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,…
East Africa’s huge locust outbreak has spread to…
A small group of desert locusts has entered Congo, marking the first time the voracious insects have been seen in the Central African country since 1944, the UN Food and Agriculture Agency said Tuesday as…
AU says Africa feeling coronavirus socioeconomic effects due…
The African Union (AU) says despite the continent having only one confirmed case of coronavirus, the effects of the outbreak that have hit China the hardest will be felt in the continent owing to its…
Riek Machar is appointed South Sudan’s vice-president for…
South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir on Friday appointed rebel leader Riek Machar as vice president, paving way for the formation of a unity government that seeks to end six years of war. “I President Salva…
SA pulls Olympic team out of Japan friendly…
South Africa will not send its Olympic football team to Japan to play a friendly in March because of concerns over the coronavirus outbreak. The two teams were due to play in Sanga on 27…
Kwara Customs Seizes 3,593Kg of Marijuana Worth N448M
Kwara state command of Nigerian Customs Service(NCS) has seized forty weight sacks of 3,593kg of Cannabis Saliva popularly called Marijuana worth N448M and other illegal items along with Bukuru town in Baruten local government council…
BVN requirement for new e-passport not acceptable –…
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike said Nigeria has failed if her way to check corruption is by requesting Bank Verification Number (BVN) as a condition for obtaining the new e-passport. Wike, who spoke on Tuesday…
EFCC re-arraigns 6 public officers over alleged N64.6bn…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday re-arraigned six public officials over their alleged involvement in police pension scam to the tune of N64. 6 billion at the FCT High Court, Maitama .…
Lecturers suspended after ‘sex-for-grades’ film
The University of Ghana has suspended two lecturers for various periods without salary after they were filmed sexually harassing undercover reporters in a BBC documentary. The documentary exposed sexual harassment and misconduct by lecturers at…
Africa Energy Forum 2020 to address Sustainable Development…
The 2020 Africa Energy Forum (aef) (Africa-Energy-Forum.com) will welcome Chairwoman Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and Co-Chair of UN-Energy, to officiate the opening sessions.…
Coronavirus : ECOWAS health ministers meet in Mali
West African Health Ministers met in Bamako on Friday to discuss the threat of the coronavirus to their countries. They agreed to strengthen cooperation and to increase vigilance and surveillance at entry ports. Michel Hamala…
ECOWAS countries seek solutions to Nigeria’s border closure
Members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are determined to find solutions to the ongoing unilateral border closure by Nigeria. ECOWAS’ fifteen member countries met on Saturday in Ouagadougou to find what…
First Coronavirus Case Recorded In Africa
A first case of the novel coronavirus has been recorded in Egypt which is also the first to be recorded in the whole of the African continent. Coronavirus was first discovered in December 2019 in…
Rwanda, Uganda meeting underway in Kigali
The Ad Hoc Commission on the implementation of the Luanda Memorandum of Understanding between Uganda and Rwanda has kicked off in Kigali as the two countries attempt to normalise relations. The meeting, which is bringing…
Fire guts Ilesa sawmill in Osun
A late-night fire outbreak on Wednesday razed a sawmill at the Oke-Omiru area of Ilesa in Osun state. However, there are no casualties in the incident which lasted almost two hours. According to findings, the…
Egypt signs $35 million oil, gas exploration deal…
Egypt has signed an oil and gas exploration deal with Neptune Energy worth around $35 million for three wells in the Gulf of Suez, the oil ministry said on Wednesday. The agreement was signed on…
It’s been 30 years since Nelson Mandela walked…
Tuesday February 11, 2020 marks 30 years since the late South African President Nelson Mandela was released from prison. Madiba, as he was affectionately called walked free to become South Africa’s first elected black president.…
Libya talks in Geneva end with no end…
Military officers from Libya’s UN-backed government, GNA, and representatives of the rival militia of warlord Khalifa Haftar, LNA, began meeting last week in Geneva in an UN-sponsored joint military commission aimed at achieving a lasting…
Kaduna state records 84 fire outbreaks in January
The Kaduna State Fire Service says it recorded 87 fire outbreaks and seven deaths in January 2020. Mr Paul Aboi, Director of the service made this known on Saturday in Kaduna. Aboi said the fire…
