Barbados to remove Queen as head of state
Barbados has announced its intention to remove the Queen as its head of state and become a republic next year. The Caribbean island said it wants…
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Nigeria’s Kaduna passes law to castrate child rapists
Lawmakers in Nigeria’s Kaduna State have approved surgical castration as punishment for those convicted of raping children under the age of 14. State governor Nasir Ahmad…
Fire ‘destroys’ Europe’s largest migrant camp
Europe’s largest migrant camp, Moria, has been “completely destroyed” after massive fires broke out early Wednesday at the overcrowded site on Greece’s Lesbos island, according to…
South Africa’s ANC blasts ‘divisive’ Trump over Mandela
South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) has called US President Donald Trump “divisive, misogynistic and disrespectful” in response to reports that he was dismissive about…
US won’t join WHO-led vaccine efforts – Trump
The Trump administration has indicated that it will not participate in international coalition efforts to find and distribute a vaccine for Covid-19 because the World Health…
Kenyan wins BBC Komla Dumor award
Kenyan investigative reporter and TV anchor Victoria Rubadiri has won the 2020 BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Rubadiri is a presenter with Citizen TV in…
Mali’s president quits after soldiers mutiny
Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has resigned, after being detained by soldiers on Tuesday. In a televised address he said he was also dissolving the government…
African countries to begin coronavirus antibody testing
Seven African countries will begin administering coronavirus antibody tests next week, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has said. The testing is part of…
Liberia vice president flies to Ghana for medical treatment
Liberia’s vice president and former first lady, Jewel Howard-Taylor, has been flown to Ghana for medical treatment after developing “respiratory complications,” her office said in a…
Russia becomes first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine
President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had become the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval to a COVID-19 vaccine after less…