Macron wants 'calming down' in Algeria relations

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday he hoped that relations with Algeria could become pacified after a row over visas and critical comments by Paris towards Algiers.
#france #emmanuelmacron #algiers

'Don't wait for death and surrender,' Mozambique President tells insurgents after key militant killed

Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi urged Islamist militants in its far north to surrender on Monday, saying they had nowhere to run, after allied Rwandan, Mozambican and southern African forces pushed them out of territory they had been occupying.
#mozambique #filipenyusi #southafrica

Nigerian hospital doctors end nine-week-long strike

Resident doctors in Nigerian public hospitals called off a nine-week strike on Monday, saying some of their grievances had been addressed but others including salary arrears remained outstanding.
#nigeria #strike #residentdoctorsinnigeria

Grace Mugabe challenges Zimbabwe court order to exhume husband's body

Grace Mugabe, the widow of Zimbabwe's longtime former ruler Robert Mugabe, has challenged a court order to exhume her husband's remains for reburial at a national shrine, court papers showed Monday.
#gracemugabe #zimbabwe #robertmugabe

Nigeria Missing As UK Recognises COVID Certificates From Over 50 Countries

Nigeria is missing as the United Kingdom (UK) relaxed its COVID-19 vaccine policy for 50 countries. This means that fully vaccinated Nigerians travelling to UK still need to self-isolate for 10 days. From October 4, UK said the new travel system comes into force with countries and territories categorised as either “red” or “rest of the world.”
#nigeria #uk #covid #vaccine

Zuckerberg Loses $7 Billion In Hours As Facebook Plunges

Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth has fallen by nearly $7 billion in a few hours, knocking him down a notch on the list of the world’s richest people, after a whistleblower came forward and outages took Facebook Inc.’s flagship products offline.
#markzukerberg #facebook #whatsapp #instagram

Facebook Outage Likely Caused By Internal Mistake; outside hack less likely

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp went offline for users across the globe, the social media giant said on Monday, as it worked on restoring the services after being hit by one of its longest outages.
#facebook #whatsapp #instagram

Facebook, Whatsapp And Instagram Now Back Online

Facebook, and WhatsApp are gradually making their way back online. Note that these two apps including Instagram – which are all owned by Facebook, and run on shared infrastructure – stopped working shortly before 5pm today October 4, Other related products, such as Facebook Messenger and Workplace also experienced same outage.
#facebook #whatsapp #instagram

Jesse Griesel Sparks Outrage Running For Julius Malema's Party In SA

Jesse Griesel, who is running as a candidate for the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in the upcoming Student Representative Council (SRC) elections at the University of Cape Town (UCT), says she has been labelled as a “race traitor” on social media.
#jessegriesel #eff #uct

Ibrahimovic Buys N250m Ferrari SF90 Stradale E.V For His 40th Birthday

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has treated himself to a brand new Ferrari to celebrate his 40th birthday. Ibrahimovic splashed over £400,000 (N250 million) for a Ferrari Sf90 Stradale, which is the model's first ever hybrid-electric car and can offer a top speed up to 211mph.
#zlatanibrahimovic #ferrari