The US economy regained 2.5 million jobs in May as coronavirus pandemic shutdowns began to ease, sending the unemployment rate falling to 13.3 percent, the Labor Department reported Friday. The result defied even the most optimistic expectations among economists, who had been expecting job losses of more than eight million and a jobless rate of […]

Egypt’s prosecutor-general has brought criminal charges against a father for the genital mutilation of his three daughters, while likewise charging a physician who allegedly performed the illegal procedure. “The doctor went to their (the girls) home under the guise that he would vaccinate them against the coronavirus,” the prosecutor-general said in a Wednesday statement. A […]

Kenya’s health ministry has said it will soon roll out home-based care for COVID-19 patients because the country’s isolation facilities are almost full. Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe said they will first publish guidelines for home-based care before patients can be released to their families so as to free hospitals. He urged Kenyans not to stigmatise […]

Lesotho’s former first lady, who has been charged with the murder of her husband’s estranged wife, is seeking bail to go look after her recently “critically ill” husband, court documents showed Thursday. Maesaiah Thabane, 43, was charged in February over the brutal killing of former prime minister Thomas Thabane’s previous wife two days before his […]

Madagascar’s education minister was sacked over a plan to order $2.2m (£1.7) worth of sweets was revealed. Rijasoa Andriamanana said last week she was ordering the sweets for children to take to mask the “bitter” aftertaste of the COVID-Organics concoction, according to AFP news agency. COVID-Organics is a plant-based tonic being promoted by the government […]