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Championship leader Sebastien Ogier won the opening stage of the Safari Rally Kenya in Nairobi on Thursday. The seven-time reigning champion recorded a leading time of three minutes, 21.5 seconds on the 4.84-kilometre super special stage course. Kalle Rovanpera finished in second place, 0.3-of-a-second off Ogier’s pace, while Elfyn Evans made it an all-Toyota Gazoo Racing top three – the… Read More

The third wave of Covid-19 cases is spreading faster in Africa and hitting harder on a continent facing a shortage of vaccines, the World Health Organization (WHO) regional office warned Thursday. In Africa, “the third wave is picking up speed, spreading faster, hitting harder,” said Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organization (WHO) regional director for Africa. “With a rapid increase… Read More

The wife of the late Nigerian pastor and founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Evelyn Joshua, is poised to become the head of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN). The church’s elders met recently and declared Everlyn as the successor to the Nigerian televangelist TB Joshua. “Someone must take charge immediately and give spiritual direction on… Read More

Insurance penetration in Nigeria remains at less than 1%. According to official data, the penetration rate of the sector which plunged into deep recession in 2020 stands at 0.5 %. It’s a low rate compared to 13.4 % in South Africa. But the average for insurance penetration in Africa remains generally low. Macroeconomics and inefficiencies in the insurance sector has… Read More

A group of 15 influential civil society organizations in Liberia tabled in Parliament on Thursday a bill they say is ready to be used to establish a tribunal to try crimes committed during more than 20 years of civil war and unrest. The organizations took this initiative at a time when, 18 years after the end of the civil war,… Read More

Last updated: 41 minutes ago Hundreds of Indigenous people gathered outside Brazil’s Congress on Wednesday to push for rejection of a bill that could loosen protections for their lands — a proposal that has already prompted clashes with police. Indigenous groups have been staging protests for days in the capital. Dressed in traditional clothes and carrying bows, they marched to… Read More

Germany and the United Nations on Wednesday brought together representatives of Libya with powers that have interests in the country at a conference. The aim was to discuss progress toward securing elections in the North African nation among others. The meeting at the foreign ministry in Berlin, with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken among those attending, was a follow… Read More

The Central African Republic is in a desperate humanitarian situation. More than half of the nearly five million inhabitants need help. On Wednesday, the country was on the agenda of the United Nations Security Council, where Angola’s President João Lourenço spoke. Euronews spoke to head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Action in the Central African Republic,… Read More

Last updated: 1 hour ago Protesters stage a candlelight vigil to commemorate the 89th anniversary of the Siamese Revolution, an uprising that transformed Thailand from absolutism to a constitutional monarchy. Thailand has seen a near-daily anti-government protest last year, calling for the prime minister to resign, a rewrite of the constitution, and a reform of the monarchy – a topic… Read More

The 2021 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank kicked off on Wednesday. The meetings which will last until Friday are being held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. The meetings will provide a platform for the Bank’s governors to share their experience in addressing the pandemic and the policy measures they are employing to rebuild economies and livelihoods, according… Read More