The United Arab Emirates has increased its humanitarian aid to Gaza as the fifth shipdocked on Egypt’s North Sinai at Arish port. Sailing from the Al Hamriya Port in Dubaion October 30, the vessel was…
NEWS: Former president of Tanzania Benjamin Mkapa suffered…
Former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa was suffering from malaria and died of a heart attack, his family said Sunday, scotching rumours that he succumbed to coronavirus. “Mkapa was found with malaria and he was admitted…
NEWS: Morocco shuts down major cities after surge…
Morocco will quit people entering and leaving some of its biggest cities from nighttime to incorporate a surge in COVID-19 cases, the indoors and fitness Ministries stated on Sunday. The cities to be locked down…
NEWS: Covid-19 treatment center opens in Madagascar
Madagascar has launched a new coronavirus treatment center amid rising infections and hospitals being overwhelmed, the president said on Sunday. In a series of tweets, Andre Rajoelina said the Mahamasina treatment center in the capital…
Tunisia: President Kais Saied Names Hicham Mechichi as…
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied picked his former felony adviser to shape a new government, nation news organisation TAP reported. The 46-year old Hichem Mechichi held the indoors ministry in the outgoing government of Elyes Fakhfakh. Fakhfakh resigned…
NEWS: Parliament Approves Draft Law On Sustainability of…
The National Assembly (AN) approved, in general, this Friday, the Proposed Law on Sustainability of Public Finances, with one hundred thirty votes in favor, no towards and forty two abstentions. The draft Law provides for…
NEWS: Islamic group in Nigeria reacts to Buhari’s…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has reacted to the probe of alleged corrupt practices in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, describing these probes as affirmation of…
African summit ends with no deal on Mali…
West African leaders ended a day-long summit in Mali on Thursday without a deal to soothe the country’s escalating political crisis. Five of the region’s leaders met Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and leaders of…
NEWS: Former President of Tanzania Mkapa is dead
Tanzania's former President Benjamin William Mkapa, 81, is dead, President John Magufuli has announced. Mkapa died on Friday at a Tanzanian hospital. In a statement, Magufuli advised Tanzanians to stay calm. "It is with a…
NEWS: Somalia leaders agree to hold timely polls,…
Somalia’s federal government and leaders across the federal member states, FMS, on Wednesday agreed to hold timely national elections as the tenure of the incumbent president and parliaments run out later this year. A technical…
NEWS: Close to 600 deaths in one day…
SA recorded a massive 572 Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours, the fitness ministry confirmed on Wednesday night. Of the new deaths, 400 were recorded in the Eastern Cape. A further 114 were recorded in Gauteng,…
NEWS: WHO concerned over virus spike in Africa
The continued acceleration of the coronavirus pandemic in Africa is of concern to the World Health Organization. The UN health agency, which continues to intensify its effort, fears a rise in coronavirus cases in sub-Saharan…
NEWS: Tanzania set to hold elections on October…
Tanzanians will go to the polls to vote in presidential and local elections on October 28, the electoral commission has announced. The National Electoral Commission (NEC) Chairman Semistockles Kaijage also announced in Dar es Salaam…
Sudan’s Bashir faces death sentence for his coup…
Former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir has been summoned to show up before a courtroom over costs of an alleged coup d‘état he staged over 30 years ago. The contemporary cost follows investigations by means of…
NEWS: Authorities in Zimbabwe warn against July 31…
The authorities in Zimbabwe have warned that they would deal with participants in organized demonstrations on July 31 against suspected corruption in the public sector in the midst of a declining economy such as "terrorists,"…
NEWS: ECOWAS declares impasse in Mali on power…
ECPWAS mediators seeking to address the political crisis in Mali have introduced a power-sharing government and a new constitutional tribunal. In their latest attempt to ease tensions, the Ecowas delegation held a marathon weekend of…
NEWS: Zimbabwe’s ruling party says attempts are being…
He dismissed as baseless, alleging that some of his senior officials pillaged millions of US dollars in public funds through the Farm Mechanization Scheme of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) more than a decade…
Tanzania opposition considering united front to unseat Magufuli
One opposition leader was shot 16 times and fled the country. Another had his leg broken by unknown assailants and his newspaper was shut down. A third, the country’s most prominent, has been banned for…
NEWS: Ebola cases rise in new DR Congo…
The Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo's northwest is growing, according to health officials, sounding the alarm weeks after the country officially declared an end to a separate Ebola epidemic which claimed over 2,000 lives.…
