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…
Cameroon govt dispels ‘phantom’ talks with separatist leaders
The Cameroon government says it is not in any talks with separatist leaders as widely reported on social media last week. Even a number of mainstream news outlets including the BBC reported that a government…
Nigeria: Buhari bars VIPs’ aides from airport terminals
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has given an approval to the Federal Ministry of Aviation to stop all aides of public office holders and other very important personalities from gaining entry into airport…
Ethiopia protest death toll 166, mass arrests, net…
Ethiopian police over the weekend were patrolling the country’s troubled Oromia region and the capital, Addis Ababa, following a week of unrest in which 166 people were killed and more than 2,000 arrested, after a…
NEWS: OIC condemns terrorist attacks in Somalia, Mali
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) general secretariat strongly condemned a suicide attack in Mogadishu and a terrorist bombing in Baidoa in Somalia that resulted in deaths and injuries, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The…
Madagascar’s capital confined again as cases spike
Antananarivo returns to containment, two months after the easing of restrictive measures and even the reopening of schools, authorities have again decided to restrict movement in the Malagasy capital due to the spike in coronavirus…
Nigeria: Patient gives birth in Oyo isolation centre
OYO State has recorded the first delivery of a Covid-19 patient at the Infectious Disease Centre, Olodo, Ibadan. This is as 19 new cases returned positive while two deaths were recorded. Chairman, State Task Force,…
Bauchi: Governor Bala Mohammed suspends Emir of Misau…
Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, has suspended the Emir of Misau, Alhaji Ahmed Suleiman, following the crisis that occurred in Hardawa Ward in the Misau Local Government Area of the state, which led to…
NEWS: Senegal bans EU travellers in retaliation for…
After a snub on the list of 15 nations deemed ‘safe’ for their citizens to travel to the European Union, Senegal has reacted to the announcement. On Wednesday, Dakar announced that it would not reopen…
Nigeria: Court Adjourns Ize-Iyamu, Others’ Alleged N700m Fraud…
The trial of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and four others at the Federal High Court, Benin yesterday, suffered a setback as the court failed to sit but…
NEWS: Locusts threaten food supplies in Kenya
Desert locusts continue to threaten Kenya’s food supply after invading the north-western part of the country by the millions. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations works with Kenyan logisticians to search for…
Burundi to boost testing, president labels COVID-19 ‘worst…
Burundi’s new president has signaled that his government will take the coronavirus pandemic more seriously than his dead predecessor, calling the virus the country’s “worst enemy” and announcing new screenings. President Evariste Ndayishimiye on Tuesday…
Over 50 killed in Ethiopia protests, 35 arrested,…
Ethiopia’s prime minister says “several people” have been killed in unrest that followed the killing of a popular singer this week. Some reports say over 50 people were killed. Three bombs exploded in the capital…
Angola: João Lourenço Congratulates Malawi’s President-Elect
The Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, congratulated, last Monday, the elected President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera. At the age of 65, leader of the Malawi Congress Party, Lazarus Chakwera won the June 23 elections…
NEWS: Teenage girl held over murder of 60-year-old…
Police in Seme have detained a 14-year girl accused of killing a 60-year-old woman following a quarrel over grazing land. The girl is said to have hit the old woman with a stone on the…
Algeria to keep borders closed till COVID-19 ends
Algeria will keep its land, air and sea borders closed until the end of the COVID-19 crisis. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday announced this saying also that firmer measures will be taken against citizens who…
Nigeria: Abuja Airport Re-Opens Amidst Strict COVID-19 Safety…
The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Saturday, re-opened for business with passengers duly screened, in line with safety protocols following the Coronavirus (COVID-19), pandemic. The airport also witnessed strict compliance to other safety measures,…
South Africa: Mhlathuze Water urges residents to use…
The Mhlathuze Water board has urged residents to use water sparingly as dam levels in KwaZulu-Natal drop. In a statement on Friday the board, which supplies water to a large region stretching from the uThukela…
Impossible to hold 2020 polls – Somalia elections…
Somalia joins the league of country’s that cannot hold elections – not because of the coronavirus as in the case of Ethiopia but because of preparatory challenges, the elections chief has disclosed. According to National…
