Kenyan runner, David Barmasai Tumo has emerged the winner of the 42km AccessBank Lagos City Marathon for the year 2020. The 31 year-old professional runner won the star prize of $50, 000 in the male category, finishing the race in two hours, 10minutes and 23 seconds. It was a clean sweep as Debeko Dakama and […]
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is boosting its response in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province where recent escalation of violence forced thousands to flee for their lives. At least 100,000 people are now displaced throughout the province. There has been a dramatic increase of brutal attacks by armed groups over the past months, with the recent […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has warned that many African countries are still far off the mark in efforts to eliminate extreme poverty. In its annual report, the AfDB says the current level of performance of most countries does not meet the standard required to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal of eradicating extreme poverty by […]
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has extolled relations with Germany, describing the country as an important trade partner. Ramaphosa made the remarks when he welcomed Chancellor Angela Merkel in Pretoria Thursday. “Germany is South Africa’s second largest trading partner, a major investor in our economy, a significant tourism market for us as South Africans, and […]
Botswana is to hold its first auctions for the right to hunt elephants since lifting a ban last year. The country has some 130,000 elephants, the world’s largest population. Authorities will issue seven hunting “packages” of 10 elephants each, confined to “controlled hunting areas”, a spokeswoman said. The government revoked a 2014 ban in May, […]
Wema Bank Plc has reported a 32.5% increase in its after-tax profit for Full Year 2019 compared to the corresponding period of 2018. The full account of the bank’s financial performance in the review period is published in its Unaudited Financial Statements for the Period Ended 31 December 2019, posted on the website of the […]
MILITARY commanders have deployed large numbers of officers from the Zimbabwe Intelligence Corps (ZIC), commonly known as military intelligence (MI), the elite Special Air Service (SAS) and the Special Investigations Branch (SIB) in communities throughout the country to gather intelligence as the rapidly deteriorating economy poses heightened risk to national security. The deployments come at […]
The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has denied claims in some quarters that it allegedly abandoned Nollywood actor, Ernest Asuzu who recently appeared in viral video begging for financial help from Nigerians. The President of AGN, Emeka Rollas, while reacting to the allegation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday […]
The optimistic predictions of former Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD) president Sihem Bensedrine, speaking to Justice Info just after the legislative elections last autumn, seem now to be proving right. Up until recently, relations between the Tunisian truth commission, which ended its work in December 2019, and the government seemed marked by hostility, but things […]
With crude oil prices shedding over $11 per barrel this year to $55, thus alarming the producers, a panel set up by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies have recommended a provisional cut of 600,000 barrels per day in oil supply to the international market, in response to the Coronavirus outbreak, […]
Two key unions at flag carrier SAA have slammed plans by the airline’s business rescue practitioners to cancel a number of routes to save costs. “This will have a devastating impact on workers and their families because it effectively means that SAA in KZN, PE, Durban and East London will be closed down and workers […]
On Wednesday in Egypt, the draws ceremonies for both the CAF champions league and confederation cups were done with revenge opportunities served for some while other teams have had their backs on the wall following the pairings. A point to note in the champions league is the consistency and hegemony of some clubs entering the […]
Algerian President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune has pardoned more than 6,000 prisoners in his second amnesty decree, to quell political unrest that has gripped the country for almost a year. Tebboune on Thursday issued a decree pardoning 6,294 people who have less than 18 months left in their jail terms, according to a presidential statement. On Monday, […]
Bafana Bafana’s Percy Tau is one step closer to clinching another piece of silverware for his trophy cabinet as he draws in on a European trophy… The 25-year-old has played 20 games in all competitions in his first season in the Belgian top-flight with Club Brugge following his loan from Brighton & Hove Albion in […]
Foreign investors have overlooked pertinent domestic risks and rushed into rand-denominated bonds, prompting the yields on 10-year government bonds to fall to their lowest levels in almost five months on Thursday. Global markets recovered this week as efforts to tackle the deadly coronavirus and positive news regarding US-China trade ties lifted investor sentiment. Foreign investors, […]
The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Zhou Pingjian has advised the people of Taraba not to panic as the Chinese Government was working harder to curtail the spread of the deadly coronavirus. Pingjian gave the advice on Thursday when he paid a courtesy visit to Gov. Darius Ishaku of Taraba at the Government House in Jalingo. […]
Hundreds of people in Tunisia demonstrated on Wednesday in the centre of the capital Tunis against a recent Middle East plan by United States president Donald Trump. According to protesters, “Trump’s “Peace to Prosperity” plan”:https://www.africanews.com/2020/01/29/twitter-uses-apartheid-label-for-trump-s-israeli-palestine-plan/ was at best “The Deal of Shame,” they also calling for the boycott of all American products. The said plan […]
Ethiopia has a new head of the Information Network Security Agency, INSA; the national cyber security outfit tasked with safeguarding the country’s information and information infrastructures. Prime Minister Abiy in a raft of recent appointments handed the portfolio to Shumete Gizaw who is his current chief of staff. Gizaw is Abiy’s third chief of staff […]
Olusegun Olowokere, popularly known as Iceberg Slim, is tired of people trying to shame him for cheating on actress Juliet Ibrahim. The Nigerian rapper took to his Instagram Story to address the “self-righteous” people who regularly call him out for cheating. He said he doesn’t “downplay” or try to “justify” what he did but that […]
Two people sustained minor injuries when a portion of the ceiling at the Somerset Mall collapsed on Thursday morning, the City of Cape Town’s fire and rescue service has said. Spokesperson Jermaine Carelse said they had received an emergency call around 09:20 regarding a roof collapse near entrance one. When they arrived on the scene, […]