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At least three Ugandan students were killed after a lorry rammed into their classroom at a school near the capital, Kampala. Uganda police said the lorry driver lost control and drove through the school fence before hitting the school's computer laboratory, adding that 18 other learners were injured in the incident on Tuesday. The police noted that the driver has been arrested to help with investigations. Learning has been suspended […]

China is set to resume issuing visas to foreign tourists for the first time since the Covid pandemic broke. According to authorities, foreign offices can process applications for Chinese visas, from 15 March. The major easing of restrictions comes after Beijing declared victory over the virus and retreated from a zero-Covid strategy that has hurt its economy. The removal of the last cross-border restrictions imposed to tackle Covid marks a […]

The death toll in Malawi from Tropical Storm Freddy has risen to 99. The country is struggling to contain the effects of the storm, which has wreaked devastation particularly in 10 of the country’s southern region districts. The main referral hospital in Blantyre says it is overwhelmed by the sheer number of bodies it is receiving. The storm has crippled power generation capacity with most parts experiencing prolonged blackouts.

At least 60 bodies have been recovered in Malawi's Blantyre after Tropical Storm Freddy hit southern Africa for the second time in a month. Police spokesman, Peter Kalaya, said people have being carried away by running waters, and buildings collapsing. Kalaya added that relentless rain and strong winds have hampered overstretched emergency teams in the country's southern and central regions, which are worst affected.

Namibia's President Hage Geingob has named Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as his party’s Presidential candidate in next year's elections. Geingob, who called on party members to support Nandi-Ndaitwah when official campaigns begin next year, urged them not to create factions from the outcome of the party nominations. She is the party's vice-president and the country's current deputy prime minister. The President is due to step down next year after serving two terms. […]

At least 30 people have been killed in a monastery in Myanmar's southern Shan State. The Karenni Nationalities Defence Force revealed that troops shelled the Nan Nein village and executed villagers they found hiding inside a monastery. Myanmar has seen a growing number of deadly battles between its military and armed resistance groups since the junta seized power in a coup two years ago. Some of the fiercest fighting has […]

At least 36 people were killed during an overnight attack on a village in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to the head of a civil society group, the assailants were believed to be members of the Allied Democratic Forces, a Ugandan armed group based in eastern DRC that has pledged allegiance to ISIL. The attack targeted the village of Mukondi, an area plagued with rebel activity and which […]

Former Malaysian Prime Minister, Muhyiddin Yassin, is expected to be charged with corruption over alleged diversion of funds to his party. Muhyiddin went voluntarily for questioning at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission in relation to allegations that building contractors deposited money into the accounts of his party in exchange for contracts during the pandemic. Chairman of the Country’s Anti-Corruption Commission, Ahief Baki, said the former prime minister would appear in court […]

Qatar’s ruler Tamim Al Thani has appointed Mohammed Al Thani as the country’s new prime minister, following the resignation of Khalid Al Thani. Mohammed served as the country’s foreign minister since 2016 and was the public face of Qatar as it navigated a three-and-a-half-year blockade by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt. Khalid was appointed Prime Minister in January 2020 after having been head of the Amiri Diwan, the emir’s […]