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Last updated: 4 hours ago Pro-choice and anti-abortion activists gather outside the US Supreme Court ahead of oral arguments in the fiercest challenge to abortion in a generation, as a Supreme Court dramatically reshaped by Donald Trump hears a case that could roll back 50 years of reproductive rights. The nine justices – among them six conservatives – are examining… Read More

Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, on Wednesday confirmed its first cases of the new Covid-19 variant, saying it had been found among three passengers who had travelled to South Africa. West African neighbour Ghana also said it had recorded the new Omicron variant, tracing cases to Nigeria and South Africa. Cases of Omicron have been detected in numerous countries since… Read More

Scientists in South Africa are bracing up for a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases following the emergence of the omicron strain of the virus. According to the regional virologist for the World Health Organization Africa Dr. Nicksy Gumede-Moeletsi the discovery of the new variant is a concern due to the age group of people being infected. “There is a very… Read More

Last updated: 59 minutes ago People queued for COVID-19 vaccines in the Spanish capital on Wednesday, as authorities stepped up efforts to vaccinate the small proportion of the population that still hasn’t been jabbed. Esteban Mariño only chose to get the shot after planning a winter break to Portugal, where authorities have been tightening rules on unvaccinated visitors. Others, too,… Read More

The president of Kenya spoke to Parliament on Tuesday praising the country’s response to the pandemic. In his State of the Nation speech, president Uhuru Kenyatta downplayed the impact of Covid-19 on the economy. “Today I am happy to go on record in this august house as having succeeded in the choices that our administration made. Because of our fiscal… Read More

The High Court in Lesotho has charged former prime minister, Thomas Thabane, for the 2017 murder of his first wife, Lipolelo. According to the charges read on Tuesday, Thabane, 82, is accused of hiring hitmen to kill Lipolelo in June 2017, two days before he took office as head of government. The accused include Thabane’s current wife Maesaiah, who married… Read More

The melody of Sipho Mtshali’s ice-cream van has drawn hoards of Soweto children since South Africa’s violent apartheid years, running over for creamy soft servings. Decades later, it still is going. He has worked “Monday to Monday” for the past 45 years, driving through the hilly township that was once home to South Africa’s first black president Nelson Mandela. Even… Read More

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, prevalence of HIV is low compared to other countries on the continent but the pandemic has had an effect in the provision of care. One HIV patient speaks about his experience. ” Before, we used to have food rations, that doesn’t exist anymore, that’s all in the past. The medical care, the financing in… Read More

It is a beautiful story and a breath of fresh air born from the imagination of a music teacher in the city of Natitingou, in the North-East of Benin. The idea of the multi-instrumentalist André Balaguemon was to launch a music school open only to young girls. The group is made of only seven girls aged between 11 to 18.… Read More

Studies by South African academics on mobile pricing suggest that the costs of mobile services, including data and voice calls remains among the highest in the world which shows a distorted and uncompetitive market. South Africa’s mobile telecommunications industry has four major players. Onica Nonhlanhla Makwakwa, Head of Africa for Alliance for Affordable Internet says South Africa should consider access… Read More