Rwanda Capital To Shut Down As COVID-19 Cases Soar
Rwanda will put the capital Kigali and eight other districts across the country under lockdown from Saturday to rein in surging coronavirus cases and deaths, officials said. The restrictions will…
Last Of Five Catholic Hostages Freed In Mali
Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. A Malian priest — the last of a group of five Catholics kidnapped in mid-June — has…
Johannesburg Mayor Dies From COVID-19 As South Africa Extends Vaccine Age
File photo of Mayor Geoff Makhubo. Credit: South African presidency. The mayor of Johannesburg on Friday became the latest fatality of a third Covid wave ripping through South Africa as…
Edo Cult War Rages On Two Confirmed Dead in Black Axe vs Mafite War
In 1953, future-Nobel Prize winning author Wole Soyinka and a group of six friends formed the Pyrate Confraternity at the elite University College, Ibadan, then part of the University of…
Bollywood’s ‘Tragedy King’ Dilip Kumar Dies Aged 98
In this file photo taken on May 22, 2004, Indian veteran actor Dilip Kumar speaks at the podium for his award for oustanding achievement in Indian cinema at the 5th…
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock Resigns After Covid Breach
In this file photo taken on May 27, 2021 Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock gives an update on the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic during a virtual press conference in Downing Street…
Church Says Kidnapped Malian Catholics Released
Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. An abbot and several Catholic laypeople kidnapped in central Mali by armed men have been released, a…
Diana Statue Event May ‘Break Ice’ For Prince Harry, William – Royal Biographer
The late Princess Diana The unveiling of a new statue of Diana, Princess of Wales, next month could help thaw frosty ties between her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry,…
Biden Takes Tea With The Queen In Maiden Overseas Trip As President
US First Lady Jill Biden (L) and US President Joe Biden (R) speak with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II (C) at the dais in the Quadrangle of Windsor Castle in Windsor,…
Canada Pays Final Homage To Family Killed In Truck Attack
People arrive at the Islamic Centre of Southwest Ontario on June 12, 2021, to pay their respects at the funeral of four members of the Afzaal Family, in London, Ontario,…