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Fresh hope is in the air for pupils in the Katlehong township, Guateng province, South Africa. A new app has been designed for them to make learning easier. Lungile Maile designed Nubia smart so as to introduce mobile gaming to children at a very early age. “The idea behind Nubian smarts, was finding ways to introduce educational mobile games that… Read More

At least 40,000 South African businesses were looted, burnt or vandalised during widespread rioting that broke out after the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma, the government said Tuesday. Hundreds of shopping centres and warehouses in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province were ransacked beginning on July 9. The rampage later spread to Johannesburg, inflicting a devastating blow to an economy already battered by… Read More

One hundred kidnapped villagers in northwest Nigeria were freed Tuesday, police said, following negotiations with their abductors who had held them hostage for 42 days. Heavily armed gangs — called bandits by locals — have long plagued northwest and central Nigeria by looting, stealing cattle and abducting for ransom. In this instance, on July 8 gunmen stormed Manawa village and… Read More

Breathtaking vineyards, wildlife reserves, sandy beaches and cultural riches: South Africa could have benefited from a post-Covid tourism boom. But scenes of rioting this week have dashed that hope, further damaging the ailing sector. All bookings scheduled for this week at Umzolozolo Lodge, a luxury hotel offering private safaris, have been cancelled. Usually, visitors from South Africa and before that… Read More

Haiti swore in a new Prime Minister on Tuesday, as mourning continues for the late President Jovenel Moïse. Ariel Henry, a 71 year-old neurosurgeon was formally appointed to replace interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph who had temporarily assumed leadership after the July 7 commando attack at Moïse’s private home, during which the First Lady was also badly injured. In the… Read More

They stand in line for hours and sometimes leave empty-handed: by putting pressure on those who are slow to get vaccinated, Zimbabwe has succeeded in pushing thousands of people into health care centers but without enough doses to go round. Caregivers were recently given a two-week ultimatum to get vaccinated or they would not be covered in case of infection.… Read More

South Africa has begun vaccinating inmates, as it looked to ramp up inoculations following days of civil unrest which affected the campaign. Vaccination of Correctional Services employees began earlier on 15 July. South Africa’s jails are overcrowded, and there are fears of the disease spreading fast within the facilities. The country’s vaccination campaign has been criticized for being too slow,… Read More

The United States sent back to his native country a Moroccan detainee at Guantanamo Bay on Monday, the first such transfer under Joe Biden, as Washington reaffirmed its goal of closing the controversial prison. Abdellatif Nacer, born in 1965 in Casablanca, had joined the forces of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, where he fought the U.S. army in 2001. He was… Read More

Tunisia’s Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi on Tuesday sacked Health Minister Faouzi Mehdi, Mechichi’s office said, amid spiralling coronavirus cases in the North African country. The ministry said earlier this month that Tunisia’s health system had “collapsed” under the weight of the pandemic, which has caused more than 17,000 deaths in a population of around 12 million inhabitants. “The situation is… Read More

Vaccination against Covid-19 will be open to all adults in Tunisia this Tuesday and Wednesday, religious holidays, announced the Tunisian Minister of Health while private clinics are requisitioned to support the overflowing hospitals. Tunisia, whose vaccine stocks remained limited until recently, has fully vaccinated only 913,000 people, or about 8% of its population, a rate that remains among the highest… Read More