South Africa recorded 132 new coronavirus-related deaths in the previous 24 hours, bringing the whole range of fatalities to 16,866, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize introduced late Thursday. Mkhize said 1,745 new COVID-19 cases had additionally been recorded on the same day, pushing the nationwide determine to 676,084. The variety of new COVID-19 infections and deaths […]
On this edition of Business Africa, we meet the women bossing Twitter timeliness across the continent. Also on this show, two sides of the Covid-19 coin; a contact tracing app in Ethiopia and the pandemic’s impact on used vehicle sales in Togo. – 200 Most Influential African Women on Twitter – Most influential African women […]
Nigerian singer and songwriter, Tiwatope Balogun with stage name Tiwa Savage has been nominated alongside other international stars in the UK Music Video Awards. The UK Music Video Awards is an annual event held to honor music visuals for the UK and international arts, one which Tiwa bagged herself two nominations. Her song, ’49-99′ released […]
Reliable sources have instructed Somaliaffairs that the deputy director of Qatar’s intelligence agency, Abdallah Mohamed Mubarak Salah al-Khalifi, arrived in Mogadishu the day prior to this (29 September). The highly-trained Somali Gaashaan (Shield) Force took cost of his security. Al-Khalifi, who spent closing night with his apprentice, Fahad Yasin, pursuits in his trip to make […]
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper signed a 10-year military cooperation deal with Tunis Wednesday at some point of his first stop on a regional tour, hailing US-Tunisia collaboration over the combat in neighbouring Libya. The previous decade has viewed growing cooperation between the Pentagon and Tunisia, especially on counter-terror training and securing the North African […]
French President Emmanuel Macron and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta preside over a ceremony at the Elysee Palace for the signing of three infrastructure contracts in Kenya awarded to French groups. Upon his return from a visit to Lithuania and Latvia, Emmanuel Macron received his Kenyan counterpart at the end of the day, the two leaders […]
Ten year ago , the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights published the report of its human rights mapping exercise on Congo. The report covers the most serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed in the country between March 1993 and June 2003. This unprecedented investigation was intended to […]
Major Ashif is tense as he watches from the turret of his armoured vehicle as the muddy road in front of him slowly unwinds. His is the lead vehicle in a UN escort shepherding a convoy through northwest Central African Republic (CAR), one of the world’s poorest and most violent countries — and the thick […]
PPC Ltd. delayed the launch of its full-year income for a third time as South Africa’s largest cement maker continues to fix accounting blunders and strives to finalize a refinancing plan. The Johannesburg-based agency will now post its monetary outcomes in the week of Oct. 5, according to a declaration on Wednesday. PPC has been […]
Up to 2.1 million human beings in Somalia are expected to face an acute meals insecurity Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or even worse outcomes through December 2020, a new report said on Wednesday. The crisis predicted to show up “through December 2020 in the absence of humanitarian assistance,” is due to “the combined effects of […]
The dying toll from floods in Nigeria has risen to 95, in accordance to local media reports Wednesday. Sixteen extra people had been killed in floods brought on with the aid of heavy rains in 19 regions of Jigawa state, Alhaji Yusuf Sani Babura, govt secretary of the Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), told […]
Former Chelsea star, Didier Drogba has won the 2020 UEFA President’s Award. The UEFA disclosed this in a statement released via an official Twitter account on Wednesday. The statement read “Didier is a hero to millions of football fans for his achievements throughout his glittering playing career. “He is a leader and will be remembered […]
Popular singer, David Adeleke AKA Davido has blamed the coronavirus pandemic for the delay in getting married to his fiancee, Chef Chioma. Davido in a viral interview on Wednesday said he would have gotten married this year but the deadly virus messed up his plans. He further stated that he would get married next year. […]
Qatari have an effect on and Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo’s over-reliance on Doha have reversed years of safety progress. by Abdullahi Mohamed Ali Somalis, each at home and abroad, have been confident when Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo was once elected Somalia’s president in February 2017. Diplomats and the improvement community shared this optimism, believing Farmajo […]
After receiving the French president in March last year, Kenya’s chief Uhuru Kenyatta is on a go to to Paris. The President will meet his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace. Kenyatta who would be accompanied by five ministers is anticipated to attend a public funding financial institution conference, and meet with French […]
Residents of the Diepsloot township, Johanesburg, South Africa have no electricity so most of them are forced to install illegal lightning rods to be able to live with power. But the authorities have however now come to tear out these illegal electricity connections. Eskom technicians were in Diepsloot on Tuesday morning to remove illegal electricity […]
The Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association stated on Wednesday it had expelled the Gold Leaf Tobacco Company from its ranks with instant effect. FITA chairman Sinenhlanhla Mnguni tested that Gold Leaf’s membership had been terminated, however did no longer right away provide reasons. The move comes two months after the stop of South Africa’s contentious Covid-19 […]
Togo made history this week by appointing its first female prime minister. Victoire Tomegah Dogbé, 60, was named on Monday and immediately set to work to form a new government. She is well known in political circles and has held various ministerial positions. She has been a development minister and chief of staff of the […]
