Ramadan 2026 began around February 18, and as fasting days unfold, Atlanta’s halal restaurants are stepping up with carefully curated Iftar specials. With sunset falling around 6:25 PM on February 20, local spots are offering everything from full buffets to quick, affordable platters for those heading home from work. From traditional dates and lentil soup […]
During Ramadan, eating is more than just a meal; it’s also remembrance, comfort, and celebration. Thiéboudienne, Senegal’s national dish, is a great example of this mentality. This colourful fish-and-rice dish has layers of vegetables, spices, and love that have been slow-cooked. Senegalese Thiéboudienne is great during iftar since it warms you up, tastes great, and […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital on Monday Kinshasa closed off its upmarket business district known as ‘Gombe’ for two weeks. The country also began large-scale disinfection in a bid to root out DR Congo’s main suspected source of coronavirus. Joshua Kashala, medical epidemiologist of hygiene at the borders told the media: “Here we are […]
The coronavirus pandemic could narrow one gaping inequality in Africa, where some heads of state and other elite jet off to Europe or Asia for health care unavailable in their nations. As countries including their own impose dramatic travel restrictions, they might have to take their chances at home. For years, leaders from Benin to […]
COVID-19 patients on hydroxychloroquine heal faster, a Senegalese doctor has disclosed. Moussa Seydi, Head of the Infectious Diseases Department at Fann Hospital in Dakar made the announcement after 55 people had recovered from the virus. “We have found out that patients undergoing treatment, especially under specific treatment such as hydroxychloroquine, heal faster. “But as I […]
Malawi’s president and cabinet will take a 10% salary cut and redirect the money towards the fight against coronavirus, President Peter Mutharika said on Saturday as he announced a stimulus package in an address on state television. Mutharika announced a number of measures aimed at cushioning small- and medium-sized businesses, including tax breaks, a reduction […]
Security personnel in a number of African countries are aggressively implementing lockdown and curfew measures announced by their respective presidents. While the security organs, mainly local police, are working under their primary mandate of implementing law and order to enforce the directives, their modus operandi makes them a potential chain for contracting and spreading COVID-19 […]
This was announced by President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday night as he clarified on some of the measures he had announced earlier to slow the spread of COVID-19. The President said he was happy most of the cases were coming from quarantine and not from the community. He said the big number of the new […]
THE agriculture sector will operate with skeletal staff during the 21-day lockdown to ensure workers are not exposed to or spread the Covid-19 pandemic, Government has said. Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri encouraged farmers to make every effort possible to ensure that labour engaged was either resident on farm, or from […]
Six more passengers that came to Eritrea prior to the ban on flights, (enforced on March 25), were diagnosed positive for COVID-19 during tests carried out in the past three days. Five of these are women while their age ranges from 32 to 60. Four of these patients were quarantined originally on arrival at Amara […]
Ethiopia PM – Ali Baba CEO Africa – wide coronavirus support Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on March 15 announced that he had secured a continent wide support coronavirus support from Chinese businessman Jack Ma. The Ali Baba founder confirmed the news 24-hours later following which the materials were flown to Ethiopia on March 22. […]
Kenya police fired tear gas to bring an end to the activities of local ‘Matatu’ commercial transport drivers. It is feared that the use of these minibuses will help spread the COVID-19 infection. Police are also stopping markets from taking place and telling traders to stay at home. The measures are part of government restriction […]
Ethiopia has announced it would free thousands of inmates from the country’s overcrowded prisons as part of efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Attorney General Adanech Abebe told state media the measure would apply to more than 4,000 prisoners, many of whom are locked up for petty crimes and drug offences or have […]
At least 70 Nigerian soldiers were killed in an ambush on their convoy by terrorists in the restive northeast, military and security sources said on Tuesday. Insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades at a lorry carrying troops as it travelled near Gorgi village in Borno state on Monday, two military officers told AFP without giving their names. […]
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 […]
More than 60 undocumented migrants believed to be Ethiopians have been found dead in a cargo truck in Mozambique’s northwestern Tete province. The truck entered Mozambique from Malawi and was stopped early Tuesday at a checkpoint in Moatize, near the Zambezi River, according to Zitamar News. When authorities heard bashing noises coming from inside the […]
Global pollution has significantly declined thanks to the coronavirus pandemic which has slowed industrial production across the world. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Sentinel-5P earth-observation satellite, captured this development as northern Italy went into lockdown due to the deadly coronavirus outbreak. From 1 January to 11 March, northern Italy’s nitrogen dioxide levels dropped. Simonetta Cheli […]
Egypt has declared a curfew starting from Wednesday, March 25) to counter the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The north African country is one of the most impacted on the continent. Schools and universities, which were shut on March 14 for two weeks, will be extended for a further two weeks. Announcing the new measures, […]
Growing up with a celebrity as your parent could mean an automatic tutoring on how to act and carry yourself as a famous person, and most times these set of people usually get the needed support from their parents to start a career in the entertainment industry. Meet 6 Nigerian celebrities whose parents are also […]
Odum Chijioke John, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Chiji14xchange, a leading Nigerian e-commerce company in the business of crypto currency trading and Gift cards exchange has decried the lack of government support in their evolving sub-sector of the e-commerce industry. Odum, who made this known in a recent interview accused the government of […]