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 […]
The transitional government of Sudan and 13 rebel factions have today signed a final peace agreement in South Sudan capital, Juba. The agreement, which was brokered by South Sudan president Salva Kiir following continued unrest in Khartoum since the ouster of strongman Omar al-Bashir in April 2019, was witnessed by Mr Kiir, South Sudan Vice […]
The president of the Union for Progress and Change (UPC), Burkina Faso’s main opposition party, Zephirin Diabré, and former Prime Minister Isaac Zida, filed their candidacies for the November 22 presidential election with the National Electoral Commission (Ceni) on Friday. In the 2015 elections, Diabré, 61 years old, came second with 29.65% of the votes, […]
A Hurt World Champion Five-time world champion and three-time Olympic gold medalist, Kenenisa Bekele, announced in a video on social media Friday that he will no longer be competing in the highly anticipated London Marathon on Sunday that would have seen him face Kenyan icon and marathon world record-holder Eliud Kipchoge. An event that industry […]
The United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper signed a 10-year navy cooperation deal in Rabat, Morocco on Friday — two days after signing a similar deal in Tunisia as he made his final stop on a North African tour aimed at strengthening the fight against Islamist extremists in war-torn Libya and the Sahel-Sahara region. […]
Egypt is set to export fowl in the ultimate quarter of 2020 following the lifting of a suspension of over a decade due to the avian flu outbreak of 2006. According to a record with the aid of English-language daily newspaper Arab News, a number of Egyptian rooster agencies are making ready to export their […]
The National Health Ministry has demonstrated that South Africa’s cumulative Covid-19 depend stands at 677 833 with 1749 new cases suggested in the closing 24 hours. On Friday, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, announced that 1749 extra deaths had been reported. “Regrettably, we file forty three extra Covid-19 related deaths: three from Eastern Cape, eight […]
The Liverpool football team introduced late Friday that Sadio Mane was once infected with the novel coronavirus. “Sadio Mane has examined wonderful for COVID-19 and is currently self-isolating according to the crucial guidelines,” Liverpool stated on Twitter, before adding he “has displayed minor symptoms of the virus but feels in top health overall” The 28-year-old […]
Reliable sources have confirmed to KnowAfrika that the Government of Qatar has begun education Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) forces. According to the sources, about 14 NISA officers from 4 special devices have been present process education for the last two weeks in the Qatari capital, Doha. The officers present process the training, […]
Mali’s junta has removed a major obstacle to the lifting of ECOWAS sanctions. On Thursday it took out a major prerogative devolved to their transition leader who is supposed to bring civilians back to power in the country. The soldiers who overthrew President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta on August 18 have renounced that Colonel Assimi Goïta, […]
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari called for national healing as the country celebrated 60 years of independence on Thursday. He said Nigeria was “bound by destiny to be the largest and greatest black nation on earth” but it faces major economic and security problems. “Today, we grapple with multiple challenges with a population exceeding 200 million,” […]
The family of Paul Rusesabagina, the former hotelier portrayed as a hero in a film about Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, has called on the international community to appeal for his release from prison. Rusesabagina, a political dissident who lived in exile in Belgium and the United States, was charged with terrorism and other offences last month […]
Police in Kampala are maintaining seven suspects in connection with murder and aggravated robbery. They are accused of killing and robbing Muhammad Kasozi, a resident of Kitezi in Kasangati Town Council, Wakiso District, on May 10. Kasozi used to be reportedly lured from his administrative center in Mpererwe-Kalerwe in Kampala to Kasubi to sell maize in […]
The price of cocoa paid to farmers for the 2020-2021 harvest in Ivory Coast, the world’s largest producer, has been set at 1,000 CFA francs (1.52 euros) per kilo, up 21%, Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara announced, one month before the October 31 presidential election. “We have decided to increase the price from 825 to 1000 […]
Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen and his Napoli teammates have been given the all-clear after their Covid-19 test got here again negative, according to football-Italia. In-form Napoli hammered Genoa 6-0 at the Stadio San Paolo to go top of the Serie A desk but the victory was marred through the discovery of 14 new instances […]
South Africa recorded 132 new coronavirus-related deaths in the previous 24 hours, bringing the whole range of fatalities to 16,866, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize introduced late Thursday. Mkhize said 1,745 new COVID-19 cases had additionally been recorded on the same day, pushing the nationwide determine to 676,084. The variety of new COVID-19 infections and deaths […]
On this edition of Business Africa, we meet the women bossing Twitter timeliness across the continent. Also on this show, two sides of the Covid-19 coin; a contact tracing app in Ethiopia and the pandemic’s impact on used vehicle sales in Togo. – 200 Most Influential African Women on Twitter – Most influential African women […]
Nigerian singer and songwriter, Tiwatope Balogun with stage name Tiwa Savage has been nominated alongside other international stars in the UK Music Video Awards. The UK Music Video Awards is an annual event held to honor music visuals for the UK and international arts, one which Tiwa bagged herself two nominations. Her song, ’49-99′ released […]
Reliable sources have instructed Somaliaffairs that the deputy director of Qatar’s intelligence agency, Abdallah Mohamed Mubarak Salah al-Khalifi, arrived in Mogadishu the day prior to this (29 September). The highly-trained Somali Gaashaan (Shield) Force took cost of his security. Al-Khalifi, who spent closing night with his apprentice, Fahad Yasin, pursuits in his trip to make […]