The University of Nairobi's Silicon Savannah Innovation Park was launched at State House inNairobi by President William Ruto. The aim of this initiative is to encourage innovation andtechnological development in Kenya, by positioning the university…
Algeria recalls ambassador in France over protest films
Algeria on Wednesday recalled its ambassador from France for consultations, after documentaries about the North African country’s anti-government protest movement were aired on French public television. The interior ministry said films, including two broadcast on…
Poultry farmers in Kenya decry Uganda, Tanzania unfair…
Poultry farmers in Kenya want the Ministry of Trade to intervene on the discriminative tariff by the Uganda on chicken meat. Uganda Revenue Authority has in the past two years charged Kenyan chicken meat exports…
Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa blasts West for meddling in African…
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has castigated the West for meddling in the internal affairs of African countries and called on Africans to deepen the culture of democracy and good governance as taught by the continent’s…
Nigeria’s economy grows by 1.8% in first quarter…
Nigeria’s economy grew 1.87% in the first three months of 2020 from a year earlier, the statistics office said on Monday, shrinking from the previous quarter as oil prices and international trade fell due to…
Death and destruction as floods hit western Uganda
Thousands of Ugandans have been displaced from their homes after heavy rains hit the East African country. Reports say the overflow of two rivers in western Uganda exacerbated the situation, causing buildings to submerge. A…
Tanzania’s President banks on prayers as cases drop
Tanzanian President John Magufuli has continued to attend political rallies around the country this week, as he seeks a second term during the COVID-19 pandemic. He insisted that his government was winning the battle against…
Mory Kante: Guinean icon famed for ‘Yeke Yeke’…
Guinean traditional music icon Mory Kante has died, President Alpha Conde confirmed in a tweet of May 22. Conde described the death as a loss for African culture. He added that Mory had led an…
Burundi awaits poll results as opposition alleges fraud
Polling station closed across Burundi on Wednesday in a largely incident free process in keenly watched general elections. The polls will usher in the post-Pierre Nkurunziza era. But voters also cast ballots for lawmakers and…
Burkina Faso unveils upgraded statue of Thomas Sankara
A little over a year after an initial bronze statue was unveiled of Thomas Sankara, government unveiled another – of the same work. Criticisms had trailed the March 2019 statue which a number of people…
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. The country becomes the third in recent times to achieve the feat behind Mauritius and…
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 needed to subdue it. This comes when the citizenry in Zimbabwe is lamenting over the…
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 coronavirus cases mount. With only a little over a week left, he decided joining thousands…
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 life.” The president shared photos of himself on his farm where he rears animals –…
Buhari Receives Madagascar COVID-19 Herbal Medication from the…
President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday received samples of the Madagascar herbal drug which the African country claimed could cure COVID-19. The drug was delivered to Buhari by President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea Bissau at the…
Africa’s persona non grata diplomacy: Burundi sacks WHO…
Diplomacy is a delicate business that is duly defined as the ‘art of dealing with people in a tactful way’, and comes in handy on occasions where different countries’ interests collide. African nations play host…
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 preventative and curative mixture. Also included in the Malagasy donation were doses of chloroquine and…
Angola ‘quarantines’ suburb of capital to contain virus…
Angolan authorities have isolated a suburb of the capital Luanda after a number of cases were discovered there. The move is part of efforts to contain spread of COVID-19. It comes despite the relaxation of…
UN agency plans economic readjustment in Africa after…
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) looks forward to the day after Covid-19 and forsees the reorientation of the continent's economies, which so far have accumulated almost 2,360 deaths from the disease. Any…
