In the pursuance of self-reliance and sustainability of national security by Somalia, IEDs remain a nagging problem. From the community level to national forces, attacks from such explosives have left an average of about 600…
Jihadists seize key town in Mozambique
Islamist insurgents have seized control of a key town in northern Mozambique, close to where foreign companies are working on a $60bn (£52bn) natural gas project. The militants staged an overnight attack on Mocimboa de…
Guinea’s Conde addresses coronavirus after voting in contested…
Guinea’s President Alpha Condé on Sunday cast his ballot in parliamentary polls and disputed constitution referendum in the capital, Conakry. A referendum critics believe is a ploy by President Alpha Conde to stay in power…
DRC’s Virunga National park shuts to public due…
Animal lovers will have to wait a little while to see gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Virunga National Park has closed to the public over fears of COVID-19. ‘‘We don’t know right…
Angola, Eritrea, Uganda confirm first cases
Angola, Eritrea and Uganda confirmed their first cases of coronavirus, while Mauritius recorded its first death as the virus spreads across Africa despite measures by governments to hold it back. Similarly, Sub-Saharan Africa has recorded…
BREAKING: Atiku’s son tests positive for Coronavirus
Son to former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has tested positive for cornavirus. This was personally confirmed by Atiku Abubakar on his Twitter page on Sunday. He said his son has been moved to…
10 dead during Guinea referendum
Officials count votes are under way in Guinea after at least 10 people were killed in the violence as debris burns on the streets of Conakry, in the aftermath of clashes between police and protesters…
Zimbabwe confirms first coronavirus case
Zimbabwe recorded its first confirmed case of coronavirus. Health minister Obadiah Moyo made the shock announcement on state television Friday. Moyo said the patient diagnosed with the dreaded disease lives in Victoria Falls and had…
Uganda’s Tumukunde charged with treason
A Kampala court on Wednesday remanded Ugandan presidential aspirant Lt-Gen Henry Tumukunde in Luzira prison until March 30 on charges of illegal possession of firearms and treason. City Hall Court Grade One Magistrate Valerian Tuhimbise…
Migrants arrives from Greek island
After hours of waiting, some 600 migrants stranded on the tourist island of Kea in the Aegean Sea were able to reach the mainland on a ferry chartered by the Greek government. On Thursday, they…
Umahi Shuts Down Schools, Night Clubs
Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Umahi, has directed for the immediate close down of all private and public nursery, primary, secondary and tertiary institutions in the state. The directive was part of measures to contain…
Naira devalued as CBN seeks uniformity in exchange
Central Bank of Nigeria may have devalued the Naira by as much as 15 per cent as it seeks a single exchange rate instead of the often criticised multiple rates. An indication that the Naira…
Mauritania enforces curfew
The government of Mauritania has imposed a night curfew to prevent spread of the coronavirus after two cases were confirmed. The measure came into force on Thursday evening at 8 p.m. local time and lasts…
COVID-19: Gambia hunts for 14 quarantined escapees
Authorities in Gambia on Friday begun a hunt for 14 people who broke out of a hotel in Banjul where they had been quarantined for COVID-19. The group was among 32 passengers who arrived from…
I’m not coming back to Nigeria – Tacha
Controversial reality star Symply Tacha may have caused a social media meltdown, with her new Instagram video.. Recall the Reality TV star recently flew to the United Kingdom amidst the coronavirus pandemic. In a new…
BUK suspend lectures, instructs students to go home
Bayero University Kano(BUK) has suspended lectures for one month and asked students to go home, as part of measures to contain coronavirus. The university suspended lectures following a circular from the Federal Ministry of Education…
No going back on land reform, Shiri
Government will not return land to the white former commercial farmers but only to the indigenous farmers and those that were under the Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (BIPPA) who were affected during the…
Key town captured by Amisom in Somalia
African Union peacekeepers in Somalia have liberated the first major town since the beginning of the year. The African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) announced that they captured Jannale — a stronghold of al-Shabaab —…
MTN reviews tariffs in Uganda, Cameroon
Mobile phone giants, MTN, are tweaking their tariffs in the area of mobile money transfers in some African countries with the aim of reducing contact with cash amid the coronavirus pandemic. The latest developments are…
