South African Tourism has declared a new business plan that will completely transform how they promote South Africa to tourists and business partners from India. South Africa plans to introduce new programs at its 2025…
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…
EU calls for dialogue in Guinea as referendum…
The European Union has expressed its readiness to contribute to an “inclusive” dialogue in Guinea, following the announcement of a constitutional referendum, which the opposition denounces as a manoeuvre by President Alpha Condé to seek…
Fresh violence in northern Mozambique forces thousands to…
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is boosting its response in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province where recent escalation of violence forced thousands to flee for their lives. At least 100,000 people are now displaced throughout the…
OPEC Committee Recommends Fresh 600,000bpd Oil
With crude oil prices shedding over $11 per barrel this year to $55, thus alarming the producers, a panel set up by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies have recommended a…
Unions slam SAA route cancellations, warn of ‘devastating’…
Two key unions at flag carrier SAA have slammed plans by the airline's business rescue practitioners to cancel a number of routes to save costs. "This will have a devastating impact on workers and their…
Algerian president pardons 6,000 prisoners
Algerian President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune has pardoned more than 6,000 prisoners in his second amnesty decree, to quell political unrest that has gripped the country for almost a year. Tebboune on Thursday issued a decree pardoning…
Lesotho First Lady Maesaiah Thabane charged with murdering…
The wife of the prime minister of Lesotho has been formally charged in court with murdering his previous wife. First Lady Maesaiah Thabane has not yet been asked to plead. She surrendered to police on…
Ghanaian Actress, Juliet Ibrahim, Is Ready To Give…
Love does not always come easy for people in the entertainment industry, particularly some female celebrities. Perhaps many men are intimidated by their celebrity status or these female celebrities are just not ready to give…
Ex-Kenyan President Arap Moi dies
Former Kenyan president Daniel Arap Moi, who ruled the country between 1978 and 2002, has died, President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced. Moi was 95. Moi’s 24-year rule saw his country become a one-party state where…
FIFA says Samoura’s 6-month CAF mission ‘successfully completed’
FIFA’s six months in control of African soccer appeared to end when Fatma Samoura’s temporary leadership of the continent’s governing body was not extended on Sunday. Samoura, the FIFA secretary general, was dispatched to the…
