East African countries on alert as terrorists fleeing Mozambique scatter in the region
Shaky cell phone videos captured the scene of a lone terrorist engaged in a shootout with police on the streets of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in late August. Walking in the afternoon sun, the man held an assault rifle in his hands with a second rifle hanging around his neck....
China won’t recognise Afghanistan’s new regime, watching US cooperation with India
China will not take the lead in recognising Afghanistan’s Taliban government and will only do so in a concerted move with Pakistan, Russia and Iran, an expert familiar with China’s foreign policy considerations says. The Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August and set up an interim government in September...
Sudan’s new military strongman al-Burhan justifies PM Hamdok’s ouster as necessary to ‘avoid civil war’
Sudan’s armed forces chief defended the military’s seizure of power, saying he had ousted the government to avoid civil war, while protesters took to the streets on Tuesday to demonstrate against the takeover after a day of deadly clashes. The military takeover on Monday brought a halt to Sudan’s transition...
We’re not out of the woods yet, Covid vaccine makers warn as world braces for variants worse than Delta
Companies are updating vaccines and testing them on people to prepare for whatever comes next in the pandemic. Pfizer’s chief executive, Albert Bourla, made a bold promise in June. Standing next to US President Joe Biden at a press conference in St Ives, UK, just before the G7 summit meeting,...
Surgeons successfully transplant pig kidney to human as pig-to-human organ switch come a step closer
Scientists temporarily attached a pig’s kidney to a human body and watched it begin to work, a small step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants. Pigs have been the most recent research focus to address the organ shortage, but among the hurdles: A...
After initially outlawing cryptocurrencies, Nigeria becomes first African nation to roll out digital currency
The Central Bank of Nigeria joined a growing list of emerging markets betting on digital money to cut transaction costs and boost participation in the formal financial system. “Nigeria has become the first country in Africa, and one of the first in the world to introduce a digital currency to...
Man United revolt: Ivory Coast defender Bailly openly criticises boss for picking ‘a centre-half who was not fit’
Manchester United defender Eric Bailly ‘openly challenged’ under pressure boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in an incredible training ground incident, according to reports. Solskjaer’s job hangs by a thread following a disastrous period of form, compounded by the 5-0 thrashing by Liverpool on Sunday. United have already lost three Premier League...
Man United manager Solskjaer given three more matches as shadow of Antonio Conte looms large
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be given another chance to turn his Manchester United reign around on Saturday after being told that his job is safe for the time being. Over the past three months, Manchester United were said to be ‘thinking seriously’ about Antonio Conte becoming their new manager amid...
South African court dismisses Zuma application to remove prosecutor in his corruption trial
A South African judge on Tuesday dismissed an application by former president Jacob Zuma to have the prosecutor in his arms deal corruption trial removed. Zuma, ousted by the governing African National Congress in 2018, had argued that the prosecutor was biased against him and submitted a “special plea” to...
Protests rock Sudanese capital as international pressure piles on coup plotters to free ousted leader
Pro-democracy protesters blocked roads in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, with makeshift barricades and burning tires on Tuesday, a day after the military seized power in a swift coup widely denounced by the international community. The country’s Sudan’s top general said the prime minister of the dissolved government, who was arrested Monday...
