TWO VESSELS FREED FOLLOWING SOMALI PIRATE HIJACKINGS
One Sri Lankan and one Iranian vessel are reported to have been freed following hijackings by Somali pirates. Seychelles forces rescued a Sri Lankan fishing...
Category : International
CAMEROON STARTS WORLD-FIRST MALARIA MASS VACCINE ROLLOUT
Eight-month-old Daniella, right, is the first Cameroonian child to get the jab The world’s first routine vaccine programme against malaria has started in Cameroon, in...
AFCON ENTERS FINAL GROUP ROUND
The sieving process of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) is expected to commence, as teams battle it out for round of 16 qualification. This...
PRESIDENT TSHISEKEDI ADVOCATES FOR PEACE, DEMOCRACY
In an address following his inauguration for a second five-year term, President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) implored African leaders to...
TANZANIA MAIZE IMPORT BAN LIFTED
The Malawi government has lifted the ban on maize importation from Tanzania. In a statement signed by Secretary for Agriculture Dickxie Kampani, traders can now...
WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT NEW COVID VARIANT XBB.1.5?
What is XBB.1.5? It is yet another offshoot of the globally-dominant Omicron Covid variant. Omicron has outperformed the earlier Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta coronavirus variants...
PRESIDENT CHAKWERA ATTENDS TSHISEKEDI’S INAUGURATION
President of the Republic of Malawi Dr Lazarus Chakwera, who is in the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC for security talks, is this afternoon attending the...
TANZANIA FOOTBALL COACH SACKED
The Tanzanian Football Federation (TFF) has relieved Adel Amrouche of his duties as the head coach for the Tanzania National Football Team. Supersport is reporting...
JAPAN LANDS ON MOON BUT GLITCH THREATENS MISSION PUBLISHED
A Japanese robot has successfully touched down on the Moon but problems with its solar power system mean the mission may live for just a...
Why there’s a boom for damp-busting machines
“I couldn’t breathe properly, my chest hurt,” says Mrs Martin, an artist who lives in the Midlands. It was time to fire up her dehumidifier....