Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez is on a two day visit to Morocco and will meet King Mohammed VI of Morocco on Thursday. The visit to Rabat is said to be an attempt by…
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…
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. The NGO has set up a food bank which distributes aid by SMS to some…
COVID-19 could linger for years, African govts must…
The coronavirus pandemic has been confirmed in over 180 countries globally since it was first discovered in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late December 2019. The World Health Organisation, WHO, has since declared it…
Botswana ‘masks up’ over COVID-19: Govt restricts sale…
The Government of Botswana has issued legislation that makes it compulsory to wear masks/face coverings in public places, businesses and common areas of residential buildings from 1 May 2020. Specifications have been issued in an…
Morocco detects more than 300 Covid-19 case in…
More than 300 cases of people infected with Covid-19 were detected in three prisons in Morocco, after a screening campaign conducted in the 73 prisons of the kingdom, prison authorities said Tuesday. Out of 1,736…
Egypt extends state of emergency for three months
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday ordered the renewal for three months of a long-running state of emergency, citing health as well as security concerns. Egypt has been under a state of emergency since…
