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…
Angolan Ex-President’s Son To Do Jail Time
Jailtime for the Former President's Son Billionaire behind bars, Jose Filomeno dos Santos, son of the former president who ruled Angola for 38 years, was sentenced to five years in prison by the nation’s Supreme…
Rwanda Launches Innovative Covid-19 Batch Testing
Group Tests with Individual Results Wilfred Ndifon, a Rwanda researcher has created an innovative pool testing method that enables multiple people to have their samples tested together for the coronavirus without the need for single…
One year anniversary of DJ Arafat ‘s death
He is dead but still alive in the hearts of many fans. It is now one year since the motorbike accident that claimed the life of Ivorian star singer DJ Arafat. Thousands of his fans…
Salvage crews in a race to pump fuel…
The inter-agency United Nations team will "support efforts to mitigate impact of (the) oil spill on natural resources and on (the) population", read a statement from the UN office in Mauritius. Japan has dispatched a…
Environmental experts criticize the government of Mauritius over…
Sunil Dowarkasing, a former senior environmental adviser to the Mauritian govermnment has accused the country's current administration of gross negligence in its handing of the MV Wakashio oil disaster. Efforts were further increased on Monday…
Thousands of foreign students stranded in France because…
Tens of thousands of African students are still stuck in France this summer, long after their studies have concluded - because of COVID 19. In many cases, they're unable to return home to countries where…
Coronavirus-Zambia: Daily Update for COVID-19
Zambia, August 9, 2020/KnowAfrika/ -- 416 new validated cases; three deaths; 167 recoveries New cases mentioned from: 150 Lusaka, seventy three Kabwe, 60 Solwezi, 30 Masaiti, 25 Ndola, 24 Lumwana, 16 Mwinilunga, eleven Kitwe, 10…
Mauritius announces environmental emergency as grounded ship leaks…
The prime minister of Mauritius has declared a state of environmental emergency after a Japanese-owned ship that ran aground in July began spilling large amounts of fuel into the sea. Pravind Jugnauth tweeted that the…
Africa exceeds 1 million confirmed virus cases
Africa’s validated coronavirus instances have surpassed one million, however global health specialists say the genuine toll is probable numerous instances higher, reflecting the gaping lack of checking out for the continent’s 1.3 billion people. While…
UNESCO to revive Mali’s conflict-hit Bandiagara site
UNESCO pledges to help restore the world heritage site of Bandiagara, partly destroyed by the conflict raging in central Mali. The Malian security crisis, fuelled by jihadist groups and inter-community tensions, has led to the…
Coronavirus: Death toll in Uganda rises to 5
Ministry of Health Monday confirmed the demise of one COVID-19 patient, bringing the range of human beings who have succumbed to the disease in Uganda to five. A assertion by way of the ministry says…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
South Africa: Civil Rights Icon Mlangeni Laid to…
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…
Tourists flying to Seychelles after Aug. 1 re-opening…
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…
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…
