World

By Ebi Kesiena Sweden on Monday announced a slew of new virus curbs, including early closings for bars and restaurants and a cap of 500 people at public gatherings, as the country registers record numbers of...

By Ebi Kesiena Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday sacked his State Security Minister Owen Ncube for “inappropriate” behaviour, his office announced. In a brief statement, Mnangagwa’s office said the President “removed Ncube with immediate effect...

By Ebi Kesiena Afghanistan’s Ambassador to China left a colourful resignation note for his post-Taliban takeover successor on Monday, revealing that staff had not been paid for months and that a lone receptionist had been left...

By Ebi Kesiena A band of suspected Islamic State militants are on the run in Pakistan after escaping a police raid that killed six other members of the group. Counterterrorism police said in a statement on...

By Ebi Kesiena Uganda ended the world’s longest school closure on Monday, ordering millions of students back to the classroom nearly two years after learning was suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic. Some 15 million pupils...

By Ebi Kesiena At least six people, including a diver, have been killed in flash flooding from torrential rains in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, a senior regional official said on Sunday. Oscar Mabuyane, the Eastern...