The sea has always fed the families of Somalia’s coast. Somali piracy is back in the headlines, and for the fishing town of Bander Beyla in Puntland, the cost is being counted in empty nets and nervous nights. A town in the middle Piracy has surged off Somalia since late April 2026. Several hijacked vessels […]
Police in Mpumalanga walked into a scene many South Africans hoped belonged to the past. At a church-run South Africa rehab centre in Siyabuswa, officers found about 200 people, some of them chained, in a place with no licence to treat anyone. It is the latest of the patients rescued in chains stories to shake […]
Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister, Gedu Andargachew has rejected Egypt’s call to refer the dispute over Addis Ababa’s construction of the giant Nile dam to the United Nations Security Council. The $4.6 billion project, on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia, would create the most powerful hydroelectric dam in Africa. But Egypt sees the project as a potentially […]
The World Health Organization earlier this week (June 17) reiterated concerns over the rate at which covid-19 exposes women in Africa “to a higher risk of abuse and gender-based violence.” This comes after hundreds of cases on rape and other forms of violence against women have been recorded in parts of the continent. Dr. Matshidiso […]
Health workers across South Africa’s two southernmost provinces have been struggling with a surge in coronavirus patients as the country hurtles towards an expected disease peak in July. “The numbers have been increasing daily — we don’t have enough space” said a casualty nurse at Livingstone Hospital, one of the three COVID-designated facilities in Eastern […]
Kenya and Djibouti will later today know which of them will take Africa’s non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, UNSC. A run-off vote became necessary after an inconclusive first round of voting on Wednesday. The United Nations General Assembly voted to decide who occupies the seat on the UNSC for the next two […]
Reports that Kenya has suspended a recent order that all transit cargo be transported using the Standard Gauge Railway to the Naivasha Inland Container Depot has offered temporary relief to investors in the logistics sector. On Tuesday last week, Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia held a virtual meeting with Northern Corridor stakeholders where the directive […]
Attempts by the Malawi government to remove the country’s chief justice days before presidential elections have been blocked following protests from law and civil society groups. On Friday, the government announced that Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda had been placed on leave pending retirement with immediate effect. The notice read that Nyirenda had accumulated more leave […]
Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha said Sunday there is no place in Libya for war criminals who are trying to take control of the administration with the power of weapons. Bashagha took to Twitter and said Libya would welcome initiatives that accept a civilian administration to end the crisis. He addressed the nation and said it […]
Botswana’s capital city Gaborone was placed on a total lockdown on Friday following an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases. Health officials announced in a public address on Friday evening that the city will go under lockdown from midnight on Friday until further notice after an earlier announcement of 12 new cases. Director of […]
The Moroccan government has eased restrictive measures imposed to curb coronavirus infections. Prime Minister Saad Dine El Othmani briefed parliament on Wednesday. He stated that restrictions in major cities will, however, be maintained. In accordance with the easing of the lockdown and the epidemiological situation, the country has been divided into two zones. One zone […]
The Tunisian cabinet has endorsed a bill for amending Chapter 96 of the country’s penal code, which was responsible for convicting thousands of public sector employees in a number of corruption cases related to the former regime. According to a number of members of Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh’s government, the amendment sets to “liberate the […]
Omololu Ogunmade, Kingsley Nwezeh, Udora Orizu in Abuja, Micheal Olugbode in Maiduguri and Francis Sardauna in Katsina. President Muhammadu Buhari wednesday expressed shock over Tuesday’s deadly terror attack on a village in Borno State, whose death toll has now risen to 81. The attacked village, Foduma Kolomaiya, which is about 11 kilometres away from Gazaure […]
The government of Burundi has announced the sudden death of President Pierre Nkurunziza. According to a statement on Twitter Mr Nkurunziza died today after suffering a heart attack. He was aged 55. “The government of the Republic of Burundi is sad to announce to the people of Burundi and the international community the unexpected death […]
Joburg mayor Geoffrey Makhubo has been forced to go into isolation after a staff member in his office tested positive for Covid-19. Makhubo’s spokesperson Mlimandlela Ndamase said the private office of the mayor recorded its first positive case after the staff member attended a funeral in the Western Cape last week. “The said staffer is […]
The government on Sunday approved the appointment of Amira Oron as Israeli ambassador to Egypt and the appointment of Bat-Eden Kate as Israeli ambassador to Turkmenistan. Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said, “I welcome the appointment of the two ambassadors. These are experienced, professional and valued diplomats, and I am convinced that they will advance the […]
THE Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Friday approved a $288.5 million loan to help Nigeria tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. The loan will also help the Nigerian government mitigate the impact of COVID -19 on people and businesses. According to a statement from the AfDB, “the loan will bolster the government’s plans […]
The government will start allocating 1,370 afforadable housing units next month. State Department of Housing and Urban Panning PS Charles Hinga told the Star the policy and criteria for allocation will be published next week. The criteria will give a clear picture of the basis for allocation. The first batch of flagship houses completed under […]
As a result of the Covid-19 outbreak world over, a number of events falling within the affected dates have perhaps been celebrated differently or slip with the wind as shutdown to tame the spread of the virus continues. For the first time, the historical day that was on the calendar this week, Madaraka Day, was […]
The International Police on Wednesday granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission access to its global intelligence database. With this development, the commission now has direct access to 18 databases through which information about criminal activities across the world can be accessed. The information platform, codenamed IP-24/7, was extended to the EFCC in a brief […]