Pirates hijack Turkish ship off coast of Guinea, one person killed

azernews Sunday, January 24, 2021 12:35:00 PM EAT | info [other]

By Trend A Turkish ship called Mozart was hijacked by pirates off the coast of Guinea, Trend reports citing Turkish media. Nineteen people were onboard the ship that sailed from Lagos, Nigeria to the Cape Town, South Africa. Pirates killed the second engineer of the ship Farman Isayilov and took 15 people hostage....

Arab Spring exiles look back 10 years after Egypt uprising

washtimes Sunday, January 24, 2021 11:18:00 AM EAT | info [other]

Dr. Mohamed Aboelgheit was among those jailed in the southern city of Assiut in 2011 after joining calls for revolt against police brutality and Mubarak . He spent part of the uprising in a cramped cell. Released amid the chaos, he reveled in the atmosphere of political freedom in the Arab world’s.......

India to give homegrown vaccine in seven more states this week

themalaymailonline Sunday, January 24, 2021 12:26:00 PM EAT | info [other]

A health worker and a volunteer take part in a nationwide trial run of coronavirus disease vaccine delivery systems, inside a school, which has been converted into a temporary vaccination centre, in New Delhi January 8, 2021. — Reuters pic. NEW DELHI, Jan 24 —India said it will administer homegrown.......

NZ detects first community transmission in two months

RTERadio Sunday, January 24, 2021 12:21:00 PM EAT | info [other]

Health officials are currently investigating a probable case of Covid-19 in the Northland community. New Zealand health officials have confirmed the first case of Covid-19 in the community for more than two months, sparking urgent contract-tracing efforts north of Auckland....

Western Sahara's Polisario Front launches rockets at Guerguerat border zone

france24-en Sunday, January 24, 2021 9:36:00 AM EAT | info [other]

Western Sahara's pro-independence Polisario Front bombarded the Guerguerat buffer zone under Moroccan control in the far south of the desert territory in an overnight attack Rabat described as part of a "propaganda war". "The Saharawi army launched four rockets in the direction of......

Ramaphosa to deliver Jackson Mthembu’s eulogy at his funeral in Mpumalanga

businessday Sunday, January 24, 2021 11:47:00 AM EAT | info [other]

When the wife of the late minister in the presidency Jackson Mthembu saw President Cyril Ramaphosa, who was waiting for her outside the Roman Catholic Church, she wept. This is where Thembi Mthembu would on Sunday bid farewell to her husband and the father of her children. He died on Thursday from Covid-19 related complications....

South Africa jazz ‘giant’ Jonas Gwangwa is dead

dailypost Sunday, January 24, 2021 11:46:00 AM EAT | info [other]

. Popular South Africa jazz trombonist and composer, Jonas Gwangwa, whose music powered the anti-apartheid struggle is dead. President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed his death. Ramaphosa in his tribute to the Oscar nominated 83-year-old artist, described him as “a giant of revolutionary cultural movement....

In Zimbabwe, coronavirus sick told to buy their own ventilators

irishsun Sunday, January 24, 2021 11:09:00 AM EAT | info [other]

Two decades of economic stagnation has left Zimbabwe with few resources to face an outbreak that's gaining momentum despite a lockdown and a dusk-to-dawn curfew. Nurses are on strike after colleagues died because of a lack of PPE, medical facilities have run out of oxygen and undertakers can't keep up....

MIL-OSI Global: How young Kenyans feel about farming goes against conventional wisdom

foreignaffairs-nz Sunday, January 24, 2021 10:17:00 AM EAT | info [other]

– By Thomas Daum, Agricultural Economist, University of Hohenheim. Every year, 12 million young people enter the labour market across the African continent. Economists and policy makers differ about how they should be absorbed into the labour market. Some experts believe that only agriculture can create enough jobs ....