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Several opposition members in Tanzania have called on the authorities to release news of President John Magufuli, who has not appeared in public since February 27, prompting questions about his state of health. Rumours have swirled on social media about if he has contracted coronavirus, especially in neighbouring Kenya under the hashtag # pray4magufuli. Magufuli, 61, has been playing down… Read More

Atop his humble wooden dovecote overlooking the majestic Giza pyramids, Abdel-Rahman Gamal released 20 homing pigeons sending them soaring up into the Cairo sky reddened by the setting sun. “It’s a lovely hobby that keeps you busy while you’re at home and keeps you on the straight and narrow,” said Gamal, 30, who has been raising pigeons since he was… Read More

They are the ravenous pests that are threatening Kenyan farmers. Swarms of desert locusts have descended on this tea plantation and are destroying every leaf in sight. East Africa is suffering from its worst locust outbreak in 70 years. And all farmers can do is sit back helplessly and watch as the insects devour their crops. But when darkness falls,… Read More

Sudan began inoculating frontline healthcare workers against coronavirus on Tuesday after receiving its first batch of vaccines last week, a health official said. The country is the first in the Middle East and North Africa to receive vaccines through COVAX, a UN-led initiative that provides jabs to poor countries, according to the children’s agency UNICEF. “We started Tuesday vaccinating health… Read More

Erling Haaland sent Borussia Dortmund into the Champions League quarterfinals for the first time since 2017 with two goals in a heated 2-2 draw with Sevilla on Tuesday. Haaland took his season tally to 10 goals for Dortmund to advance with a 5-4 win on aggregate. The Bundesliga team won the first leg of their last-16 tie 3-2 in Seville,… Read More

Six suspected kidnappers have been lynched by residents angry over the abduction of a girl in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials said Tuesday. The incident occurred in the village of Kitshanga in the mountains north of Goma, a day after the suspected kidnappers’ arrest on Saturday. When police sought to transport the suspects to the main town… Read More

Tunisia received its first major delivery of coronavirus vaccine doses Tuesday, almost a month later than expected, paving the way for the start of its inoculation campaign this week. Health Minister Faouzi Mehdi was on hand for the delivery of 30,000 Sputnik V doses in Tunis, AFP journalists said. The government had previously announced it was expecting an initial more… Read More

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a decision to speed up the declassification of secret documents related to Algeria’s 1954-62 war of independence from France. The measures come as part of efforts to speed up access for researchers to the documents and as France aims to reconcile with its colonial past. The French presidency said in a statement that archive… Read More

Morocco has vaccinated more than four million people since the launch of the Covid-19 immunisation campaign began at the end of January, the health ministry said on Tuesday. To protect itself from coronavirus variants, Morocco on Monday suspended all flights with Poland, Norway, Finland, Greece, Lebanon and Kuwait, bringing the total number of countries affected by air restrictions to 26.… Read More

Libyan Prime Minister-designate Abdel Hamid Dbeibah on Tuesday denounced a “fierce campaign” aimed at “destroying” the country, presumably referring to the suspicions of corruption weighing on the process that led to his designation. Mr. Dbeibah was speaking before the deputies, meeting in Sirte (east), calling on them at the same time to give confidence in his government to unify Libya,… Read More