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Prince Harry quits Africa charity after ‘devastating’ row
AFP, Published on 26/03/2025
» LONDON - Prince Harry said he had quit as patron of a charity he founded in southern Africa almost 20 years ago with a “heavy heart” amid a bitter boardroom battle, in a new blow to the royal living in self-exile.
31 die in abandoned South African gold mine
AFP, Published on 23/06/2023
» JOHANNESBURG: At least 31 people, suspected to be illegal miners, are believed to have died last month in an abandoned South African gold mine, the government said on Friday.
Uganda urged to reject 'appalling' anti-gay bill
AFP, Published on 22/03/2023
» KAMPALA: The United Nations and the United States led calls Wednesday for Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni to reject what has been labelled an "appalling" anti-gay bill.
Mountainous Lesotho finds gold in trout fish farming
AFP, Published on 18/10/2022
» LEJONE (LESOTHO) - It's harvest time in Lejone, a small village nestling in mountains in southern Africa more than two thousand metres above sea level.
'Our home': Lesotho's last cave dwellers
Claire Doyen of AFP, Published on 11/10/2022
» KOME, Lesotho: Inside a dimly-lit mud dwelling nestled within a rocky mountain in the southern African kingdom of Lesotho, Mamotonosi Ntefane, 67, dusts off an animal skin.
Global Fund seeks $18 billion to end HIV, TB and malaria
AFP, Published on 22/09/2022
» NEW YORK - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on Wednesday sought to raise at least $18 billion at a donor conference led by US President Joe Biden, as decades of progress against the three diseases are set back by Covid.
US to lift travel ban on southern Africa
AFP, Published on 25/12/2021
» WASHINGTON: The United States will next week lift the travel ban imposed on several southern African nations when the Omicron variant of Covid was first detected, officials said Friday.
Biden opens winter battle against Covid-19
AFP, Published on 03/12/2021
» WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden announced Thursday a winter campaign against Covid-19, with new testing requirements for travellers and a surge in vaccination efforts.
Vietnam to suspend flights to, from 7 African countries over Omicron fears
Reuters, Published on 01/12/2021
» HANOI: Vietnam will suspend flights to and from seven African countries over concerns about the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, state media reported on Wednesday.
Indonesia bans arrivals from 8 African countries to curb Omicron variant
Reuters, Published on 28/11/2021
» JAKARTA: Indonesia will ban the arrival of travellers who have been in eight African countries to curb the spread of the new Omicron variant of Covid-19, an official document showed on Sunday.