The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the UN said the region had five million children under the age of five who were acutely malnourished.

A director of the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs referred to SA’s heavy handed, and highly militarised enforcement of the stay-at home directive.

Last year alone, malaria killed 380,000 people, mostly in Africa.

It is further alleged that the police extorted money and stole food in addition to using excessive force.

The country's economy has been battling poor growth and with the effects of COVID-19, the situation appears to be direr.

Antonio Guterres has instructed the UN Secretary General’s special envoys in every conflict zone to work for a global ceasefire.

China’s ambassador to South Africa Lin Songtian told journalists in Pretoria on Friday that China was ready to share this blueprint of success with the rest of the world.

He was speaking after announcements further infections in Algeria and Egypt to brought to six the number of confirmed cases on the African continent.

The worst plague brought on by excessive rains in Yemen moved into Uganda and Tanzania having passed through Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia.

Medical specialists have moved in to perform a postmortem on the 95-year-old.

Palestine’s ambassador to South Africa Hanan Jarrar told a media briefing on Friday that US President Donald Trump's plan was actually a plan for the surrender and perpetual subjection of Palestine.

The president took a swipe at Russia and Turkey, without naming them, for having ulterior motives in getting involved in Libya.

The German-French reconciliation is a salutary lesson to Africa about the lasting value of forgiveness, writes Jean-Jacques Cornish.

Nuno Ribeiro Da Cunha was named as Dos Santos’ co-accused in charges brought by Angolan authorities on Thursday.

Will the five parties named by each side in the conflict be able agree on how best to monitor the deal, asks Jean-Jacques Cornish.

He gave the assurance after his talks in Pretoria with Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

Prisoners' families and NGOs said that the government was not supplying food or medicine to the jail and around 100 more inmates were gravely ill.