Africa

Breaking: Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 Cases Rise To 160

Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 cases continue to rise as 9 returnees from South Africa and Botswana and 2 locals tested positive for…

May 30, 2020

Uganda:12 new COVID-19 cases confirmed

Twelve new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the country, bringing the number of confirmed cases of nationals to…

May 30, 2020

Kenya: May inflation eases to 5.47% despite rising Consumer Price Index

The country's year-on-year inflation rate eased to 5.47 per cent in May from 5.62 per cent in April, latest data…

May 30, 2020

East Africa: Shippers, EAC partner states poke holes on Naivasha ICD

The Shippers Council of Eastern Africa on Thursday challenged the government to address outstanding issues at the Naivasha Inland Container…

May 30, 2020

Amnesty accuses Ethiopia of extrajudicial killings

Ethiopian security forces in the Oromiya region have executed 39 opposition supporters and arrested thousands of others accused of being…

May 29, 2020

COVID-Organics trials: Madagascar backtracks on injectables

Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina’s position that the purported remedy for COVID-19 will be administered in clinical trials has been clarified…

May 29, 2020

Rwanda jails ex-politician for genocide role

A Rwandan court on Thursday handed a life sentence to a former politician found guilty of orchestrating the killing of…

May 29, 2020

Marko Ragini In Talks With PSL Club

A local agent has confirmed discussions for an Italian coach with an Absa Premiership club, who is keen to come…

May 29, 2020

Three months of COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa

Three months ago sub-Saharan Africa confirmed its first COVID-19 case in Nigeria. Although infections have risen and continue to grow,…

May 29, 2020

Ethiopian militias, Sudanese army clash close to the border

Clashes between Sudan’s military and Ethiopian militias have taken place near the border with Ethiopia over the past three days,…

May 29, 2020

Breaking: Nigeria Records 182 New Cases of COVID-19

Nigeria has recorded 182 new cases of COVID-19, bringing to 8,915 the total number of confirmed cases in the country.…

May 29, 2020

Nigeria: Parents in Lagos kick against reopening of schools

Some parents in Lagos State are against plans to reopen schools. Earlier this week, the Minister of State for Education,…

May 29, 2020

Gunmen kill 60 in northwestern Nigeria

Armed criminals killed 60 people in a string of attacks on villages in the restive northwest of Nigeria, medics and…

May 28, 2020

Breaking: Ethiopia unlocks one of the world’s last closed telecoms markets

For delivery man Sisay Alebachew, the difference between a good and bad day depends on Ethio Telecom, Ethiopia's monopoly telecoms…

May 28, 2020

Coronavirus plans for SA schools revealed

South Africa’s Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga has detailed some of her department’s plans to provide personal protective equipment…

May 28, 2020

Business: Libya’s Economic Losses From Ports Blockade Reach About $5 Billion

The company added that these losses were a serious blow to the national economy. In January, the NOC announced an…

May 28, 2020

Ugandan top official dies from coronavirus

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s undersecretary and ambassador Necva Abbas Kadeh ed-Dem has died from the novel coronavirus in Sudan, local…

May 28, 2020

Adesina reaffirms the innocence of suspected wrongdoing in AfDB

President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, yesterday maintained his innocence over allegations of fraud and breach…

May 28, 2020

Burundi Catholic Church denounces ‘irregularities’ in May 20 polls

The Catholic Church in Burundi on Tuesday evening denounced “many irregularities” that affected the transparency and fairness of the May…

May 27, 2020

South African Airways aims to resume domestic flights in mid-June

South African Airways (SAA) aims to resume domestic flights between Johannesburg and Cape Town from mid-June, the cash-strapped airline said…

May 27, 2020

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