Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad and his wife, Asma, have tested positive for COVID-19 after showing minor symptoms, according to a statement by the presidential office.
The African Bar Association (AfBA) has asked Cape Verde Island to immediately release Ambassador Alex Saab, an accredited Venezuela special envoy and alternate permanent representative to the African Union. The AfBA on Monday appealed to African heads of State and government to rise as a
The anti-economic crisis protest has entered the seventh day in Lebanon as protesters blocked roads with burning tyres all over the country for the seventh
Burundi is to free 5, 255 prisoners, as part of a presidential pardon aimed at emptying overcrowded jails, according to a decree seen by AFP on Monday. The Burundian branch of the international NGO Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (ACAT) noted that
The outgoing president of the Niger Republic, Mahamadou Issoufou, who is stepping down on Monday, won Africa's top prize for leadership. He was awarded the
Ousmane Sonko, the detained opposition leader in Senegal will likely be appearing in court even as his supporters have been urged to mobilise for another
As the army continues to clampdown on protesters clamouring for the return of the country to civil rule after the recent military takeover, two protesters were reportedly killed by gunshot wounds to the head as Myanmar’s biggest trade unions began a nationwide strike in the
At least eight people, including guards, died and more than 170 were injured after a fire ripped through an immigration holding facility in the Yemeni
Brazil’s economy shrank last year by 4.1 percent amid the pandemic, data showed on Wednesday, the worst drop in decades, but not as much as
Nigeria has officially rolled out the Covid-19 vaccination with four frontline health workers receiving jabs of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine at the National Hospital, Abuja. The vaccines were administered after undergoing final assessment by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), the