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Citroën has withdrawn a commercial in Egypt featuring the pop star Amr Diab that social media users accused of normalising sexual harassment. The French carmaker said it did not tolerate any form of harassment and 'apologised'…

Ugandan author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, who won a prestigious prize this year for 'courageous' writing, has been detained, his lawyer has confirmed. The reason for his arrest is unclear, but he has recently been scathing about…

Anne Chidzira Muluzi, who was highly regarded in Malawi, died of cancer at a private hospital in Kenya. She became first lady after her husband Bakili Muluzi was elected president in 1994 following the end of one-party rule.…

The United Nations and other countries are in talks with Somalia's prime minister and president to urge them to reduce tensions in their political feud that has fed fears of a military clash, officials said. A Somalia…

South Africa Court Blocks Shell's Oil Exploration A South African court has halted oil giant Shell's seismic testing for oil and gas along the country's eastern coastline, pending a final ruling. The decision has been hailed…

South Africa's rand firmed in early trade on Tuesday, staying close to a five-week high touched in the previous session as easing concerns over the Omicron coronavirus variant boosted risk appetite. At 0640 GMT, the rand traded at…

Malaysia has lifted a travel ban on eight southern African countries that had been among the first to report the Omicron variant of the coronvirus, citing the greater spread of the variant worldwide, its health minister said on…

Somalia's Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble attends the Somali election negotiation in The United States has said an attempt to suspend Somalia's Prime Minister Mohammed Hussein Roble was alarming and that it supported his…

South Africans without symptoms of COVID-19 will no longer need to isolate or test if they have been in contact with a positive case, the government announced, saying developments around the virus justified a shift from…

China’s Xian city has reported an increase in daily COVID-19 infections and local companies curtailed activity as the country’s latest COVID-19 hot spot entered its third day of lockdown. Xian, a northwest Chinese city of 13…