Another truck driver has tested positive for COVID-19, bringing to four the number of truck drivers who have tested positive for the viral disease. The latest case is a 27-year-old Kenyan truck driver who entered Uganda through Malaba border on Sunday. He is part of 1,114 samples including the 350 from the local community that […]
Lesotho troops deployed by Prime Minister Thomas Thabane amid a showdown with opponents demanding the octogenarian leader resign withdrew from the capital’s streets on Sunday. Thabane faces mounting calls to step down from rivals within his ruling party and opposition groups over suspicions he had a hand in the murder of his estranged wife in […]
Deborah Onu lost the battle to tuberculosis of the spine in the early hours of Saturday at Primus Hospital, Karu, Abuja. The basketball player last month got financial support from super Eagles midfielder John to help foot her medical bills. The operation was successful but according to Secretary-General of the Nigerian Basketball Federation (NBBF), Afolabi-Oluwayemi […]
Tunisia is extending a lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus to May 4, then it will ease restrictions gradually on some economic activities, Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh said yesterday. The government has said it expected Tunisia’s economy would shrink by up to 4.3 per cent, the steepest drop since independence in 1956, because […]
TEBA, the century-old company that provides recruitment and other services to mineworkers, will draw on decades of experience to assist SA’s mining companies to gradually ramp up production as lockdown restrictions are eased. The gold and platinum sectors are working with TEBA to return 350,000 miners to the gold and platinum industry as the sector […]
It’s yet unclear whether the Jacob Zuma corruption trial will resume on its scheduled date, but the former South African president has made a big change to his counsel. There has been long-standing speculation over the extent of the 78-year-old’s involvement in the infamous Arms Deal, which has been aided by numerous court appeals that […]
Forces aligned with Libya’s internationally recognised government said they had advanced on Saturday on Tarhouna, a key support base for their eastern-based rival Khalifa Haftar, Reuters reports. The advance comes days after forces loyal to the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) had pushed back Haftar’s allies along the coast west of the capital, marking […]
Despite the spread of coronavirus pandemic and its negative impact on Nigeria’s economy, electricity losses due to lack of distribution infrastructure have dropped by 34 percent. A compilation of data obtained by Vanguard from the Advisory Power Team, office of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, indicated that the nation recorded 51,398.4 Megawatts, MW, as losses in […]
A member of the South African Defence Force has died while two of his colleagues and a police officer were injured during an accident in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, at the weekend. According to the Mpumalanga police, the three members of the SANDF and a police officer chased a silver Volvo sedan which was believed to have […]
Orlando Pirates have been regularly linked with Thulani Hlatshwayo for some time now, and Teko Modise has given his view on a potential Bucs deal for ‘Tyson’… The Bafana Bafana and Bidvest Wits captain recently signed a contract extension in Braamfontein as he committed his future to the Clever Boys last year, but the talk […]
Statement 19 April 2020 I am concerned by news of coordinated arrests on 18 April of 14 high-profile pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong for allegedly participating in unauthorised protests last year. The rights to freedom of speech and freedom of assembly are enshrined in the Basic Law for all people of Hong Kong. That this […]
On the occasion of President Kim Il Sung’s 108th anniversary, a national web seminar on the Juche idea “Juche Idea and Collective Self-reliance” was held in Kampala, Uganda. The Juche idea’s Ugandan adherents who took part in the seminar did a report and speeches. Mayambala Lawrence, chairperson of the Ugandan National Committee for the Study […]
Hundreds of Zimbabweans living in Botswana are heading to the Plumtree border, saying the Covid-19 crisis has left them on the edge of starvation. The immigrants usually survive by doing odd jobs, but with Botswana in a lockdown due to the coronavirus, they cannot find work to support themselves. Additionally, the immigrants were initially excluded […]
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says President Cyril Ramaphosa and his national command council (NCC) debate the balance between securing food supply in South Africa and containing the spreading of Covid-19 daily. “What is the best way to ensure the balance between the transmission (of the coronavirus) and food supply? There is a huge amount of […]
The United States Government through its mission in Nigeria has extended condolences to the family of late Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari. Kyari, who died on Friday after succumbing to the COVID-19 virus was buried on Saturday afternoon. The US mission in Nigeria via a message on its social media page described him as ‘dedicated […]
At least ten medics have been quarantined after coming into contact with a patient who died showing with Covid-19 symptoms in Bomet. Bomet Medicals Services and Public Health CEC Joseph Sitonik said the patient died while undergoing treatment at the Longisa County Hospital ICU. Sitonik said the patient presented herself at the facility claiming she […]
As China continues diplomatic efforts to quell a recent surge in protests by African governments and the African Union, AU, there is a new round of outrage on social media after a new visibly racist video was posted on Twitter on Friday. The 38-second video has since gone viral on the social media platform. It […]
A High Court in Malawi has ordered government to restrain from implementing a lockdown aimed to help curb the spread of coronavirus in the southern African country. President Peter Mutharika imposed the 21-day measure earlier this week but the announcement was met by protests in parts of the country. With barely 24-hours for the measure […]
Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki has delivered his first public address on the coronavirus pandemic since the country recorded index case on March 21. In a message broadcast via public broadcasters, Eri-TV and Radio Dimtsi Hafash, he likened the COVID-19 pandemic to a sudden war that the world least expected and was thus not fully prepared […]
Nigerian singer, Kcee has finally reconciled with his lovely wife, Ijeoma and this is confirmed by a lovely family photo he shared on his Instagram page. The Limpopo singer is not necessarily accustomed to showing off his wife on social media, unlike his younger brother, Emeka Okonkwo, AKA E-money who first hand shows off his […]