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…
Residents and preservationists protest Cairo ‘City of The…
Residents and preservationists have registered their alarm as demolition continues in the Cairo cemetery complex known as the City Of The Dead. The work's being undertaken as part of a new 17.5 kilometre highway project.…
Politics: Stop forming saint, your end will come…
Former Ekiti State Governorok, Ayodele Fayose has condemned the remark credited to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo over the death of Senator Buruji Kashamu. Fayose said that Obasanjo should quit claiming to be a saint, reminding him…
Coronavirus-Zambia: Daily Update for COVID-19
Zambia, August 9, 2020/KnowAfrika/ -- 416 new validated cases; three deaths; 167 recoveries New cases mentioned from: 150 Lusaka, seventy three Kabwe, 60 Solwezi, 30 Masaiti, 25 Ndola, 24 Lumwana, 16 Mwinilunga, eleven Kitwe, 10…
Uganda: Baganda urged to build hospital
Baganda should raise cash to set up a sanatorium just like they did beneath ‘Ettofaali’ initiative to rebuild the royal tombs at Kasubi and Masengere constructing in Bulange, Kampala, a former kingdom legit has advised.…
Sports: Ex-Chiefs striker expresses regrets
Former Kaizer Chiefs and Chippa United striker Lucky Khune has defined the challenges he faced in the course of his time with the Soweto giants. When Khune joined Amakhosi in 2009/10 season, a lot used…
Business: NUMSA promises to battle critical petroleum service
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa vowed to battle an utility with the aid of employers in the petroleum enterprise to have employees declared as essential services, announcing it would inhibit their capability…
Suicide car bombing kills 9, injures 14 in…
At least nine people had been killed and 14 others injured on Saturday in a suicide vehicle bombing in the Somalian capital, officers said. Salad Mohamed, a senior police officer in Mogadishu advised KnowAfrika via…
NEWS: As cases increase, Senegal reintroduces restrictive measures…
Senegal has reintroduced restrictive measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus, following a suggested upward thrust in cases. The Senegalese Minister of the Interior Aly Ngouye Ndiaye told a press convention in Dakar that, on the…
Breaking: Vital Kamerhe appeal hearing against corruption charges…
Supporters of Vital Kamerhe gathered in Kinsasha on Friday only to discover the appeal hearing of the former chief of staff to Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi had been postponed again. It has…
Mauritius announces environmental emergency as grounded ship leaks…
The prime minister of Mauritius has declared a state of environmental emergency after a Japanese-owned ship that ran aground in July began spilling large amounts of fuel into the sea. Pravind Jugnauth tweeted that the…
Politics: You are neither Tanzania’s president for life…
Tanzania President John Magufuli will recognize the constitutional presidential time period limit, CCM secretary-general Bashiru Ally stated yesterday. "You have labored carefully with the people, and you will be voted into office by the same…
Business: South Africa attempts to recover more than…
South African investigators are seeking to recover more than R400 million from German software program firm SAP for two government contracts they allege have been entered into unlawfully, court docket documents considered through Reuters show.…
NEWS: Zimbabwe again refuses Hopewell Chin’ono bail, and…
Zimbabwe's High Court on Thursday denied bail to a journalist who used to be arrested ultimate month for assisting anti-govermnent protests, in a case that has sparked an outcry over muzzling of the press. Hopewell…
Sports: Football Kicks Off in South Africa Despite…
Football is again in play after a 5-month hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa — the most affected us of a on the African continent. All 57 cup and league fits will…
Egypt: COVID-19 deaths close to 5,000
Fatalities from the novel coronavirus rose to 4,971 in Egypt, the nation’s fitness officers said Saturday. Twenty people died and 141 others have been recognized with the virus in the previous 24 hours. Total cases…
Entertainment: Regina Daniels and Ned Nwoko officially reveal…
Nollywood actress, Regina Daniels and her husband, billionaire politician and businessman, Ned Nwoko have finally introduced their son, Munir, to the world. In the couple's YouTube channel, Our Circle - Episode 7, titled 'Baby Reveal',…
Breaking: Court reduces prison term for Kitatta to…
The Court of Appeal on Friday reduced the detention center time period of former shopper of Boda -Boda 2010, Abdullah Kitatta from eight years to three years. This potential that given that Kitatta and his…
Health: Africa COVID-19 Pandemic Rundown
COVID-19 Pandemic rundown on the African continent by way of countries, Gambia, Mozambique, Botswana and South Africa, apparently in a state of crisis. The Gambia Declared a state of emergency, by President Adama Barrow, setting…
