Rwanda: Airports Reopens To Travellers

Rwandan airports on Saturday reopened to worldwide travellers, extra than four months after the East African kingdom suspended commercial passenger flights to mitigate the Covid-19 outbreak.   The suspension didn’t affect cargo and emergency flights. Tourists traveling by means of constitution flights had been allowed to enter the us of a that is well-known for […]

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Another Blow to Drogba’s FIF Presidency Campaign

Last Leg of Campaign Another setback for Ivorian soccer star Didier Drogba on Tuesday when the Association of the Nation’s Players (AFI) announced its backing of current Ivorian Football Federation vice-president (FIF), Idriss Diallo. A harsh blow to Drogba’s FIF presidency campaign — upon officially registering to run earlier today, as this is the fourth […]

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South Africa: Ribbons to remember Coronavirus victims

A church in South Africa is honouring the country’s coronavirus victims by putting out white ribbons to mark each and every death from the disease. The fence outside St. James Presbyterian church in Johannesburg is a stark reminder of the suffering caused by the pandemic in South Africa. “We feel honoured, because we honour the […]

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Muslim faithfuls celebrate Eid amid COVID-19

The streets of Abidjan were almost empty on Friday for the Eid al-Adha celebrations that have been complicated by the coronavirus pandemic. Few faithfuls went to the mosque in Abidjan. “The situation is really complicated by the coronavirus,” explained Oumar Maiga, an Ivorian livestock trader. “It’s a tough market, people are not coming in the […]

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South Africa: Civil Rights Icon Mlangeni Laid to Rest

Andrew Mlangeni, the closing civil rights icon who fought for the liberation of black South Africans against apartheid, the racist regime in the us of a rooted in colonial white-oppression. A battle that resulted in a existence jail sentence alongside different historical figures – such as the late gorgeous Nelson Mandela, for plotting to overthrow […]

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Tourists flying to Seychelles after Aug. 1 re-opening must have recent COVID-19 test

All passengers coming to Seychelles from Aug. 1 when the airport opens for scheduled passenger flights ought to have proof of a poor COVID-19 PCR take a look at no longer greater than 72 hours ancient earlier than boarding their flight to the island nation, said a top reliable on Tuesday. The Public Health Commissioner, […]

Why Nigeria must decisively end rape menace

Rape is dishonorable, immoral and sinful to humans and must be outrightly condemned by all. Every man or woman in this country called Nigeria that has a wife, a sister, a niece, or a daughter must understand that rape is a crime to the existence of human and must be kicked out of this nation […]

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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 of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s crisis meeting with governors on Monday. According to the Health ministry, 960 people tested positive out of 8,261 samples that were Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe in a statement said Nairobi […]

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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 Prevention (CDC). At least 17,509 more people died of the virus across 54 countries in the continent, the Africa CDC said in its daily update. Recoveries in the continent have reached 484,038. Southern Africa is […]

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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 plan to get the country out of a political crisis. The delegation however remain optimistic and will meet again on Monday at an extraordinary ECOWAS summit by videoconference. Mahmoud Dicko, an influential Imam and leader […]

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 River that has stoked tensions with downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan. “The completion of the first round of filling is a historic moment that showcases Ethiopians’ commitment to the renaissance of our country,” Abiy, the […]

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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 Constitutional Affairs explain the controversies surrounding the procurement of ballot papers and the stated dismissal of senior personnel at the Electoral Commission.  The directive followed worries by way of Kira Municipality MP Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda […]

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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 the fourth largest economy in Africa before 2050. During the aforementioned time the nation will have a nominal GDP of USD 994 billion behind Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt, according to the ISS report. The […]

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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 South Africa where more than 350,000 cases have been confirmed. As of last Friday (July 17), the WHO Africa region announced that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the region had risen by 27 […]

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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 the north of the country. Before his burial, relatives surrounded his remains and prayed for the departed Prime Minister in the main mosque of the city. In this tranquil atmosphere, supporters of the deceased did […]

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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 Mandela stood for was pan-Africanism. He reminded us that, “as long as gross poverty, injustice and gross inequalities persist in our world, none of us will have real rest”. With economic hardship in South Africa, […]

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 Raponda. She becomes the country’s first female Prime Minister. She will replace Julien Nkoghe Bekale, who had been in the position since January 2019. Her appointment was announced by the presidential spokesperson. He said the […]

African govts must urgently update digital rights laws – Lawyer

Governments across the continent must put more work into digital rights legislation which falls into the wider area of fundamental human rights and freedom of speech laws enshrined in almost all constitutions. According to Adeboro Odunlami, a Legal Officer with social enterprise outfit, Paradigm Initiative, PIN; governments must treat work on such legislation as urgent. […]