Legendary kwaito musician Doc Shebeleza, born Victor Bogopane, has died at age 51. The renowned businessman and kwaito veteran had been battling health issues for several years. On 2 December 2024, Doc Shebeleza shared with…
Botswana coronavirus: president to observe third quarantine –…
President Eric Masisi left Gaborone on Tuesday for Harare where he is attending a meeting of the Southern African Development Community, SADC. His spokesperson confirmed that extraordinary circumstances had forced him to travel as the…
Sudan must pay $4.3bn in punitive damages for…
The US Supreme Court has ruled that Sudan is liable for as much as $4.3bn in punitive damages for the 1998 bombings of US embassies in East Africa by al-Qaeda - a decision that may…
Africa’s top COVID-19 technocrats: Africa CDC’s John Nkengasong
The coronavirus pandemic has seized the world in multiple ways, snuffing lives out of humans, economies and everyday activities of millions across the globe. The fight against the rampaging virus has been classed as one…
News: India sends hydroxychloroquine to Africa in war…
India is spending around $16 million -- half of it in Africa -- on pharmaceuticals, test kits and other medical assistance for some 90 countries battling the COVID-19 pandemic. The South Asian nation has already…
Kenya shuts Somalia and Tanzania borders to stem…
The president of Kenya on Saturday announced its borders with neighbouring Somalia and Tanzania would be closed as the African country continued to battle the coronavirus outbreak. In a briefing, Uhuru Kenyatta said the border…
Nigeria receives Madagascar’s COVID-Organics, efficacy tests ordered
Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday (May 16) received the country’s share of a purported coronavirus herbal cure, COVID-Organics. The made-in-Madagascar cure was delivered to Buhari by Equatorial Guinea president Umaru Sissoco Embalo who was…
Eritrea officially virus-free with 100% recoveries, zero deaths
Eritrea has officially declared itself virus-free after all 39 patients successfully recovered from COVID-19. A Ministry of Health statement said the 39th patient had been discharged from hospital as of today. As of May 8,…
South Sudan’s president wants violence to end, for…
Kiir made his call for peace in a speech delivered at the SPLA Day in Juba on Friday. He said that South Sudanese now have to feed themselves and to stop counting on the World…
Somali mayor casts doubts on virus deaths
The Mayor of Somalia’s capital has warned of hundreds of deaths that he suspects have been caused by the new coronavirus, suggesting that actual death toll may be 10 times higher than official figures. In…
Mozambique soldiers killed another 50 jihadists this week…
Mozambique's army said it has killed 50 suspected jihadists in the northern Cabo Delgado province after another spate of insurgent attacks in the gas-rich region this week. A shadowy Islamist group has terrorised remote communities…
South Africa: 52 Soweto houses left in darkness…
Residents of Naledi, Soweto, are fuming after their wait for a replacement of a mini-substation that blew up was prolonged due to the Covid-19 national lockdown. Community members said 52 households have been without electricity…
Nigeria arrests Chinese over $250K cash bribe for…
Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC; reported the arrest of two Chinese businessmen who attempted to bribe an official to cover up corrupt deals. The EFCC via its social media handles…
News: Man with a bible rescued from debris
The building reportedly belonging to a one Abraham Kalanzi gave way on Saturday night, trapping 22 workers that had spent a night at the construction site. Kenny Mitanda is the latest of the four survivors…
Abducted in Kenya, freed in Somali: Italian flies…
Wearing a surgical mask, disposable gloves and booties to guard against COVID-19, a young Italian woman returned to her homeland Sunday after 18 months as a hostage in eastern Africa. Silvia Romano lowered her mask…
Seven dead, three injured on Kisumu-Busia road
Seven people including a child died on the spot on Monday in a road accident involving a lorry ferrying sugarcane and two other vehicles on the Kisumu-Busia highway. Kisumu county police commander Ransom Lolmondoni said…
Madagascar president dismisses ‘all critics’ would they doubt…
President of Madagascar Andry Rajoelina has delivered a scathing verdict of persons increasingly speaking against the country’s purported traditional cure for COVID-19. In an interview with KnowAfrika, Rajoelina said his country will continue to administer…
Nigeria: Lagos government discharges 21 more COVID-19 patients
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday disclosed that 21 more COVID-19 patients; 4 females and 17 males, all Nigerians, had been discharged from the state isolation centres. He said the patients were discharged having fully…
Attacks on aid workers spike in C.African Republic
A UN humanitarian affairs body in the Central African Republic has condemned increasing attacks on civilians and humanitarian organizations in the northeastern part of the country. In a statement published late on Saturday, the UN…
