Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema on Tuesday announced the appointment of lawmaker Paul Chanda Kabuswe as the country's new minister of mines and minerals and said central bank governor Christopher Mvunga had resigned.

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Police also seized goods worth millions that are suspected to have been stolen from hijacked trucks.

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The Taliban named Mullah Hasan Akhund, an associate of the movement's late founder Mullah Omar, as head of Afghanistan's new government on Tuesday and Sirajuddin Haqqani, whose organisation is on a US terrorism list, as interior minister.

Deputy president David Mabuza accompanied by health minister Joe Phaahla and sports, arts and culture minister Nathi Mthethwa are on Wednesday launching the Covid-19 vaccination social mobilisation campaign at the FNB Stadiumsouth of Johannesburg.

Mexico's Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Tuesday that penalising abortion is unconstitutional, a major victory for advocates of women's health and human rights, just as parts of the United States enact tougher laws against the practice.

West Africa's main regional bloc said on Tuesday it was concerned Mali's transitional government has not made sufficient progress towards organising elections in February, as agreed after a military coup last year.

The State Security Agency says SA must await the parliament review process and the outcome of the president’s expert panel to learn its input into the unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng in July

Hong Kong police on Wednesday arrested four members of a pro-democracy group that organises the annual June 4 rally to commemorate those who died in the bloody 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, in the latest blow to the opposition movement.

Russian tech firm Yandex said on Tuesday it had removed jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's tactical voting website from its search engine to comply with a government ban ahead of a parliamentary election this month.

A powerful earthquake struck southwestern Mexico near the beach resort of Acapulco on Tuesday night, causing rockfalls and damaging buildings, though there were no immediate reports of casualties.

He allegedly jumped out of the witness box with a knife in his hand.

The newly appointed deputy minister of agriculture, rural development and land reform, Zoleka Capa, was among guests at the hotel.

Ugandan prosecutors on Tuesday charged two lawmakers allied to opposition leader Bobi Wine with the murder of three people, following a spate of unsolved killings that have stoked widespread public alarm.

Somalia's president has appointed a new head of intelligence, his office said late on Tuesday, intensifying a row with the prime minister, who had named another person to the post.

Two provinces, two sad instances of baby abandonment at shopping centres.

The SA Committee of Medical Deans and the SA Committee of Dental Deans have made a call for the compulsory vaccination of all health science students and the general healthcare workforce against Covid-19.

A woman who allegedly narrowly survived being killed by her sister is on Wednesday expected to take the witness stand in the high court sitting in Palm Ridge.

As the SA Social Service Agency rolls out the R350 social relief of distress grants to approved beneficiaries, some are still struggling with the application process.

A total of 12,700 cases of duty-free liquor worth R15m have been seized from a Mpumalanga warehouse by the SA Revenue Service officials and police.

Two foreign nationals were among 41 inmates killed in the fire the country's law and human rights minister Yasonna Laoly told a news conference - the foreigners were from South Africa and Portugal.

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A full alcohol ban is more effective in reducing trauma cases, while partial restrictions do not help much, a study by the University of Cape Town (UCT) and Stellenbosch University (SU) has found.