Due to increased tension against foreigners, many foreigners visiting Johannesburg and Pretoria find themselves concerned about their safety amid heightened tensions in South Africa. Some embassies have advised their citizens against traveling to South Africa following a spate of xenophobic riots. This has led to worries about the safety of tourists and foreigners. Johannesburg Pretoria […]
West Pokot Governor Simon Kachapin says he is set to clamp down on gold mining within the county, noting that all non-compliant private mining licenses will be cancelled. West Pokot gold mining shutdown, Addressing his followers during the weekend, the governor threatened legal action against all illegal miners and gold dealers, saying they were destroying […]
Ethiopia received on Tuesday the donation of 520,000 masks from five Chinese business companies and Dongguan Municipal government. The COVID-19 medical supplies donation to Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa city administration which also includes a large number of disinfectants, forehead thermometers and respirators is expected to play a critical role in helping Ethiopia’s capital city overcome the […]
More than two months after suspension of classes due to the coronavirus in Cameroon, primary and secondary school students returned to school on Monday. The government is facing criticism for weak measures to combat spread of the virus in one of the most affected countries in sub-Saharan Africa. With masks on, students returned to school […]
TWO more returnees escaped from Covid-19 quarantine centres in Mashonaland East and Matabeleland North provinces on Tuesday last week as police intensified operations by arresting 1 191 people on the same day for violating lockdown regulations. The total number of escapees is now 120 while those arrested for breaching lockdown regulations are now 42 929 […]
10 people died in Northern Burkina Faso Sunday after an attack on a humanitarian convoy by armed terrorist groups, the government said. In a statement, the government said the attack on the Foubé-Barsalogho area by the groups targeted a humanitarian convoy returning from Foubé after having delivered food aid there. According to local police, the […]
The Western Cape will open its doors to learners today contrary to Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga’s decision last night that they only report back on June 8. The Department of Basic Education (DBE) issued a statement last night that only 80% of schools were ready to receive learners. The statement followed the 11th-hour cancellation […]
Ethiopia says it is dismayed at recent cross border incursions along its common border with Sudan and has called for Sudanese authorities to allow for diplomacy to lead the search for an amicable solution. In a statement released on Sunday (May 31), the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry expressed “its deep sympathy and condolences to the families […]
Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health reported 279 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday, taking the total in the East African nation to 4800. Sudanese health authorities said the 279 were recorded on Thursday 28 and Friday 29 May. The two-day bulletin reported 29 more coronavirus deaths taking the total to 262. Sudan has […]
Mauritius’ lockdown will be lifted midnight Saturday, May 30 per Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth’s announcement on Friday. The lifting of the health curfew means most activities could resume under certain restrictions from Sunday, May 31. In his message to the Nation on Friday evening, he disclosed an end to the alphabetical outing system employed during […]
Twelve new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the country, bringing the number of confirmed cases of nationals to 329. The 12 new cases were from 1,928 samples that were tested from different points of entry and two laboratories; Uganda Virus Research Institute and the Central Public Health Laboratory. Of the 12 new cases, […]
Ethiopian security forces in the Oromiya region have executed 39 opposition supporters and arrested thousands of others accused of being members of an armed group, Amnesty International said on Friday. The rights group said in a report that victims were accused of being supporters of the Oromo Liberation Army, the breakaway armed wing of the […]
Some parents in Lagos State are against plans to reopen schools. Earlier this week, the Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, spoke on plans to divide classes into morning and afternoon sessions, in a bid to reopen schools across the country. Speaking to NAN on Thursday, some parents noted it was important for the […]
Armed criminals killed 60 people in a string of attacks on villages in the restive northwest of Nigeria, medics and residents said Thursday. Dozens of gunmen — described locally as “bandits — riding motorcycles raided five villages in Sabon Birni district in Sokoto state late Wednesday, the sources told KnowAfrika. “We received a total of […]
President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, yesterday maintained his innocence over allegations of fraud and breach of code of ethics of the bank levelled against him by whistle-blowers. Adesina, in a statement, said he remained confident that ultimately, and as one collective entity, the bank would emerge stronger than before and […]
The brother of Senegalese president, Macky Sall has announced he has tested positive for Coronavirus. Aliou Sarr who is the mayor of Guédiawaye is being treated at the Dalal Diamm hospital in Dakar. His wife is also reported to have also tested positive for the virus and is undergoing treatment at the same hospital. Mr […]
The employees of Oando Plc have contributed over N25million under The Aggregator Platform (TAP) initiative, to feed needier Nigerians as global pandemic continues unabated with millions of Nigerians living without food and basic needs of livelihood. The employees of Oando identified that despite the financial contributions and efforts made by the public and private sector […]
The government of Madagascar has announced the deployment of soldiers and doctors to the city of Toamasina (east), after a sharp increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in the country’s second largest city. The government on Sunday in the capital Antananarivo held a special council of ministers meeting devoted to the situation in Toamasina. […]
President Salva Kiir addressed the nation on Monday calling to observe social distancing rules to contain community transmission of coronavirus and to ignore false rumours about his infection with the respiratory disease. Kiir’s remarks come after the circulation in the social media of forged letter tasking the vice-president Hussein Abdelbagi with the day to day […]
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has rejected plans by the African Development Bank’s board to end an investigation into its president, Akinwumi Adesina, and called for an independent probe into allegations against him. In a letter dated May 22 and addressed to Niale Kaba, chairwoman of the bank’s board of governors, Mnuchin said the Treasury […]