African Essence

Gabon Marks 60 Years of Independence from France

Gabon marks 60 years of independence from France as they celebrate a national holiday today. Traditional parade festivities were cancelled…

August 17, 2020

Mixed reactions in Namibia over rejected Germany reparations offer

Reactions are pouring in Namibia over the government's rejection of a 10 million euros genocide reparations offer from Germany. Namibia's…

August 16, 2020

Angolan Ex-President’s Son To Do Jail Time

Jailtime for the Former President's Son Billionaire behind bars, Jose Filomeno dos Santos, son of the former president who ruled…

August 15, 2020

Rwanda Launches Innovative Covid-19 Batch Testing

Group Tests with Individual Results Wilfred Ndifon, a Rwanda researcher has created an innovative pool testing method that enables multiple…

August 14, 2020

One year anniversary of DJ Arafat ‘s death

He is dead but still alive in the hearts of many fans. It is now one year since the motorbike…

August 13, 2020

Salvage crews in a race to pump fuel from agrounded ship in Mauritius

The inter-agency United Nations team will "support efforts to mitigate impact of (the) oil spill on natural resources and on…

August 12, 2020

Environmental experts criticize the government of Mauritius over the oil spill in Wakashio

Sunil Dowarkasing, a former senior environmental adviser to the Mauritian govermnment has accused the country's current administration of gross negligence…

August 11, 2020

Thousands of foreign students stranded in France because of COVID-19

Tens of thousands of African students are still stuck in France this summer, long after their studies have concluded -…

August 10, 2020

Coronavirus-Zambia: Daily Update for COVID-19

Zambia, August 9, 2020/KnowAfrika/ --  416 new validated cases; three deaths; 167 recoveries New cases mentioned from: 150 Lusaka, seventy…

August 9, 2020

Mauritius announces environmental emergency as grounded ship leaks large amounts of oil

The prime minister of Mauritius has declared a state of environmental emergency after a Japanese-owned ship that ran aground in…

August 8, 2020

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