The Zimbabwe dollar has shown signs of stability in October, with the local currency shedding 3.1 per cent of its value against the greenback on the interbank market. As of September 30, 2019, the official USD/Zimbabwe dollar official rate was 15.1979 and fell to”only” 15.6467 as of October 31, 2019. Some financial experts have opined […]
A Zimbabwean model, Pauline Marere, has won the Miss Pan African queen pageant held over the weekend in Bayelsa, Nigeria. She beat other 24 girls and won US$3 000 in prize money as well as a car, trip to Dubai, scholarship and a movie deal. In a statement on her Facebook page, Marere said: Thank […]
Zanu Pf Youth league secretary has warned ZANU PF MPs who are not attending party programs and events that they risk losing their positions the Chronicle reports. Pupurai Togarepi was speaking at the Zanu-PF National Youth Assembly meeting when he said: We now have Government officials who are now sabotaging the party and do not […]
Egyptian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Assem Hanafi said the embassy would not deliberately deny any applicant visa, adding that measures are in place to ease the process. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday, the envoy said that Nigerians would continue to receive the privilege visa process. ‘The […]
Nigeria said on Sunday its borders would remain closed to trade until at least January 31, 2020. Nigeria launched a partial border closure in August to tackle smuggling of rice and other goods. Last month the head of customs confirmed that all trade via land borders was halted indefinitely. Joseph Attah, spokesman for the Nigerian […]
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets will on Tuesday face the Netherlands in the Round of 16 at the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil, reports Goal.com. The Golden Eaglets finished as Group B winners despite losing 2-1 to Australia last Friday and will now face the Europeans who qualified from Group D as one of the […]
While the immediate goal of scouting for new allies appears to be securing the Kibra parliamentary seat next week, ODM leader Raila Odinga appears to be assembling a new team that promises to redraw the country’s political landscape ahead of the next General Election. He has lately been shopping for new allies and, when he […]
The government has increased food distribution in urban areas Sunday News reports. The program spearheaded by Labour and social welfare Minister Sekesai Nzenza is aimed at making sure people in urban areas who are food secure also get something to eat. According to the publication: Dr Nzenza told our Harare Bureau that the programme was […]
Ghana has granted citizenship to two German entrepreneurs, making Michaela and Julia Tomfeah dual citizens. The extra ordinary move was made public on Twitter by Ghana’s ambassador to Germany, Gina Blay. She wrote: “Dual citizens! Hurray! Michaela and Julia Tomfeah, two entrepreneurs from Munich are the first Germans to receive Ghana’s Dual citizenship. Thanks to […]
Deep in the tropical forest in southern Nigeria, an evangelical pastor runs a sprawling camp billed as a refuge for thousands of children who fled the Boko Haram jihadist insurgency in the north. Solomon Folorunsho, known as Pastor Solomon, says he is on a self-proclaimed mission to help humanity, creating the International Christian Centre for […]
Islamic State (IS) on Saturday claimed responsibility for an attack that left at least 50 soldiers dead in Mali, even as the IS affiliate in Egypt pledged allegiance to the group’s new leader. IS, which resorted to guerrilla attacks since losing its last significant piece of territory in Syria in March, has posted dozens of […]
US President Donald Trump has indicated his intention to terminate the designation of the Republic of Cameroon (Cameroon) as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). In a letter addressed to Congress, Donald Trump says the measure which is supposed to take effect as from January 1, 2020 is […]
At least 53 soldiers and one civilian were killed in a militant attack on a military post in northern Mali on Friday, the government said. The attack is one of the deadliest strikes against the West African country’s military in recent memory. It is still reeling from jihadist raids in late September that underscored the […]
Malawi’s constitutional court has suspended its requirement that lawyers and judges wear traditional white wigs and black robes in the courtroom as an early season heatwave sweeps the southern African nation. Temperatures in some parts of the country have hit 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) this week, the country’s Department of Meteorological Services said. […]
Siya Kolisi, became the first black captain of the South African rugby team, the springboks; to lead them to a world cup title. He led his charges out a the Yokohama International Stadium in Japan where the competition was taking place. In the end, his team thrashed opponents England to win the title for the […]
Ratings agency Moody’s followed S&P Global and Fitch in spelling bad news for Africa’s second biggest economy, South Africa, now facing a slowdown in economic growth and rising debt burden. The rating agency moved South Africa one step closer to “junk” status on Friday by revising the outlook on the country’s last investment-grade credit rating […]
Nigerian singer and songwriter Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun aka Wizkid and American singer, Beyoncé Knowles, has commenced shooting the music video for fans’ favourite song ‘Brown Skin Girl.’ Beyonce has now also called on people to appear on ‘The Lion King ‘ the gift video According to a British tabloid, the 38 years old American singer […]
Renowned female rapper Fena Gitu has taken to twitter to plead with fellow Kenyan artists to lead by example and support each other in their various arts. The rapper’s outcry comes a few days after a handful of artists showed up for Elani’s listening party on 30 October. Fena says artists not showing up for […]
Mozambique’s largest opposition party Renamo on Wednesday lodged court papers calling for the October 15 election results to be annulled due to “massive electoral fraud”. Renamo, the rebel group turned opposition party, lost the election to the long-ruling Frelimo party, securing under 22% of the vote, the electoral commission announced on Sunday. Incumbent President Filipe […]
Nigeria’s vocal pro-democracy activist, Omoyele Sowore, has been in the detention of the Nigerian government since his abduction by operatives of the Department of State Services on the midnight of August 3, 2019. Sowore had organized a peaceful protest tagged #RevolutionNow, which was scheduled for August 5, 2019. The #RevolutionNow protest was targeted at demanding […]