At a pre-election rally last month, supporters of Gambia's main opposition coalition cheered the opening of the star attraction - a speech by former President Yahya Jammeh delivered over a crackly phone line from exile 2,000 miles away.

Four African metros feature on the 57 cities scored in the InterNations Expat City Ranking 2021.

Amid growing calls for the Ballito Rage Festival to be cancelled, the organisers announced on Wednesday that the remainder of the controversial event would not go ahead.

Germany urgently needs stricter measures to check a surge in Covid-19 infections and protect hospitals from a “particularly dangerous situation,” according to the head of the country’s DIVI intensive-care medicine lobby.

Residents of South Africa’s richest province and the nation’s Omicron epicentre are rushing to get vaccinated, driving up national inoculation rates that were languishing before the sequencing of the new coronavirus variant.

Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo carried out joint air and artillery strikes against an Islamic State-linked militia in eastern Congo on Tuesday, both countries said, vowing to continue working together to secure the targeted area.

Celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz on Tuesday said he would mount a Republican bid for a US Senate seat for Pennsylvania, shaking up what could be one of the most competitive races in next year's congressional elections.

In an effort to get citizens vaccinated for Covid-19 amid the Omicron variant, SA companies are doubling the offering of incentives.

The head of the World Health Organisation voiced concern on Tuesday that some countries were introducing blanket measures against the Omicron coronavirus variant that may not be necessary and penalised African nations unfairly.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said his foes had been defeated and promised to recapture territory in the region of Amhara from rebellious Tigrayan forces after praising military victories against the Tigrayans in the region of Afar.

Deputy President David Mabuza will deliver a World Aids Day address in Saselamani village outside Malamulele in Limpopo.

"What keeps me going and what motivates me is to search for suspects and remove them from society for as long as the law allows."

Ukraine urged NATO on Wednesday to boost military cooperation with Kyiv and prepare a package of measures, including sanctions, to deter Russia from attacking the country.

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The impact of the July unrest and its associated activities have been devastating for the country’s economy.

KwaZulu-Natal premier Sihle Zikalala has appealed to parents and pupils not to organise or take part in events and celebrations that may flout Covid-19 safety protocols and endanger lives.

Twitter Inc says it will not allow sharing of personal media such as photos and videos on its platform without the consent of the person.

Nigeria confirmed its first cases of the Omicron Covid-19 variant in two travellers who arrived from SA last week, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said on Wednesday.

Seaside towns and other tourist attractions in SA lost more than R1bn in travel bookings for travel between December and March as a result of travel bans instituted globally against SA

Lesotho's former prime minister, Thomas Thabane, was charged on Tuesday over the murder of his estranged wife in a case that has shocked the southern African highland kingdom.

Sweden appointed the first minister who has gone through a gender transition, as Magdalena Andersson announced her new Social Democrat government on Tuesday.

The Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation team has recovered 600kg of cocaine with an estimated street value of R240m at the Durban harbour.

A 15-year-old boy opened fire in a Michigan high school on Tuesday with a semi-automatic pistol his father had purchased days earlier, killing three fellow students and wounding eight other people before he was arrested, authorities said.

Social workers had removed four of their children after allegations of abuse.

As millions of children travel to and from schools across the country daily, the importance of social distancing, wearing masks and sanitising has again been stressed by experts.

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A US judge sentenced the wife of imprisoned Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to three years in prison on Tuesday, after she pleaded guilty to helping the Sinaloa drug cartel.

“A large number of unvaccinated people aged 50+ are predicted to die in this fourth wave,” said the Gauteng health department.

The guards, who were transporting cash from Bulawayo to Harare, claimed they had been robbed at a fake police roadblock on the highway on Thursday.