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…
18 dead in enforcement of Nigeria COVID-19 lockdown…
Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday claimed in a report that security operatives killed 18 civilians during enforcement of a total lockdown in major cities in the country over the novel coronavirus. The commission,…
World Bank predicts sub-Saharan Africa recession in 2020
Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to go into recession this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. This is according to a World Bank assessment of the impact of covid-19 in this part of the continent. GDPs…
IMF debt relief for 19 African countries
Six months of debt relief has been granted to 25 countries considered the poorest in the world by the International Monetary Fund. The institution will then redirect these funds towards the fight against the coronavirus…
Tiger Brands closes Albany bakery in Durban after…
Food manufacturing giant Tiger Brands has temporarily closed its Durban bakery after its staff tested positive Covid-19. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the company said that it had close to the bakery as a…
Egyptian security raid on militant cell in East…
Egyptian security forces on Tuesday killed seven suspected militants in a shootout in Cairo, the Interior Ministry said, amid tight security as the country’s Coptic Christians start the Holy Week leading up to Easter next…
Nigeria:President Buhari extends lockdown by 14 days
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the initial 14-day lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19, by another 14 days. Buhari confirmed this today during a nationwide broadcast. When Buhari gave the stay-at-home order on March…
Coronavirus free Lesotho rolls out socio-economic interventions
Lesotho has yet to record a case of COVID-19 as of April 13, one of two countries to escape the virus since it reached the continent. The other being the island nation of Comoros. But…
Online Easter mass services held in Nigeria
This might be the norm for faithful in most parts of the world at least during this lockdown. Catholics in Nigeria attended Easter mass Sunday via a live telecast from the Holy Cathedral in Lagos…
Joburg has more than 400 confirmed Covid-19 cases,…
In a statement, the department said Gauteng has recorded 801 cases since the outbreak was confirmed in the country in March. ''The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases for Gauteng is 801 as of April…
Botswana locks up stubborn MPs who flouted coronavirus…
Barely 24 hours after government announced that all lawmakers were supposed to observe a period of quarantine for COVID-19, the Director of Health Services at the Ministry of Health and Wellness, says a number of…
Chinese experts arrive to help Nigeria in coronavirus…
A team of Chinese medical professionals on Wednesday arrived at Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Nigeria flying in medical equipment worth about 1.5 million US dollars. The Chinese ambassador to Nigeria, Zhou Pingjian, whiles welcoming…
Coronavirus: Lesotho, Comoros virus-free; stats of most impacted…
There are two African countries that have not recorded a case of coronavirus as of April 7. 52 countries have officially recorded cases. The death toll is past 500 whiles recoveries are also past 1400.…
COVID-19 combat: Cameroon officials share washable masks in…
In a bid to stop the spread of the COVID-19 in Cameroon’s coastal city of Douala, city officials led by Mayor Roger Mbassa Ndine on Monday (April 6) distributed face masks to motorcycle and taxi…
Hard times for Senegal’s Fish sellers
On the banks of the atlantic in Hann-Bel Air, Dakar, a young man waits desperately for the arrival of a canoe. Galaye Sarr, a 23 year old Fishmonger, like his colleagues and nearly all players…
DR Congo closes off Gombe, Kinshasa’s ‘coronavirus epicenter
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…
Corruption, lack of rule of law will be…
Uganda is yet to fully appreciate the extent of the exposure that citizens have been put to, but this could happen within a week or two after a number of officials, who claimed to love…
President Ramaphosa direct Strong Response to COVID-19 in…
President Cyril Ramaphosa and Health Minister Zweli Mkhize imposed on South Africa on the 27th of March, one of the strictest lockdowns outside of China to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Among the activities…
Kenya coronavirus: Uhuru rules out total lockdown fearing…
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta explained further why he had not locked down the entire country averring that it was in the interest of the greater public good. According to him, doing so will mean depriving…
