Migration Concerns and Regional Stability The European Union (EU) has announced a significant partnership worth €7.4 billion with Egypt, with a particular focus on energy and migration. However, this agreement has raised concerns among human…
SOUTH AFRICA WANTS TO PROMOTE WILDLIFE CONSUMPTION
South Africa is turning towards the implementation of new laws that fully allows the economic exploitation of wildlife. The intention is to market the use of all kinds of wild species, including giraffes, zebras, emu,…
In Rwanda the state is shepherd and everyone…
I don’t read the bible every day, and so I am not the sort to quote chapter and verse at every turn in a conversation. But I know it enough to have some favourite parts,…
Great Pyramid in Egypt lights up in solidarity…
Egypt's famed Great Pyramid was emblazoned Monday evening with messages of unity and solidarity with those battling the novel coronavirus the world over. "Stay safe", "Stay at home" and "Thank you to those keeping us…
Gombe loses N800m to oil price crash –NLC
The Gombe State Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, Musa Mohammed, has called on civil servants in the state to remain calm. Mohammed stated this at a joint minimum wage committee meeting which held in the office…
Ethiopia restores internet to western Oromia after 3-month…
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across the world and particularly in Africa, the need for information has never been more important but in the midst of all that too the battle against misinformation…
Eritrea ‘missing’ as IGAD leaders forge regional coronavirus…
Leaders across East Africa and the Horn of Africa met via video conferencing for a meeting aimed at forging a regional plan to combat the coronavirus pandemic. In all four presidents – Somalia, Uganda, Kenya,…
Agric sector gets essential services status
THE agriculture sector will operate with skeletal staff during the 21-day lockdown to ensure workers are not exposed to or spread the Covid-19 pandemic, Government has said. Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance…
Egypt’s second richest man tells workers to return…
Egypt's second richest man has urged authorities to order people back to work once a curfew ends, and threatened to commit suicide if the measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus exceed two weeks.…
Coronavirus: Ethiopia records first cases outside capital
Ethiopia at close of day March 29 had reported 21 confirmed cases of COVID-19. An increase of five over the weekend. Three on Saturday and two on Sunday. Of the three cases on Saturday, one…
Eritrea’s coronavirus cases double
Six more passengers that came to Eritrea prior to the ban on flights, (enforced on March 25), were diagnosed positive for COVID-19 during tests carried out in the past three days. Five of these are…
My take on Buhari’s nationwide broadcast – Fani-Kayode
Critic, Femi Fani-Kayode said he was pleased with the nationwide broadcast of President Muhammadu Buhari on coronavirus on Sunday. Buhari had on Sunday briefed the nation on the coronavirus after much pressure had been mounted…
Concerns over Queen Elizabeth’s health amidst Coronavirus Pandemic
There are growing concerns about the health of Queen Elizabeth II following the diagnosis of her son, Prince Charles, who tested positive for Coronavirus. The monarch was reportedly exposed to the virus during one of…
Keeping up with the First Ladies: Gabon FL…
Across the African continent, First Ladies are generally considered the ‘Mother of the Nation’, and are often expected to be unifying figures, serving the president of the nation and the voters who entrusted him the…
Ex-governor donates $520,000 to Lagos, national disease control…
National leader of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has donated over half a million dollars to the coronavirus combat in the country. Tinubu, a former Lagos state governor on Sunday pledged…
SAFA expresses gratitude For R1 Billion donation
The South African Football Association has expressed the FA’s gratitude for the R1 billion donation during this pandemic period. Mamelodi Sundowns’ President, Patrice Motsepe, has donated the money as Mzansi continues with the 21-day COVID-19…
Tiwa Savage steps out after 10 days in…
Nigerian music diva, Tiwa Savage stepped out in style after ten days of self-isolation to get some fresh air amid coronavirus outbreak in the country. The single mother of one shared clips of her on…
Banks lower charges for social grant recipients amid…
Social grant recipients will in the next few days make use of many ATMs and retail shops as possible to get their money without incurring high bank charges so they can practice social distancing. This…
Air Peace evacuates 274 Israel citizens to Tel-Aviv
Air Peace has evacuated about 274 Israelis from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja to Israel’s major city, Tel-Aviv. The flight, which airlifted 65 passengers from Lagos…