Africa

NEWS: Economists warn of drastic steps needed to help Algeria recover its economy

Economists are warning that large scale intervention is needed to rescue the Algerian economy from accruing huge foreign debt, following…

August 9, 2020

Residents and preservationists protest Cairo ‘City of The Dead’ cemetery demolition

Residents and preservationists have registered their alarm as demolition continues in the Cairo cemetery complex known as the City Of…

August 9, 2020

Politics: Stop forming saint, your end will come too, Fayose tells Obasanjo

Former Ekiti State Governorok, Ayodele Fayose has condemned the remark credited to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo over the death of Senator…

August 9, 2020

Coronavirus-Zambia: Daily Update for COVID-19

Zambia, August 9, 2020/KnowAfrika/ --  416 new validated cases; three deaths; 167 recoveries New cases mentioned from: 150 Lusaka, seventy…

August 9, 2020

Uganda: Baganda urged to build hospital

Baganda should raise cash to set up a sanatorium just like they did beneath ‘Ettofaali’ initiative to rebuild the royal…

August 9, 2020

Sports: Ex-Chiefs striker expresses regrets

Former Kaizer Chiefs and Chippa United striker Lucky Khune has defined the challenges he faced in the course of his…

August 9, 2020

Business: NUMSA promises to battle critical petroleum service

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa vowed to battle an utility with the aid of employers in the…

August 9, 2020

Suicide car bombing kills 9, injures 14 in Somalia

At least nine people had been killed and 14 others injured on Saturday in a suicide vehicle bombing in the…

August 9, 2020

NEWS: As cases increase, Senegal reintroduces restrictive measures to counter COVID-19

Senegal has reintroduced restrictive measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus, following a suggested upward thrust in cases. The…

August 8, 2020

Breaking: Vital Kamerhe appeal hearing against corruption charges postponed again

Supporters of Vital Kamerhe gathered in Kinsasha on Friday only to discover the appeal hearing of the former chief of…

August 8, 2020

Mauritius announces environmental emergency as grounded ship leaks large amounts of oil

The prime minister of Mauritius has declared a state of environmental emergency after a Japanese-owned ship that ran aground in…

August 8, 2020

Politics: You are neither Tanzania’s president for life nor chairman of CCM, Magufuli told

Tanzania President John Magufuli will recognize the constitutional presidential time period limit, CCM secretary-general Bashiru Ally stated yesterday. "You have…

August 8, 2020

Business: South Africa attempts to recover more than R400 m from SAP on ‘unlawful’ contracts

South African investigators are seeking to recover more than R400 million from German software program firm SAP for two government…

August 8, 2020

NEWS: Zimbabwe again refuses Hopewell Chin’ono bail, and government denies crisis

Zimbabwe's High Court on Thursday denied bail to a journalist who used to be arrested ultimate month for assisting anti-govermnent…

August 8, 2020

Sports: Football Kicks Off in South Africa Despite Coronavirus Pandemic

Football is again in play after a 5-month hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa — the most…

August 8, 2020

Egypt: COVID-19 deaths close to 5,000

Fatalities from the novel coronavirus rose to 4,971 in Egypt, the nation’s fitness officers said Saturday. Twenty people died and…

August 8, 2020

Entertainment: Regina Daniels and Ned Nwoko officially reveal their son’s face

Nollywood actress, Regina Daniels and her husband, billionaire politician and businessman, Ned Nwoko have finally introduced their son, Munir, to…

August 8, 2020

Breaking: Court reduces prison term for Kitatta to three years

The Court of Appeal on Friday reduced the detention center time period of former shopper of Boda -Boda 2010, Abdullah…

August 7, 2020

Health: Africa COVID-19 Pandemic Rundown

COVID-19 Pandemic rundown on the African continent by way of countries, Gambia, Mozambique, Botswana and South Africa, apparently in a…

August 7, 2020

Mauritania: Prime Minister replaced amid investigation into alleged corruption

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has replaced his top minister following the resignation of Ismail Ould Bedda Ould Cheikh Sidiya.…

August 7, 2020

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