JOHANNESBURG, Jan 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa should step up COVID-19 vaccinations, President Cyril Ramaphosa said, urging members of his governing African National Congress (ANC) party to fight vaccine hesitancy in communities. Nearly 40 per cent of South Africa’s adult population has been fully vaccinated, higher than in many other…

ADDIS ABABA, Jan 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat on Saturday commended the release of senior opposition political figures detained in Ethiopia. “The Chairperson welcomes this important gesture of appeasement of the political situation in Ethiopia,” an AU statement read. The statement came…

DAR ES SALAAM, Jan 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — Tanzania’s wildlife authorities announced on Saturday the auctioning of 75 tourist hunting blocks in 2022. The Tanzania Wildlife Management Authority (TAWA) said in a statement that the tourist hunting blocks will be auctioned in game controlled areas, open areas and game reserves. The…

Protesters march during a rally against military rule, following last month’s coup in Khartoum KHARTOUM, Jan 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations (UN) on Saturday announced the launch of a UN-facilitated intra-Sudanese political process to end the political crisis in the country. Volker Perthes, head of UN Integrated Transition Assistance…

Members of Nigeria’s security forces in Zamfara ABUJA, Jan 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least 58 people were killed by armed bandits who attacked villages across two local government areas in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state, an official said. Ibrahim Bello Zauma, a spokesperson for the governor of Zamfara state Bello Matawalle,…