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Breaking: Face mask violators arrested in Osun, shown videos of isolation centres

The Osun State Government on Tuesday went a step further in its attempts at enforcing the use of face mask…

July 1, 2020

Breaking: Four arrested for smuggling cigarettes worth over R1m into South Africa

Four suspects have been arrested for allegedly smuggling illicit cigarettes worth over R1m into SA, police said on Tuesday. Police…

June 30, 2020

Breaking: Women occupy 30% of Burundi’s new cabinet

Women make up over thirty percent of Burundi’s new cabinet according to a government release issued over the weekend. President…

June 29, 2020

Tanzania miner pockets $3.4m for two gemstones

A small-scale miner in Tanzania has become an overnight millionaire after unearthing two of the biggest rough tanzanite gemstones ever…

June 27, 2020

Breaking: Gambia’s justice minister resigns

Gambia’s renowned justice minister Abubacarr Tambadou, who established a probe to investigate abuses under the country’s ex-dictator and spearheaded the…

June 26, 2020

Ex-Algerian prime minister jailed 12 years for corruption

An Algerian criminal court sentenced a former prime minister and energy minister to prison on corruption charges, in the latest…

June 24, 2020

Breaking: Rwanda pioneers global initiative to connect schools to the internet

Rwanda has been selected to lead the Giga initiative of connecting every school in Africa by 2030. The initiative was…

June 23, 2020

Breaking: Ethiopia rejects UN Security Council role in dam dispute

Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister, Gedu Andargachew has rejected Egypt’s call to refer the dispute over Addis Ababa’s construction of the giant…

June 21, 2020

WHO restates harsh impact of COVID-19 on African women

The World Health Organization earlier this week (June 17) reiterated concerns over the rate at which covid-19 exposes women in…

June 20, 2020

Breaking: South African health workers sound alarm bells as virus spirals

Health workers across South Africa’s two southernmost provinces have been struggling with a surge in coronavirus patients as the country…

June 19, 2020

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