Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi Officials in Botswana on Monday announced President Mokgweetsi Masisi is isolating at his official residence after testing positive for the coronavirus. Botswana government spokesperson John Dipowe said Masisi received the result after routine testing. "Members of the public are ... Read More

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Monday the nation’s current surge of COVID-19 cases driven by the omicron variant is going to put "considerable" pressure on the National Health Service but that there is no need for new restrictions at ... Read More

Ghana has commenced a two-year term on the UN Security Council. The country joins four others on the world’s top body for addressing threats to international peace and security. The other countries are; the United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Gabon and Albania. The countries ... Read More

Dozens of firefighters are at the scene A large fire is raging at the Houses of Parliament in the South African city of Cape Town. Video footage shows a plume of black smoke filling the sky, with huge flames coming out from ... Read More

Denmark's Prime Minister says she wants to make flying green Denmark's government has announced a goal to make domestic flights fossil fuel free by 2030. In her New Year's address, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she wants to "make flying green". However she ... Read More

The African Union Centre for Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development (PCRD) has officially been launched in Cairo, Egypt to build sustainable resilience and enhance structural transformation to prevent conflicts. The PCRD is a comprehensive set of measures that seek to address the ... Read More

Last term, England's secondary pupils only had to wear masks in school corridors Face masks are to be worn in secondary classrooms in England's schools to reduce the spread of the Omicron variant, the government has announced. The temporary reintroduction of face ... Read More

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Thousands living in the Ethiopian diaspora have begun arriving in the Horn of Africa country, responding to the government’s call for a “great Ethiopian homecoming.” Korso Koji looks forward to joining them soon. “I have friends who have been ... Read More

Desmond Tutu Archbishop Desmond Tutu was the last truly global figure from an era when South Africa taught the world what courage and reconciliation could achieve. The last of an extraordinary generation of moral giants - of men and women who, in ... Read More

Air travellers in the US have already seen days of disruption Flight cancellations in the US have hit a new peak in a Christmas season hit hard by the Covid pandemic and bad weather. Nearly 4,400 flights around the world were cancelled ... Read More