Mon 26 July 2021: Tunisian police has stormed Al Jazeera’s bureau in the capital Tunis, expelling all the staff, after President Kais Saied late on Sunday ousted the government in a move his foes called a coup. At least 20 heavily armed plainclothes police officers entered the office on Monday, Al Jazeera journalists in Tunis […]
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Mon 26 July 2021: Tunisia’s president Kais Saied, has suspended parliament and sacked Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi, a decision that his opponents have denounced as an attack on democracy, while others have cheered in the streets. He added that he has also decided to lift the immunity of all members of parliament, known as the […]
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Mon 26 July 2021: President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a range of measures to support the recovery of the economy and provide relief to the poor and those who were left vulnerable due to COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. The President made the announcement on Sunday night when he eased regulations and placed the country under Adjusted […]
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Sun 25 July 2021: A Russian space debris detection complex is expected to start operating in South Africa by the end of this year, General Director of Scientific and Production Corporation Precision Instrumentation Systems (JSC NPK SPP) Yuri Roy told Sputnik. “In September, the complex is expected to be sent to South Africa, before the […]
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Sat 24 July 2021: The Sierra Leonean parliament has unanimously voted to abolish capital punishment, President Julius Maada Bio said on Friday. Human rights campaigners have hailed a “historic” decision by Sierra Leone’s Parliament. “Today, I have fulfilled a governance pledge to permanently abolish the death penalty in Sierra Leone. I thank citizens, members of […]
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Fri 23 July 2021: After nearly two decades of trying, Israel has finally been granted observer status at the African Union, the Foreign Ministry confirmed yesterday. The colonial state was a member of the AU’s forerunner, the Organisation of African Unity, which was disbanded in 2002. “This is a day of celebration for Israel-Africa relations,” […]
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Fri 23 July 2021: South Africa has passed the peak of the Coronavirus third wave, which has infected over two million people, Acting Health Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane said on Friday. Addressing the media on the progress of government’s efforts in the fight against COVID-19, the Minister said the number of new infections has started to […]
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Thu 22 July 2021: According to the country’s prosecutor general’s office, several people were arrested on Tuesday in connection with a foiled assassination attempt on Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina. “Several foreign and Madagascar nationals were arrested on Tuesday, July 20, as part of an investigation into an attack on state security,” said prosecutor Berthine Razafiarivony, […]
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Thu 22 July 2021: The Department of Correctional Services has granted former President Jacob Zuma permission to attend the funeral of his late younger brother. In a statement, the department said a sentenced offender who was granted permission to leave a correctional centre remained a sentenced offender even while temporarily outside. “The permission granted […]
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Thu 23 July 2021: Ex Rwandan minister Augustin Ngirabatware, who has been sentenced to 30 years for his role in the 1994 genocide of the Tutsi ethnic group, will see out the rest of his term in Senegal, his judicial overseers announced in The Hague on Wednesday. An initial sentence of 35 years was reduced […]
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