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The prime minister of Eswatini, Africa's last absolute monarchy, died in a South African hospital on Sunday after contracting coronavirus, the government said in a statement.

Hoards of cash, some of it squirrelled away in false ceilings and water tanks, have been seized in a widening anti-corruption crackdown in Saudi Arabia that has evoked both awe and fear.

Long a mere formality, a vote on Monday by members of the Electoral College to formally recognize Joe Biden as the next US president has taken on unusual import this year with Donald Trump stubbornly refusing to admit defeat.

The management at Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe has made an about turn, revoking its earlier permission for Enlightened Christian Gathering church leader, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri to host his popular annual crossover at the national stadium of Malawi.

Hundreds of students are feared missing after gunmen raided a secondary school in north-western Nigeria.