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South Africa's only driving licence printing machine is in Germany for repairs, the transport minister has revealed. This is after reports of a backlog of more than 300,000 driving licences came up, prompting the explanation.…

A Moroccan university professor accused of giving students good grades in return for sexual favours has been jailed for two years. It's the "first verdict in a string of high profile sexual harassment cases at universities in…

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, and U.S. State Department advised against travel to neighboring Canada because of a rising number of COVID-19 cases as the Omicron variant spreads. The CDC elevated its…

Kenya has suspended all inbound and transit passenger flights from the United Arabs Emirates, for seven days. The suspension is effective from Monday this week. Kenya Civil Aviation Authority, KCAA, says "this was done to…

A Ugandan writer accused of tweeting derogatory statements about the president and his son has been charged in court, weeks after he was arrested. Kakwenza Rukirabashaija was charged with two counts of offensive communication…

The public prosecutor in Uganda has withdrawn a case against opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi popularly known as Bobi Wine. The politician had been "accused of giving false details about his age while registering for a…

A court case involving members of the Zulu royal family is set to begin on Tuesday in an ongoing succession battle for the throne. The royal feud followed the death in March last year of King Goodwill Zwelithini from…

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has fired the state security minister Owen Ncube. In a press statement, the president’s office said Mr Ncube had been removed “with immediate effect for conduct inappropriate for a…

European Parliament President David Sassoli, an Italian socialist and former journalist, died early on Tuesday in hospital in Italy, his spokesperson said. He was 65. He had been president of the 705-seat parliament since July…

Taiwan's air force on Tuesday suspended combat training for its F-16 fleet after a recently upgraded model of the fighter jet crashed into the sea in the latest of a series of accidents. The defence ministry said "the F-16V,…