William met with volunteers at the National Maritime Rescue Institute station in Simon'sTown, near Cape Town, before boarding the boat for the short trip to Kalk Bay harbour.Wearing sunglasses and a bright red waterproof jacket,…
Tunisia puts first woman doctor, Tewhida ben Sheikh,…
Tunisiaās apex bank, Central Bank of Tunisia last Thursday, March 26, unveiled new banknotes honouring a female history maker in the countryās medical history. The bank disclosed that the new 10 Tunisian dinar note would…
Gombe loses N800m to oil price crash āNLC
The Gombe State Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, Musa Mohammed, has called on civil servants in the state to remain calm. Mohammed stated this at a joint minimum wage committee meeting which held in the office…
Concerns over Queen Elizabethās health amidst Coronavirus Pandemic
There are growing concerns about the health of Queen Elizabeth II following the diagnosis of her son, Prince Charles, who tested positive for Coronavirus. The monarch was reportedly exposed to the virus during one of…
Coronavirus: Rwanda, two Nigerian states ‘feeding’ poor amid…
The Rwandan government on Saturday, March 28, kick started a support initiative aimed at vulnerable families adversely affected by the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown. Rwanda currently has 60 confirmed cases. President Paul Kagame had in a…
Anti-‘Boo-hari’ tweet by Iranian topples coronavirus on Nigeria…
Despite the coronavirus pandemic dominating news and social media spaces since the last few weeks, there is a ācompetitorā that on Friday dethroned coronavirus to become the top Twitter trend in Nigeria. Mohammed Tawhidi threw…
U.S. overtakes China, Italy as worldās worst-hit by…
The United States overtook China and Italy on Thursday as the worldās worst-hit country by the raging coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. took the morbid distinction after new 14,336 confirmed cases were added. The record figure…
Coronavirus restrictions enforced by Kenya police on transport,…
Kenya police fired tear gas to bring an end to the activities of local āMatatuā commercial transport drivers. It is feared that the use of these minibuses will help spread the COVID-19 infection. Police are…
Turkey accused of supplying arms to Nigerian terrorist…
Turkey has been branded a āterrorist stateā and is under investigation by the Nigerian military over allegations it supplied āsophisticated weaponsā to jihadist terror group Boko Haram, according to a senior army official. In the…
Industrial pollution across Asia, Europe drops due to…
Global pollution has significantly declined thanks to the coronavirus pandemic which has slowed industrial production across the world. The European Space Agencyās (ESA) Sentinel-5P earth-observation satellite, captured this development as northern Italy went into lockdown…
Rwanda enforcing coronavirus lockdown
Rwanda became one of the first countries in sub-Saharan Africa to impose a lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic. The East African country is the most impacted in the region with 17 confirmed cases. With the…
Jihadists seize key town in Mozambique
Islamist insurgents have seized control of a key town in northern Mozambique, close to where foreign companies are working on a $60bn (Ā£52bn) natural gas project. The militants staged an overnight attack on Mocimboa de…
Cuba despatches doctors, nurses to COVID-19 ravaged Italy
Cuba said it has dispatched a brigade of doctors and nurses to Italy to help in the fight against the novel coronavirus at the request of the worst-affected region Lombardy. The medical team of 52…
Uganda’s Tumukunde charged with treason
A Kampala court on Wednesday remanded Ugandan presidential aspirant Lt-Gen Henry Tumukunde in Luzira prison until March 30 on charges of illegal possession of firearms and treason. City Hall Court Grade One Magistrate Valerian Tuhimbise…
Migrants arrives from Greek island
After hours of waiting, some 600 migrants stranded on the tourist island of Kea in the Aegean Sea were able to reach the mainland on a ferry chartered by the Greek government. On Thursday, they…
Combating coronavirus the China way in AfricaĀ
China has reported no new local infections for the first time since the coronavirus crisis began three months ago, reaching a milestone in its battle with the deadly outbreak. The country has hailed its success…
Retired pastor and wife hacked killed in their…
A retired pastor and his wife who decided to go and drop off their helper at her house never made it back home as they were hacked to death as they sat in their vehicle.…
African Nations seek special funds
The World Health Organization (WHO) has described the coronavirus pandemic as the ādefining global health crisis of our timeā, and urged countries to test all suspected cases of COVID-19. According to the Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus…
Infantās body recovered from Nairobi River
A body of an infant was Monday evening found during the ongoing clean-up of Nairobi River in Korogocho area. The discovery brings to 19 the number of bodies retrieved from the river since Governor Mike…
