African Essence

Kenya fears surge in coronavirus cases

Kenya Sunday recorded the highest number of daily Covid-19 infections since March 13, a development likely to inform the outcome…

July 27, 2020

COVID-19 cases in Africa top 828,000

The number of coronavirus cases in Africa reached 828,214 on Sunday, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and…

July 26, 2020

Mali opposition dogged with demands despite ECOWAS mediation

Five West African heads of state meeting in Bamako on Thursday failed to get the Malian opposition to accept their…

July 25, 2020

Ethiopia’s PM Abiy Ahmed lauds early filling of controversial massive dam

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday lauded the “historic” early filling of a massive dam on the Blue Nile…

July 24, 2020

Uganda: Rebecca Kadaga summons Attorney General over election ballots deal, EC sackings

The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has directed that the attorney widely wide-spread together with the minister of Justice and…

July 23, 2020

Angola can become the fourth largest economy in Africa

According to forecasts from the Institute for Studies and Security (ISS), based in Pretoria , South Africa, Angola could become…

July 21, 2020

Africa’s COVID-19 caseload goes past 700,000; deaths close to 15,000

As of today, the case load on Africa has reached the 700,000 mark. Half of the cases are reported in…

July 20, 2020

Ivory Coast buries deceased Prime Minister

Ivory Coast’s deceased Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly was buried Friday in his hometown in Korogho, the main city in…

July 19, 2020

MANDELA DAY: Xenophobia not what Madiba stood for

The international Nelson Mandela Day this year is under the theme “Acting to bring about change”. Among the things Nelson…

July 18, 2020

Gabon gets first woman Prime Minister: Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda

Gabon president Ali Bongo Ondimba on Thursday named a new Prime Minister in the person of Madame Rose Christiane Ossouka…

July 17, 2020

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