Africa

Senegal president’s brother tests positive for coronavirus

The brother of Senegalese president, Macky Sall has announced he has tested positive for Coronavirus. Aliou Sarr who is the…

May 27, 2020

Poultry farmers in Kenya decry Uganda, Tanzania unfair trade

Poultry farmers in Kenya want the Ministry of Trade to intervene on the discriminative tariff by the Uganda on chicken…

May 27, 2020

Tanzania – President Magufuli’s pandemic response

Tanzanian President Magufuli’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic bears many of the hallmarks of his leadership to date—but magnified. As…

May 27, 2020

Electrical buses have sanitizer sprinklers, wi-fi, ports for charging

In Kampala, street vendors, erratic drivers and hundreds of commuter taxis contribute to the traffic chaos in the city centre…

May 27, 2020

COVID-19: Oando staff raise above N25 m to feed Nigerians

The employees of Oando Plc have contributed over N25million under The Aggregator Platform (TAP) initiative, to feed needier Nigerians as…

May 27, 2020

Business: Bolt raises capital of Sh11billion to upgrade product segments

Ride-hailing firm Bolt has raised Sh11 billion worth of investment capital from Naya Capital Management to boost its growth and…

May 27, 2020

WHO suspends hydroxychloroquine trials over safety concerns

The World Health Organization says it is temporarily halting its clinical trials that use hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 patients over…

May 26, 2020

Madagascar sends soldiers, doctors to virus-hit city

The government of Madagascar has announced the deployment of soldiers and doctors to the city of Toamasina (east), after a…

May 26, 2020

Education: 2,500 schools closed in Burkina Faso due to unrest- HRW

Increase in jihadist attacks in Burkina Faso since 2017 has led to the closure of more than 2,000 schools, according…

May 26, 2020

Burundi’s president congratulates Évariste Ndayishimiye for winning election

Outgoing Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza on Tuesday congratulated his protégé, General Évariste Ndayishimiye, who won the 20 May presidential election,…

May 26, 2020

Kenya: It’s time we prioritize the textile and apparel industry

COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented disturbance on social, political and economic structures all over the world. World leading economies…

May 26, 2020

Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa blasts West for meddling in African affairs

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has castigated the West for meddling in the internal affairs of African countries and called on…

May 26, 2020

News: South Sudan’s Kiir denies rumours about his infection with coronavirus

President Salva Kiir addressed the nation on Monday calling to observe social distancing rules to contain community transmission of coronavirus…

May 26, 2020

Joseph Bouasse dies after suffering heart attack

African football fraternities have been thrown into mourning following the shocking death of 21-year-old Cameroonian footballer Joseph Bouasse webp died…

May 26, 2020

COVID-19: We don’t have money to buy food – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged farmers to return to their farms in order to provide food for Nigerians, as there…

May 26, 2020

Nigeria’s economy grows by 1.8% in first quarter of 2020

Nigeria’s economy grew 1.87% in the first three months of 2020 from a year earlier, the statistics office said on…

May 25, 2020

Burundi ruling party candidate wins presidential election

Burundi’s ruling party candidate won a presidential election held last week, securing 68.72% of the vote, the electoral commission said…

May 25, 2020

U.S calls for probe against AfDB president

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has rejected plans by the African Development Bank’s board to end an investigation into its…

May 25, 2020

Kenya: High loan provision eats into banks’ Q1 profits

High forward-looking loan provision in the wake of Coronavirus dent banks’ profits in the first three months of the year.…

May 25, 2020

Five killed in Eid Al Fitr bomb explosion in Somalia

At least five people were killed and more than 20 wounded on Sunday after a bomb exploded during Eid Al…

May 25, 2020

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