African Essence

Nigeria Govt Dissolves SARS After Series Of Protests From Citizens

Nigeria Government listened to the pleas of Nigerians on Sunday, They dissolved a distinctive police unit set up to fight…

October 12, 2020

Tunisia’s Economic Crisis Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic

An Economically Unforgiving Pandemic Tens of thousands of Tunisians have lost their jobs in a worsening economic crisis exacerbated by…

October 11, 2020

Health: Uganda’s hospitals run out of blood

Uganda's coronavirus cases may be small but the pandemic is constraining the delivery of health services regardless. A blood shortage…

October 10, 2020

Mali’s opposition leader Soumaila Cisse released after prisoner swap

Mali's presidency on Thursday announced that opposition leader Soumaïla Cissé had been freed. The announcement, over Twitter, added that Cisse…

October 9, 2020

No show from hostages, despite speculations in Mali

They waited for hours throughout the night, to no avail. Supporters of malian political figure Soumaïla Cissé gathered to celebrate…

October 8, 2020

Ethiopian Senate Votes to Sever All relations with Tigray’s Parliament

Ethnic tensions in Ethiopia continue to mount after The Ethiopian Senate voted on Tuesday to sever all relations between the…

October 7, 2020

South Sudan set to campaign against child marriage

South Sudan’s authorities in partnership with UNICEF launched a marketing campaign Monday against toddler marriage to address the challenges ladies…

October 6, 2020

Health chief salutes Africa’s fight against COVID-19

The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has praised African states for managing to curb the spread…

October 4, 2020

Injured Ethiopian Star Runner Pulls Out of London Marathon

A Hurt World Champion Five-time world champion and three-time Olympic gold medalist, Kenenisa Bekele, announced in a video on social…

October 3, 2020

Major boost to farmers, Ivory Coast sets new cocoa

The price of cocoa paid to farmers for the 2020-2021 harvest in Ivory Coast, the world's largest producer, has been…

October 2, 2020

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