Africa

World Bank predicts sub-Saharan Africa recession in 2020

Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to go into recession this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. This is according to a…

April 17, 2020

IMF debt relief for 19 African countries

Six months of debt relief has been granted to 25 countries considered the poorest in the world by the International…

April 17, 2020

AFDB’s SEFA grants $760,000 to develop small-scale renewable energy across Sub Saharan Africa

The African Development Bank-managed Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), has approved a $760,000 grant to Empower New Energy (EmNEW),…

April 16, 2020

Botswana to deport 500 Zimbabweans

Zimbabwe must prepare 500 other people who were expelled from Botswana after having encountered difficulties due to the strict blacklisting…

April 16, 2020

Tanzania cancels 2020 Union Day celebration

Tanzania officially announced the cancellation of the 2020 edition of the annual Union Day celebrations. The day is marked to…

April 15, 2020

Africa, WHO and vaccine testing

The debate was between Camille Locht from the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) and Jean-Paul Mira…

April 15, 2020

The audacious plan that could save the Northern white rhinos species

The future of the northern white rhino is looking bleak. Only two are left in the world - both are…

April 15, 2020

Eritrean diaspora donating to coronavirus combat, case tally at 34

Eritrea coronavirus statistics as of April 14 stood at 34, no death and no recoveries have so far been announced…

April 14, 2020

Coronavirus free Lesotho rolls out socio-economic interventions

Lesotho has yet to record a case of COVID-19 as of April 13, one of two countries to escape the…

April 13, 2020

In Liberia capital Monrovia, residents down play coronavirus lockdown

People in the Liberian capital, Monrovia are downplaying the country’s three-week State of Emergency declaration and lockdown imposed by the…

April 13, 2020

Okonjo-Iweala and three others appointed as AU Special envoys

The Chairperson of the African Union, President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and three other Africans as AU…

April 13, 2020

Coronavirus: Ethiopia cases reaches 74

Ethiopia’s COVID-19 file as of April 13 has 74 cases (three new case) with three deaths and 10 recoveries. The…

April 13, 2020

Online Easter mass services held in Nigeria

This might be the norm for faithful in most parts of the world at least during this lockdown. Catholics in…

April 13, 2020

Why Africa’s coronavirus outbreak appears slower than anticipated

When Africa's first case of coronavirus was detected in Egypt in February, the rest of the continent prepared for the…

April 12, 2020

Egypt asks to exempt African countries from paying debt interests

Egypt has called for African countries to be exempt from paying debt interests bilaterally and multilaterally due to the worldwide…

April 12, 2020

Edem Kodjo: Togo mourns ex-Prime Minister, Africa remembers ex-OAU chief

The government and people of Togo are mourning the death of a former Prime Minister of the West African country,…

April 12, 2020

Breaking: Nigeria records 13 fresh cases of COVID-19

Nigeria has recorded another 13 new cases of Coronavirus, taking the national figures to 318. According to the Nigerian Centre…

April 12, 2020

African nations berate China over COVID-19 linked racism in Guangzhou

African officials are confronting China publicly and in private over racist mistreatment of Africans in the Chinese city of Guangzhou,…

April 12, 2020

New Ebola case in DR Congo sets back awaited end to outbreak

A new case of the Ebola virus has been confirmed in eastern Congo, just three days before the country expected…

April 11, 2020

Burundi banks on ‘divine protection’ despite coronavirus threat

Burundi has recorded its first cases of COVID-19 but unlike many countries across Africa, there are no restrictions on movement…

April 11, 2020

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