South Africa opens borders to African countries, limits others

South Africa will reopen its borders to all African countries from Thursday while barring tourists from around 50 nations with high coronavirus infection rates, the government said on Wednesday.
American rapper Rihanna
Rihanna feeling 'Savage' ahead of new fashion show
Rihanna is back with a new lingerie extravaganza for Amazon Prime Video – "Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 2."
The Black Stars
Ghana to play Qatar in friendly on October 12
After Equatorial Guinea’s decision to opt out of the friendly against Ghana due to travel restrictions caused by Covid 19, Ghana has agreed to play Qatar on October 12 in Turkey.
Rawlings and gov't delegation
Ghanaians, others mourn with Rawlings, Agbotui family
Former President Jerry John Rawlings, the Agbotui and allied families have been receiving visitors and messages of commiseration following the death, last Thursday, of Madam Victoria Agbotui, mother of the former President.
Mass protests against Algeria's elite started in February last year (Reuters)
Algerian lawyers strike over political pressure
Lawyers in Algeria have been holding a nationwide strike in protest at what they say is increasing political pressure on the country's judicial system.
Congolese activist Mwazulu Diyabanza talks to the media at the Palais de Justice courthouse in Paris
Activists seeking to ‘return’ African art go on trial in France
A Congolese activist and four others went on trial on Wednesday on theft charges for trying to remove a 19th-century African funeral pole from a Paris museum, as part of a protest campaign against colonial-era plundering.
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UN peacekeepers warn of fresh rebel violence ahead of vote
Major Ashif is tense as he watches from the turret of his armoured vehicle as the muddy road in front of him slowly unwinds.
A woman raises the Nigerian flag as she participates in a parade to mark Nigeria's 55th anniversary
Nigeria turns 60: Hope despite anger over corruption, poverty
It was just after midnight in Lagos, on a horse-racing track turned square, when Nigeria’s new white and green flag was hoisted officially for the first time, replacing Britain’s Union Jack.
Five of those sentenced to death were tried in absentia
Six 'get death sentence' for Egyptian policemen's murder
An Egyptian criminal court has sentenced six people to death for killing two policemen, the AFP news agency quotes a judicial source as saying.
Samora Machel was Mozambique's independence leader but was prominent in lending support to Africa
Meet Mozambique’s independence leader Samora Machel who took the war to apartheid South Africa
The story is quite popular that Samora Machel was forced into political activism by the fact that while a hospital aide at Miguel Bombarda Hospital in Mozambique, he joined others to protest the wage discrimination against Black African workers at the hospital.
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