Zanzibar’s Seif Sharif Hamad dies weeks after getting Covid

No official reason has been given for the death of Seif Sharif Hamad at the age of 77.

Hotel Rwanda hero Rusesabagina in court on terrorism charges

Paul Rusesabagina says he was abducted in Dubai and brought to Rwanda to stand trial.

Obinwanne Okeke: Nigerian email fraudster jailed for 10 years in US

Obinwanne Okeke used Nigerian-based companies to defraud people in the US.

Obinwanne Okeke: Nigerian email fraudster jailed for 10 years in US

Obinwanne Okeke used Nigerian-based companies to defraud people in the US.

Kenya: Butterfly farming to provide income and help conservation

Butterfly farming along the Kenyan coast is a source of income and a way of conserving the local forest.

Nigeria gunmen raid Kagara school and abduct boys

An all-boys' boarding school has been raided, with one pupil killed and 27 other children abducted.

Covid: South Africa variant now ‘dominant’ in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has 200,000 Sinopharm doses, although the efficacy level against the variant is unclear.

Congo River: At least 60 drowned after boat capsizes

Residents say they have seen bodies floating in the water after the overcrowded boat crashed.

Central African Republic: War crimes trial of two ex-militia leaders starts

Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona denies leading attacks on Muslims in the Central African Republic (CAR).

New WTO boss warns against vaccine nationalism

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says rich countries should not be allowed to vaccinate their people as poorer countries wait.