Africa

Algeria: taxi drivers slam conditions for operations

Barely allowed to circulate after 3 months of confinement, Algerian taxi drivers are angry. On Monday, they demonstrated at the…

June 17, 2020

Breaking: Why Uganda is opposed to Naivasha cargo plan

Reports that Kenya has suspended a recent order that all transit cargo be transported using the Standard Gauge Railway to…

June 17, 2020

NEWS: Women’s bodies continue to pile up as more die at the hands of partners

A chill-out session between a group of friends led to the discovery of a woman's body under her boyfriend's bed.…

June 17, 2020

Business: 22,000 Edcon employees set to get retrenchment notices

SA's biggest non-food retailer Edcon has served 22,000 of its employees with notices of retrenchments as it blames load-shedding and…

June 17, 2020

Chinese exodus from Kenya begins with 200 aboard first fligh

The Chinese government will evacuate 400 of its nationals from Kenya, with the first batch of 200 having left Tuesday…

June 17, 2020

Famine ravages Burkina Faso as farmers call for help

The landlocked West African nation of Burkina Faso has been hard hit by drought and desertification. Just east of capital…

June 16, 2020

African nations drag US to UN human rights council over ‘systemic racism’

African nations have prepared a draft resolution at the U.N.’s top human rights body that singles out the United States…

June 16, 2020

30,000 people flee Nigeria to Niger over unrest- UNHCR

More than 30,000 Nigerians have fled to Niger’s Maradi region in the past two months, the UN Refugee Agency has…

June 16, 2020

Breaking: Forced retirement of Malawi’s chief justice before June election blocked

Attempts by the Malawi government to remove the country’s chief justice days before presidential elections have been blocked following protests…

June 16, 2020

NEWS: Mass grave discovered east of Sudan’s capital Khartoum

Sudan's public prosecutor Taj Al-Sir Ali Al-Hebr on Monday announced the discovery of a mass grave east of the capital…

June 16, 2020

Business: Kenya Tops Angola as Sub-Saharan Africa’s No. 3 Economy

Kenya surpassed Angola as sub-Saharan Africa’s third-largest economy in dollar terms, according to International Monetary Fund estimates. Angola has contracted…

June 16, 2020

South Africa’s Covid-19 cases now at 73 533, with another 88 deaths reported

South Africa's confirmed Covid-19 cases have increased by 3495 to 70 038 over the past 24 hours, Health Minister Zweli…

June 16, 2020

South Africa: Ramaphosa condemns surge in violence against women

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned as “inhumane acts” the violence against women which, according to police, have skyrocketed…

June 15, 2020

2010 World Cup: What remains of the legacy ten years on?

June 2020 is exactly ten years when the first World Cup on African soil was hosted. The continent and South…

June 15, 2020

Education: Ministers to discuss school reopening terms

The Ministry of Education has said Cabinet is sitting on Monday to discuss conditions that the Ministry of Health and…

June 15, 2020

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI undergoes successful heart operation

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI “ on Sunday successfully underwent” an operation at the clinic of the Royal Palace in Rabat…

June 15, 2020

Energy dept requests submissions for 2500MW nuclear build

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy said in a statement released on Sunday that it is giving members of…

June 15, 2020

NEWS: Tunisia has beaten coronavirus: prime minister

Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh announced Sunday that the country has achieved a victory against the novel coronavirus as it…

June 15, 2020

UN appalled by terrorist attacks in northeast Nigeria

The UN said Sunday it was appalled by the killing of dozens of civilians in northeastern Nigeria by Boko Haram…

June 15, 2020

Moroccan farmers chartered to Italy for work

Seasonal agricultural workers from Morocco have been flown to Italy to harvest. COVID-19 lockdown left them out of jobs, while…

June 14, 2020

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