Prime Minister Boris Johnson was among a host of well-wishers across Britain willing record-breaking fundraiser Captain Tom Moore to pull through after the centenarian was admitted to hospital with Covid-19.

South Africa’s manufacturing activity expanded slightly in January, the seasonally-adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) showed on Monday. The index, a gauge of manufacturing activity in Africa’s most industrialised economy,

Nine people have died after al Qaeda-linked Islamist insurgents stormed a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, battling security forces until the early hours of Monday, according to a police

Online fashion retailer Asos has bought the Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT brands from failed retail group Arcadia in a deal worth £295m. Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia group fell

Former US President Donald Trump has announced a new impeachment legal defense team just one day after it was revealed that he had parted ways with an earlier set of

Former South African President Jacob Zuma has said he will no longer appear before a commission investigating corruption during his presidency. The inquiry, known as the Zondo Commission, was established to investigate

Will President Muhammadu Buhari replace the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, who is billed to retire Monday, February 1, after clocking 35 years in service or extend his tenure?

Nigeria’s federal government has given more insights into the cut in automobiles’ import tariffs just as it dismissed claims by a section of the organised private sector (OPS) that its

The Chief of Defence Staff, Maj.Gen. Lucky Irabor on Sunday led other service chiefs to pay their first operational visit to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, the epicentre of insurgency

Myanmar’s military has taken control of the country after Aung San Suu Kyi and other political leaders were arrested in the early hours. Hours after the arrests, military TV confirmed

The EU says UK-Swedish drug firm AstraZeneca will now supply an additional nine million Covid vaccine doses by March, after days of criticism of the bloc’s vaccination programme. Commission President

Thousands of Russians have been taking part in unauthorised protests to demand the release of the jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny. More than 5,000 people have been detained, a monitoring

Israel has agreed to transfer 5,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine to the Palestinians to immunize front-line medical workers, according to Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s office. It was the

A new visa scheme offering millions of Hong Kong residents a pathway to British citizenship is set to go live on Sunday. Residents of Hong Kong can apply, starting on

Demonstrators have briefly disrupted a coronavirus vaccination distribution centre at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, calling the jabs part of a conspiracy by elites to control the population. Several dozen

Police detained more than 450 people at rallies in Siberia and Russia’s Far East on Sunday as supporters of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny took to the streets to protest his

Tunisia will issue debt worth up to $3 billion this year and aims to roll over some existing credit arrangements while setting in train wider economic reforms, Finance Minister Ali

The Australian city of Perth was ordered into lockdown on Sunday after a security guard working in hotel quarantine tested positive for Covid-19, ending the country’s longest coronavirus-free run. From

A World Health Organization-led team of experts investigating the origins of COVID-19 visited Huanan market on Sunday, the now-shuttered wholesale seafood centre in the Chinese city of Wuhan where the