Zimbabwe’s government has deployed military doctors to state hospitals after medical workers went on strike across the country, local media report. On Tuesday, doctors boycotted work in protest at the alleged abduction of their union leader, Peter Magombeyi, BBC Africa reported. Dr Magombeyi had organised a series of strikes over poor pay and working conditions […]

A school fire believed to have broken out in the early hours of the morning when school students were sleeping in a building attached to a mosque near Monrovia, Liberia. Police have told the BBC that they are still looking for bodies in the ruins of the building. Mr George Weah, the president of Liberia […]

South Africa’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the use of corporal punishment at home violates children’s rights. It ruled that the “reasonable and moderate chastisement” of children as a form of physical discipline is unconstitutional. The court said there were effective ways to discipline a child without the use of corporal punishment, BBC Africa reported. […]

Israel’s election was too close to call on Wednesday, with a partial vote tally showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tied with his main rival, former military chief Benny Gantz. An official result was still hours, perhaps days off. But with more than 63 per cent of votes counted, the Netanyahu-led right-wing bloc was, as expected, […]

Saudi Arabia said it would produce evidence on Wednesday linking regional rival Tehran to an unprecedented attack on its oil industry that Washington believes originated from Iran in a dangerous escalation of Middle East frictions. But Tehran again denied involvement in the Sept. 14 attacks on oil plants, including the world’s biggest crude processing facility, […]