A troubling new United Nations finding has turned attention to a record ransom payment. UN monitors say an estimated $50 million ransom paid to free a hostage kidnapped in Mali in late 2025 has since helped fuel a wider al-Qaeda offensive across West Africa. This story matters for South Africans watching events unfold on the […]
DR Congo Ebola outbreak has killed more than 2,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, making it the fastest-growing Ebola epidemic ever recorded in the country. According to the official figures, there have been 4,381 confirmed cases with 2,011 deaths. The Ebola outbreak is spreading across five provinces in the eastern region of the […]
Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has tested positive for the dreaded novel COVID-19. The former minister of the Federal Capital Territory has gone into self-isolation as required by the case management guidelines of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. In a video he shared on social media, the Governor confirmed the report and […]
It is the work of RBS CREW, a collective of graffiti artists who have offered up their spray cans in the cause of public health. Black and yellow block letters spell out the message “Together against COVID-19,” referring to the disease caused by the coronavirus. “A big thank you to the caregivers,” reads another message […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday night, confirmed 14 new cases of coronavirus in the country. This was disclosed via a tweet on their verified Twitter page. “4 new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Nigeria: 2 in FCT, 12 in Lagos Of the 14, 6 were detected on a vessel, […]
Chad has deployed troops to boost security after Boko Haram militants killed 92 soldiers and wounded 47 more in the deadliest attack ever on the country’s military. The soldiers were attacked on Monday on the island village of Boma in the swampy Lake Chad zone in the west of the country, where the armies of […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Wednesday maintained that it will not suspend its ongoing strike until the Federal Government honours its agreements with the union. This was disclosed by Dr Ezekiel Agbalagba, the ASUU branch chairman, Federal University of Petroleum Resources (FUPRE), Effurun, Delta state while speaking with the News Agency of […]
Chairman, Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has told all governors to go into self-isolation immediately after being exposed to contacts who have tested positive for Coronavirus. Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari and Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State tested positive for Coronavirus on Monday and Tuesday respectively. Bala and Kyari […]
Cameroonian Afro-jazz legend, Manu Dibango is dead, he died at the age of 86. The family of the Cameroonian singer and saxophonist on his facebook page on Tuesday,announced on his death from the consequences of the new coronavirus. The author of one of the biggest planetary hits in world music, “Soul Makossa” (1972), is the […]
Son to former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has tested positive for cornavirus. This was personally confirmed by Atiku Abubakar on his Twitter page on Sunday. He said his son has been moved to Gwagwalada Specialist hospital Abuja for treatment and management. He wrote, “My son has tested positive to coronavirus. @NCDCGov has been […]
The Ministry of Interior has prepared a draft decree seeking to impose legal actions against anyone who defies the state of emergency put in place to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Morocco. A committee from the ministry will hold a meeting to study the draft decree of Law 2.20.292 on Monday, […]
The government of Mauritania has imposed a night curfew to prevent spread of the coronavirus after two cases were confirmed. The measure came into force on Thursday evening at 8 p.m. local time and lasts until 6 a.m. the following morning until further notice. This measure is in addition to those already taken a few […]
It’s been a sad day for Senator Ben Murray-Bruce as he lost his wife, Evelyn Murray-Bruce to the cold hands of cancer. He broke the news on his twitter handle on Friday, saying that he and the children were heart-broken. He disclosed that his wife died of cancer after they have been married for 41 […]
A suspected coronavirus sufferer in Kenya was beaten by a group of youths armed with stones and later died in hospital. The man, named locally as George Kotini Hezron, was going home after visiting a bar in the village of Msambweni in Kwale County when he was attacked yesterday. Residents suspected him of having the […]
Concerns have been raised over Guinea’s political future as ECOWAS postpones its mediation mission to Guinea indefinitely due to the coronavirus. ECOWAS was meant to amongst other things, convince President Alpha Condé not to run for a possible third term – a situation that could possibly plunge the nation and sub-region into violence. We discuss […]
The City of Tshwane has announced the closure of amenities in its bid to minimise the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus, which first emerged in Wuhan, China. “In the wake of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s declaration of a national state of disaster on Sunday to combat the Covid-19 epidemic, the City of Tshwane yesterday activated […]
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency awarded a grant to Kalahari Energy Botswana for a feasibility study of a power plant that will generate up to 100 megawatts of electricity using indigenous coalbed methane. The project, located in the Central Kalahari Karoo Basin, will bring critically important additional power to Botswana’s electrical grid. Kalahari Energy […]
These are six panels which followed one another to take stock of the economic situation of the countries of Central Africa, during an event focusing on the financial market held in Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo. Among the main objectives of the event was to present the new opportunities offered by the unified […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has shut down oil pipelines around Abule Ado area of Lagos following multiple explosions that rocked the community on Sunday morning, leading to fire outbreak. The incident also led to the destruction of several houses with residents seen hurriedly removing personal items from some of the affected buildings. Various sources […]
