Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has praised Simba SC after the team made history by reaching the final of the CAF Confederation Cup. Simba secured their place in the final after a hard-fought 0-0 draw against Stellenbosch in Durban on Sunday. They advanced thanks to their 1-0 win from the first leg. Now, they will […]
The incessant rains have caused flooding in Durban and its neighboring areas. It has disrupted several core areas, with a lot of roads submerged and therefore closed. The South African Weather Service(SAWS) counselled citizens with an alert of Level 4 about a disruptive rainfall warning for the whole of KwaZulu-Natal. Rains since midnight have unleashed […]
Nigeria’s major airline, Air Peace has been affected by the Covid-19 crisis. Faced with “the devastating outcomes on its operations and monetary health”, the management of Air Peace stated in a statement that it had to take “a painful however prison decision” of brushing aside some of its pilots and reducing “the salaries of all […]
Africa’s biggest grocery retailer, Shoprite, is exiting the continent’s most populated country, Nigeria, after 15 years. The Cape Town-based retailer has started a formal method to consider the practicable sale of all or a majority stake in its supermarkets in Nigeria, it stated in a trading statement for the fifty two weeks to give up […]
2 Decades Behind Bars Fifteen militiamen have been sentenced to twenty years in prison, introduced the Congolese army court stated Wednesday, for their participation in a political uprising in Ituri in the northeastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2019. One militiaman was once acquitted for lack of evidence, army prosecutor Major Vicky […]
Nigeria on Wednesday night time recorded 404 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which established this on its Twitter handle, said the clean instances had been recorded in 19 states of the federation and Abuja. It added that 5 people died from issues resulting from the virus on Wednesday. Consequently, the […]
Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri has died. His deputy, Cde Vangelis Haritatos confirmed that Minister Shiri died early this morning. “Sadly this is true. Hon. Minister Shiri passed on this morning,” he said. Messages of condolences have started pouring in with most people describing him as hardworking. (TheHerald) TAGS: AfricaBreakingDeathministerPainful exitPerrance […]
The International Crisis Group has urged dialogue between the Algerian government and the anti-regime movement ‘‘Hirak’‘ to avoid what it calls a major economic crisis. The Group cites the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and a fall in oil prices. Algeria is exposed to fluctuations in oil prices due to its dependence on the commodity, […]
Tanzania opposition politician Tundu Lissu jetted back to the country Monday with hundreds of supporters showing up at the airport to welcome him home. Tundu returns home from Belgium where he spent three years seeking medical attention following an aggressive attack that saw him shot six time. He was stripped of his parliamentary seat while […]
Eric Omare, Esq., a lawyer, Niger Delta rights activist and on the spot past President of the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has called for the on the spot sack of Godswill Akpabio, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs. Omare stated that revelations of massive looting emerging from the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in the […]
Africa’s complete range of confirmed coronavirus cases has surpassed 800,000. That’s according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. South Africa has well over 1/2 the suggested instances on the 54-nation continent, however infections are now mountaineering swiftly in other countries including Kenya, East Africa’s financial hub, with greater than 16,000. Africa used […]
Nigerians finally get to see their president with a face mask since the coronavirus pandemic started. Muhammadu Buhari has never been sighted with a mask through his official engagements back home. But that changed when he arrived in the Malian capital Bamako where he was captured for the first time in a medical mask when […]
Members of Mali’s opposition movement on Monday, announced plans to suspend all demonstrations in the country, as members gear up towards the Muslim festival, Eid-ul Adha. The leaders of the group resolved to withhold all activates till the end of July. A move they say is not a show of weakness, but respect for the […]
Ivory Coast’s ruling party, RHDP, wants outgoing President Alassane Ouattara to contest as its candidate for October presidential polls. The choice comes on the lower back of the demise of Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who was once the party’s flagbearer for the polls. Coulibaly died a week after returning from France the place he received […]
A Zimbabwean journalist, Hopewell Chin’ono; was violently detained at his home in the capital Harare by state agents Monday. His lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa was cited by local media outlets as confirming the early morning raid that led to his arrest. The officers reportedly smashed a glass door before picking him up. He ‘d tweeted in […]
Eskom released a statement on Friday evening, announcing that it would implement load reduction in the Nkangala District Municipality in Mpumalanga from on Saturday morning from 05:00 to 09:00. The statement comes at the end of week which saw load shedding return to South Africans’ lives, although Eskom managed to avoid having to implement load […]
Former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh used bribery proceeds and stolen government funds to buy a mansion in a suburb of Washington, D.C., U.S. authorities allege in a lawsuit seeking to seize the property. The west African nation’s longtime dictator conspired to launder roughly $3.5 million in “corruption proceeds” through the purchase of a lavish home […]
Nigerians and the international business community were shocked in late 2019 when the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) reportedly sanctioned the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics (LADOL), operator of LADOL Free Zone in Lagos for shortchanging the federal government to the tune of N16 billion. NPA had late last year accused LADOL of economic sabotage and revoked […]
China strongly opposes and condemns U.S. President Donald Trump’s signing of the so-called “Hong Kong Autonomy Act,” China’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. This U.S. move has grossly interfered in China’s internal affairs and seriously violated international law, as well as the basic norms governing international relations, the foreign ministry said. Noting […]
The Aliguma Foundation annually organises a slums soccer tournament at the Acholi Quarters The Acholi Quarters community has seen a transformation in football following the Aliguma foundation partnership with them over the past three years. Under the partnership, a number of pupils in the community have won themselves scholarships following Slum Soccer tournaments organised by […]