Africa
Andrew Mlangeni, ally of Mandela in anti-apartheid struggle, dies at 95
President Cyril Ramaphosa learnt with deep sadness of the passing away overnight of last remaining Rivonia Trialist, the presidency said
Sudan's Bashir on trial over 1989 coup that brought him to power
It is the first time in the modern history of the Arab world that the architect of a coup goes on trial
Home learning, reopening schools especially hard in Africa
The schooling crisis is more acute in Africa, where up to 80% of students don’t have access to internet and even electricity is unreliable
6,00,000 people succumb to COVID-19 globally
While the U.S. leads global infections, South Africa now ranks as the fifth worst-hit country in the pandemic with 350,879 cases
South Africa surpasses UK in confirmed coronavirus cases
South Africa now has world’s eighth-highest number of cases, which represents nearly half of all the confirmed cases on African continent
Mandela's daughter Zindzi dies in South Africa
Zindzi is the youngest daughter of S.Africa's first black president Nelson Mandela, and was ambassador to Denmark at the time of her death
Another #MeToo wave sweeps up Egypt amidst a pandemic
Sexual assault is deep-seated problems in Egypt, where victims must also fight a culture that ties female chastity to family reputation
Ten million kids 'may never return to school' after virus
'For the first time in human history, an entire generation of children globally have had their education disrupted,' UNESCO report says
1,500 Indians stranded in South Africa to be repatriated today
The Indian government has arranged three Vande Bharat mission flights from South Africa, repatriating thousands
Most adults infected with COVID-19 in South Africa are asymptomatic cases
Majority of COVID-19 infections are going unnoticed, but enrolment process for vaccine trials has shown that far more people are infected