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Last updated: 36 minutes ago Taiwan announces it will extend its nation-wide coronavirus alert level to mid-June in an effort to contain a domestic Covid-19 outbreak. All schools and non-essential public places, including entertainment venue will be closed, as streets are noticeably empty. Soldiers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) disinfect metro stations, as residents in New Taipei City get swabbed… Read More

Madagascar on Monday rolled out its Covid-19 vaccination campaign. Health Minister Jean Louis Hanitrala Rakotovao was among the first to be inoculated in the capital, Antananarivo. The Indian Ocean island nation received its first shipment of 250,000 AstraZeneca jabs on Saturday. They followed a surge in infections which saw some schools and community centers transformed into treatment facilities. “I’ll be… Read More

The African National Congress (ANC), South Africa’s ruling party, has appointed a new secretary-general, Jessie Duarte, after Ace Magashule was suspended on Thursday on corruption charges, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Monday. Last week, Elias Magashule, nicknamed “Ace”, 61, became the first senior party official to be temporarily sidelined in the wake of the ANC’s new anti-corruption policy. This… Read More

In Burundi, the list of Olympic games is constantly growing. Badminton is relatively new to the east African country but it is quickly gaining ground. The country’s badminton federation has just completed training for tutors, sports teachers and players. This is part of the Shuttle Time project which aims to develop the sport in schools. Borpe Bernadin, the regional manager… Read More

Gunmen abducted 10 worshippers from a mosque in northwestern Nigeria near the border with Niger on Monday, police said. Armed gangs, known locally as “bandits,” terrorize people in central and northwestern Nigeria, looting villages, stealing livestock and carrying out mass kidnappings for ransom. Attacks on mosques, however, are very rare. At around 01:00 GMT on Monday, gunmen entered a mosque… Read More

African teams are coming together in hopes of ramping up support for African rugby at the world stage. At this moment, South Africa and -Kenya are the only African teams to have qualified for the Olympic games in the men’s category. But it looks like Uganda and Zimbabwe stand a chance through the Olympic Repechage. This is slated for Monaco… Read More

Head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Ethiopia breaks his silence on the war in Tigray. In his first public comments, the Patriarch has sharply criticized Ethiopia’s actions. Abune Mathias said he believes the actions amount to genocide. However, his comments have divided Ethiopian Orthodox Christians along ethnic lines. “The patriarch’s message brings hope and unity for the seekers of… Read More

While starring in films like “Selma” and “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” actor David Oyelowo discovered a new passion: directing. Oyelowo was inspired to step behind the camera after learning different nuances of the craft from respected directors like Daniels, Ava DuVernay and Will Gluck. His desire to act and direct in the same movie grew stronger, after seeing successful efforts… Read More

Protests have been a thorn in Algeria’s government’s side for two years but on Thursday the government toughened its stance by warning trade unions against “exploitation” by “subversive” groups. It comes as the government wants to quell the social crisis ahead of elections on June 12 and just days after 230 firefighters were suspended for demonstrating for wage and better… Read More

China’s space agency said a core segment of its biggest rocket reentered Earth’s atmosphere above the Maldives in the Indian Ocean and most of it burned up early Sunday. Harvard astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, who tracked the tumbling rocket part, said on Twitter, “An ocean reentry was always statistically the most likely. It appears China won its gamble… But it was… Read More