NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission is set to complete a 470.8-million-kilometre next month as it is scheduled to land on Mars on February 18. Launched on
The United Kingdom on Monday imposed a travel ban and asset freezes on four Zimbabwean security chiefs for alleged gross human rights violations. UK's punitive measures are part of its independent set of sanctions against the country, outside a European Union (EU) embargo that has
Ethiopia’s Tigray region may be facing a new chapter of starvation and deaths, the aftermath of a conflict that began last November, to crackdown on
Seven people were reportedly killed and 28 injured in Angola on Saturday as police quelled protests in Lunda Norte province, 656km north of the capital, Luanda. The incident took place in Cafunfu village, Cuango Municipality. In a statement, however, the police service said it foiled
India will push on with sweeping agriculture reforms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday, as he criticised last week's deadly riot in the capital following
The African Union has secured an additional 400 million doses of coronavirus vaccines for its members, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa
Nigeria on Friday criticised Transparency International (TI) following the release of the 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index report which ranked it among the world’s most corrupt nations. The report released Thursday, rated Nigeria as having dropped three places from 146 to 149 out of 180 countries.
The country will move back one hour from Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) +3 to UTC+2, labour undersecretary Mary Hillary Wani Pitia said in a written announcement
Ugandan police and the army were still deployed at the residence of former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi — popularly known as Bobi Wine — in
Seven children and an adult were kidnapped from an orphanage by unknown criminals outside Nigeria's capital Abuja, police said Monday. Aged between nine and 14, the children from the orphanage in Abaji "were plucked away between 1 am and 2 am on Saturday by a group of