The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), said in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos that cinema lovers would enjoy discounted […]
Tens of thousands of Muslims descended upon Senegal’s holy city this week for the annual Grand Magal pilgrimage, a tradition in West Africa that some fear could become a super-spreader event for COVID-19. The Magal honors the founder of the Mouride Brotherhood, Senegal’s most influential religious order. In previous years, as many as 3 million […]
South Africa’s largest trade unions held nationwide marches on Wednesday to protest the high level of job destruction, the poor state of transport, corruption and the lack of measures to combat the deep crisis generated in Africa’s second largest economy by the pandemic. The national strike hit key sectors such as transport, industry or education […]
By 2050, Africa will be domestic to 25 percentage of the world’s workforce. And yet there is no guarantee that these people – in particular the developing share of young human beings among them – will be employed, let by myself in decent jobs. Of Africa’s almost 420 million young human beings (aged 15-35), one-third […]
Ethnic tensions in Ethiopia continue to mount after The Ethiopian Senate voted on Tuesday to sever all relations between the federal authorities and both the Tigray regional parliament and executive. This comes after the Tigrayan leaders chose to unilaterally hold elections — initially scheduled for August, last month in defiance of the decision made back […]
Yawa Kouigan is the mayor of Atakpamé, Togo’s fifth largest city in population. She is the first mayor elected in the last 30 years and faces several daily challenges. “This pollution is the kind of problem that led us to think about development and how hard it was to manage natural resources,” she explained. “All […]
The Egyptian metropolis of Dahmasha. About sixty kilometres from Cairo. A ghost city considering the fact that a number of hundred of its younger guys went into exile by way of neighbouring Libya. In September, fifteen extra guys tried the unsafe journey to Europe and have considering disappeared — leaving in the back of their […]
West Africa’s ECOWAS has determined to lift the post-coup sanctions the bloc had put in software towards Mali. ECOWAS leaders now call on bilateral partners to resume help to Mali in a statement signed by means of Ghana president Nana Akufo-Addo, the modern-day president of the regional organisation. With the nomination of yesterday’s government, the […]
South Sudan’s authorities in partnership with UNICEF launched a marketing campaign Monday against toddler marriage to address the challenges ladies are facing. In South Sudan, 52% of all ladies are married before they attain 18 and round one 1/3 of all ladies are pregnant earlier than turning 15, depriving them of their simple rights, and […]
AlphaCode, the startup incubator from Rand Merchant Investments (RMI), has awarded Oyi Medical Card R450 0 at its first virtual demo day. Oyi is one of seven startups that were awarded entrepreneurial programs valued at R2 million each in 2019 as phase of AlphaCode’s Incubate programme. The Oyi Medical Card is a savings card that […]
Mali’s meantime president Bah Ndaw, a retired colonel who was once sworn in closing month, appointed a 25-strong authorities on Monday, in which members of the army occupy key posts, according to a decree study stay on state television by using the president’s secretary-general Sekou Traore. At least four central cabinet posts – defense, security, […]
Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Sudan’s capital Monday, worrying the departure of the transitional government. According to eyewitnesses and photos on social media, protection forces mounted a cordon in front of the presidential palace and the headquarters of the Sudanese Army in Khartoum. The protesters held banners pronouncing “Down with the government […]
Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday paid tribute to the country’s teachers on World Teachers’ Day. “Let’s take a moment to recognize our teachers, in particular in this challenging time. Students and mother and father comprehend your indispensable service, now extra than ever. Let’s work collectively to reopen our school rooms safely and get again […]
Teachers in Zimbabwe vowed to proceed their strike towards the 40% increment in salaries of teachers, which they reflect onconsideration on under their actual needs, neighborhood media stated Monday. “We are escalating our marketing campaign for higher salaries and allowances. We name upon all bona-fide individuals and sympathizers to join in the refrain of better […]
Sudanese protesters shut the Southern Port of Sudan on Sunday in protest of a recently-signed peace deal with insurrection groups. On Saturday, the Sudanese transitional government signed a power-sharing deal with the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), an alliance of riot groups, in the course of a ceremony held in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. […]
Ivory Coast inaugurated Saturday its new 60,000-seat Olympic stadium, built with the help of China, in Ebimpe, on the outskirts of Abidjan, in preparation for the African Cup of Nations soccer in 2023. The ceremony, with a great show of dance and music, took place in the presence of 50,000 people, according to the organizers […]
Petrochemicals giant Sasol fell almost 5 percent on the JSE on Friday after it announced that it would sell 50 percent of its difficult Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP) in the US for $2 billion (R33.29bn) to LyondellBasell. Sasol said the proposed sale to one of the world’s greatest plastics, chemical compounds and refining companies […]
The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has praised African states for managing to curb the spread of coronavirus. Africa has seen about 1.4 million cases and 34,000 deaths since February. These figures are far lower than those in Europe, Asia or the Americas, with reported cases continuing to decline. Early interventions […]
Archeologists in Egypt announced on Saturday that they had discovered at least 59 ancient coffins in a vast necropolis south of the country’s capital Cairo, one containing the pristine mummy of an ancient priest. This is than 2,600 years since they were buried. The ornate sarcophagi have remained unopened since they were entombed near the […]