African Essence

Seychelles virus-free with full recoveries, no death

Another island nation, Seychelles, has attained virus-free status after the Health Ministry announced full recoveries as of Monday May 18.…

May 19, 2020

United Nations Says Zimbabwe Needs Assistance

The United Nations has said that Zimbabwe is facing an economic and humanitarian crisis so acute that international assistance is…

May 18, 2020

Mosques reopen across West Africa despite virus spread

It’s been a Ramadan unlike any other for Abdourahmane Sall, far from the mosque during the Muslim holy month as…

May 17, 2020

Botswana president talks farming

Botswana president Eric Mokgweetsi Masisi on Saturday gave social media users what he called a peep into “Mokgweetsi the farmer’s…

May 17, 2020

Buhari Receives Madagascar COVID-19 Herbal Medication from the President of Guinea Bissau

President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday received samples of the Madagascar herbal drug which the African country claimed could cure COVID-19. The…

May 16, 2020

Africa’s persona non grata diplomacy: Burundi sacks WHO experts

Diplomacy is a delicate business that is duly defined as the ‘art of dealing with people in a tactful way’,…

May 15, 2020

Comoros thanks Madagascar for supply of COVID-Organics

The Comorian president Azali Assoumani thanked the people of Madagascar and President Rajoelina for donation of COVID-Organics, the purported virus…

May 14, 2020

Angola ‘quarantines’ suburb of capital to contain virus spread

Angolan authorities have isolated a suburb of the capital Luanda after a number of cases were discovered there. The move…

May 13, 2020

UN agency plans economic readjustment in Africa after Covid-19

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) looks forward to the day after Covid-19 and forsees the reorientation of…

May 12, 2020

Tunisian NGO distributing COVID-19 food aid via SMS

A Tunisian non-governmental organization, NGO, Sustainable Food Bank; is distributing food supplies to families adversely impacted by ongoing COVID-19 restrictions.…

May 11, 2020

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