Mr Geingob said vaccinated foreign visitors will not require PCR testing on arrival into the country.The removal of Covid-19 restrictions in the country comes amid a reduction in new virus cases being reported.The president increased the number of...
Pierre Zakrzewski, 55, and Oleksandra Kuvshinova, 24, were killed when their vehicle was struck by incoming fire in Horenka, on the outskirts of Kyiv.Their colleague, Benjamin Hall, 39, was wounded in the incident and remains in hospital.Fox News CEO...
The manuscripts have been endangered by political unrest in the country's north, which in 2013 saw Islamist rebels set fire to two libraries in Timbuktu.The digitisation project will be unveiled on Thursday and will showcase work done over the...
Mr Yoon, a political novice, edged out a victory over the Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung based on promises to tackle class inequality.He called his win a "victory of the great South Korean people".But the result was one of the closest in...
There is no food in the market, cashpoints are not working and the students are drinking melted snow after running out of water.An Indian student, Vipin Yadav, who is part of the group trapped in the city, estimates about 1,300 foreign students are...
This follows reports of alleged recruitment of volunteers in the country to fight on the side of Ukraine.Nigeria's foreign ministry said the Ukrainian embassy had denied any role in the alleged exercise.But the embassy confirmed that a number of...
He can't afford to get a mortgage in Moscow now interest rates have been hiked.Millions of Russians like him are starting to feel the effect of Western economic sanctions designed to punish the country for invading neighbouring Ukraine."I am...
Isaac, a Nigerian man trying to get into Poland, said border staff told him they were "not tending to Africans"."We've been chased back, we've been hit with police armed with sticks," he told the BBC.South African foreign office official...
Appearing unexpectedly on Russian national television, Putin addressed the Ukrainian people stating that the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine had turned to Russia with a request for help to free it from the occupation of “Ukrainian criminals”.He...
In a pre-dawn TV statement Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia did not plan to occupy Ukraine and demanded that its military lay down their arms.Moments later, attacks were reported on Ukrainian military targets.Ukraine said that "Putin has...
Last week, the Constitutional Council, “having taken note” of Mr Kaboré’s resignation, declared Mr Damiba, a 41-year-old army officer, president of Burkina Faso.State television says the inauguration will be broadcast live from the...
Nkosana Makate, who invented Vodacom’s “Please Call Me” texting service, described the judgement as “a big relief”.“The court ruling in my favour is a vindication. It’s been a long time coming. I know they might appeal but this...
Each team member received more than $87,000 (£64,000) and plots in the capital, Dakar, and in the neighbouring Diamniadio city during a ceremony at the presidential palace.President Macky Sall also appointed the team to the Senegal’s prestigious...
Nightclubs have reopened, late-night alcohol sales have resumed, and the contact-tracing app is no longer needed to enter venues.While cases are still relatively high, the authorities say the virus no longer qualifies as a "critical threat".That is...
The object - first discovered by a university student - has been observed to release a huge burst of radio energy for a full minute every 18 minutes.Objects that pulse energy in the universe are often documented. But researchers say something that...
The governor of Tete province and Tete city’s mayor were returning from surveying damage wrought by the storm when the four cars in their convoy were whipped away by the River Rovubwe - though they were rescued along with most of the other...
Mr Biden said there would be "enormous consequences" for the world if Russia made a move on the nation, which sits on its south-western border.His comments came as other Western leaders repeated warnings that Russia would pay a heavy price for...
Videos showed screaming fans being crushed at an entry gate to the Olembé stadium in the capital Yaoundé.Witnesses described chaotic scenes outside the ground as thousands of fans struggled to get access.Two boys, aged eight and 14, are among the...
The announcement was made on state television by an army officer, who said both the government and parliament had been dissolved.Mr Kaboré's whereabouts are unclear, but the officer said that all those detained were in a secure location.The coup...
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano erupted on Saturday, about 65km (40 miles) north of the capital Nuku'alofa.The eruption, which was heard as far away as the US, caused waves higher than a metre to crash into Tonga.There have not yet been...
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