Africa

Sports: R50-mil added to Mamelodi Sundowns’ super squad

Mamelodi Sundowns are reported to have brought in several new signings ahead of the 2020/21 season, one of which is…

June 20, 2020

NEWS: Ghana is the fourth-highest country with confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa

The West African country's death toll also is 70 with 4,548 recoveries so far. But the country is also the…

June 20, 2020

Health: Africa gets closer to eradication of wild poliovirus – WHO

The independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC), responsible for certifying the eradication of wild poliovirus in the World Health Organization…

June 20, 2020

Egypt prioritizes hygiene amid plans to welcome foreign tourists

Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities says that the country is “laying the groundwork for tourists” to find the country…

June 19, 2020

Death, destruction as landslide ravages parts of Ivory Coast

A landslide on the outskirts of Ivory Coast’s largest city Thursday killed at least 13 people after heavy rains swept…

June 19, 2020

Breaking: South African health workers sound alarm bells as virus spirals

Health workers across South Africa’s two southernmost provinces have been struggling with a surge in coronavirus patients as the country…

June 19, 2020

Sports: We will not sign new players, insists Sharks’ boss

Kariobangi Sharks will not sign new players for the new season, club chairman Robert Maoga has confirmed. Instead, the former…

June 19, 2020

NEWS: Masai cries for justice over unpaid dues five years down the line in Kenya

Reigning Warsaw Marathon winner Gilbert Masai is crying for justice after losing over Sh200,000 to unscrupulous race organisers, who have…

June 19, 2020

Kenya: Billions lost as medical kits gather dust in counties – report

Billions shillings of taxpayer’ money is going down the drain in the controversial Sh63 billion leased medical equipment services (MES)…

June 19, 2020

UN reports highest number of refugees ever recorded

The UN refugee agency says the number of asylum-seekers, internally displaced people and refugees worldwide shot up by nearly nine…

June 18, 2020

Breaking: Kenya, Djibouti split regional votes for non-permanent UNSC seat

Kenya and Djibouti will later today know which of them will take Africa’s non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security…

June 18, 2020

China pledges to supply any Covid-19 vaccine to Africa first, free of charge

China has pledged to supply any vaccine against Coronavirus to African first free of charge. China is leading the race…

June 18, 2020

Burundi swears in Evariste Ndayishimiye as president

Burundi has a new president in the person of Evariste Ndayishimiye who won May 20 elections as the country entered…

June 18, 2020

Business: Junior miners fight for survival in COVID-19 storm

While the mining industry overall was hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, it is junior miners who sustained the heaviest…

June 18, 2020

Sports: Orlando Pirates Midfielder Attracts Interest

An Orlando Pirates midfielder has attracted interest from his former club, based in KwaZulu-Natal. Following his lack of regular game-time…

June 18, 2020

NEWS: Johannesburg woman evicted after testing Covid-19 positive

A Johannesburg mother has been kicked out of her rental home by her landlord after she tested positive for Covid-19.…

June 18, 2020

South Africa: 2 million litres of petrol stolen from pipelines

Transnet said on Wednesday that 26 fuel theft incidents along its inland fuel pipelines from April had resulted in more…

June 18, 2020

Organization of Africa’s oil producing countries relocate headquarters to Congo Brazzaville

The African Petroleum Producers Organisation (APPO), Tuesday, agreed to relocate the headquarters of the organization from Nigeria to Brazzaville, Republic…

June 17, 2020

Ghana coronavirus: 12,193 cases; health insurance boss infected

Ghana is West Africa’s most impacted nation behind Nigeria, at a point in May 2020, Ghana led the regional case…

June 17, 2020

Close to 4,000 school girls impregnated in Kenya during Covid-19 lockdown

Kenya has reported a sudden surge in teen pregnancies in one single county over a period of five months thus…

June 17, 2020

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