray’s rulers for defying his authority. The conflict could jeopardize a
It is the largest number of detentions reported in a single day since the protests began. The total number of people detained since August is believed to be over 25,000, according to Viasna. Sunday marked the fourteenth week in
The peace deal sparked massive protests Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Monday dismissed his foreign minister as several thousand demonstrators staged a new rally against a controversial peace deal with Azerbaijan.
Comoros continued their run of outstanding results in qualification for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations with a 2–1 over Kenya to put themselves top of Group G. Goals from Ben El Fardou and Faiz