
As US cash dries up South Africa’s fight to stop Aids gets harder
Health experts fear that as testing and monitoring drops the risk of the further spread of HIV rises.
MONDAY, 02 MARCH 2026, 18:06

Health experts fear that as testing and monitoring drops the risk of the further spread of HIV rises.

Armed jihadists devastate a community that refused to convert to their hard-line interpretation of Islam.

The colonial police, made up of Nigerians and Europeans, shot dead workers striking for better conditions.

At least 78 bodies have been buried, while it’s feared that more than 170 people were killed altogether.

MSF says a government air strike hit its hospital after another of its health facilities was looted.

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif says she would take a sex test if it allowed her to compete at the 2028 Olympic Games.

Epstein considered approaching Mugabe about a new currency in 2015 – the latest batch of files show.

Shops and homes were torched in an attack on two villages in the western state of Kwara, a lawmaker says.

The 53-year-old, once widely seen as the second most powerful person in Libya, was killed by “our unknown gunmen”.

Ahmed Muharram is among several suspects arrested in a major crackdown on marijuana trafficking.

The surprise move that may threaten the stability of the coalition government of which the DA is a key partner.

The appointment of a dead opposition politician to a presidential panel caused embarrassment.

Abiy Ahmed admitted for the first time in parliament that Eritrean troops had killed people in Aksum.

Hodan Mohamud Diiriye faced a firing squad after being found guilty of beating Saabirin Saylaan to death.

Eight African nations will be represented in Milan-Cortina – can any bring home medals?

The correspondence describes arrangements for a meal and there is no indication of wrongdoing by Zuma.

Those defacing the currency could face seven years in jail, the central bank says ahead of Valentine’s Day.

Since 2016, those who can prove their ancestors came from Africa have been able to get Ghanaian nationality.

They were among 177 people seized last month from three churches in northern Kaduna state.

South Africa’s sports minister Gayton McKenzie says “no formal decision” has been taken to relocate the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations away from Morocco.

Clinton Nyapara Mogesa is said to have been recruited in Qatar to fight for Russian forces in Ukraine.