African Essence

African nations reopening airspace despite rising COVID-19 cases

As COVID-19 cases surged in many parts of the world, the island nation of the Seychelles was looking good: 70-plus…

July 6, 2020

New reggae bar will soon infuse Seychelles’ La Digue island with spirit of Bob Marley

Reggae lovers in Seychelles' La Digue island will soon be able to enjoy food, music and a drink at the…

July 5, 2020

French court rejects probe into Rwandan president assassination

Rwandan authorities have welcomed a decision by a French court to reject a bid to reopen an investigation into the…

July 4, 2020

COVID-19: An opportunity for traditional medicines

COVID-19 has catapulted the issue of traditional medicines to the fore especially on the back of Madagascar’s claims that its…

July 3, 2020

Rape as another pandemic

Stella Odife Today, the voices of hunger, the voices of insecurity and the voices of COVID-19 have been almost drowned…

July 2, 2020

AFCON moved to 2022, delayed CHAN slated for Jan. 2021

The Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football, CAF, has announced the postponement of the 2021 Africa Cup of…

July 1, 2020

Gabon senate votes in favour of pro-gay law

Gabon’s upper parliamentary chamber, the senate, has voted in favour of decriminalising homosexuality, a week after the lower house strongly…

June 30, 2020

Africa COVID-19 stats: 382,190 cases; 9,664 deaths; 182,553 recoveries

There are now more than over 380,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries…

June 29, 2020

Malawi swears in new president Lazarus Chakwera

Malawi held an investiture for president Lazarus Chakwera and vice-president Saulos Chilima, hours after the elections body declared Chakwera winner…

June 28, 2020

Burundi holds funeral, burial for Nkurunziza in capital Gitega

Thousands of Burundians on Friday lined the road to the capital Gitega as the body of former president Pierre Nkurunziza…

June 27, 2020

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