Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi Officials in Botswana on Monday announced President Mokgweetsi Masisi is isolating at his official residence after testing positive for the coronavirus. Botswana government spokesperson John Dipowe said Masisi received the result after routine testing. "Members of the public are ... Read More

Dozens of firefighters are at the scene A large fire is raging at the Houses of Parliament in the South African city of Cape Town. Video footage shows a plume of black smoke filling the sky, with huge flames coming out from ... Read More

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Thousands living in the Ethiopian diaspora have begun arriving in the Horn of Africa country, responding to the government’s call for a “great Ethiopian homecoming.” Korso Koji looks forward to joining them soon. “I have friends who have been ... Read More

Desmond Tutu Archbishop Desmond Tutu was the last truly global figure from an era when South Africa taught the world what courage and reconciliation could achieve. The last of an extraordinary generation of moral giants - of men and women who, in ... Read More

South Africans took their last opportunity to pay their respects to Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Friday, the eve of the revered anti-apartheid fighter’s funeral. Since Thursday, nearly 3,000 mourners have filed through Cape Town's St. George's Cathedral before the simple pine ... Read More

An image of Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is projected inside the City Hall in Cape Town, South Africa, on Dec. 29, 2021 at the start of a memorial.service for Tutu. Cape Town hosted an interfaith service Wednesday to honor Archbishop ... Read More

Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed The president of Somalia has suspended the country’s prime minister over alleged corruption in the latest fight over who will lead the country and the nation’s delayed elections. Critics of President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, also known ... Read More

People take photos at a statue of Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa, Dec. 26, 2021. The world is reflecting on the legacy of South African anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, who died ... Read More

Desmond Tutu Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa, has died aged 90. President Cyril Ramaphosa said the churchman's death marked "another chapter of bereavement in our nation's farewell to a generation of outstanding ... Read More

The Malian flag is hoisted during the handover ceremony of the Barkhane military base from the French to the Malian army in Timbuktu, on Dec. 14, 2021. More than a dozen Western powers on Thursday expressed anger that Russian mercenaries working ... Read More