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…
NEWS: Algerian Journalist gets 3-Year Prison Sentence
Free Speech in the Algerian Press Freelance journalist and a symbol of free speech in Algeria, Khaled Dareni, has been sentenced to three years in prison based totally on accusations of undermining the integrity of…
New Strict COVID-19 Regulations in Malawi
Coronavirus Cases on the Rise The Ministry of Justice in Malawi decided to impose strict precautionary measures on Sunday in order to curb the perceived alarming climb in COVID-19 cases in the country - which…
Breaking: Fuel-Loaded Shipwreck in Mauritius About to Snap
Ship Breaking Apart Shipwrecked on the Mauritian coastline of Pointe d'Esny late July, Wakashio, the vessel carrying just under 4,000 tonnes of oil and 200 tonnes of diesel which has already been spilling its contents…
Thousands of foreign students stranded in France because…
Tens of thousands of African students are still stuck in France this summer, long after their studies have concluded - because of COVID 19. In many cases, they're unable to return home to countries where…
DRC announces withdrawal of Zambian troops from their…
Zambian troops occupying two villages in the southeast Democratic Republic of Congo have withdrawn after regional mediation led to a step forward in a long-running border dispute, the Congolese authorities has announced. Fighting broke out…
NEWS: Uganda records 16 new cases of Covid-19
The Ministry of Health on Sunday verified every other demise of one COVID-19 patient, bringing the range of humans who have succumbed to the sickness in Uganda to seven. A announcement via the ministry says…
Business: Entrepreneurship can come out of necessity or…
Entrepreneurship is gaining more traction across the African continent as greater and greater adolescence are searching to start their own business. Kolawole Olajide is the co-founder of BridgeLabs, his 1/3 entrepreneurial task that used to…
Entertainment: Nse Ikpe-Etim covers Guardian Life Magazine
Nollywood actress Nse Ikpe-Etim made the cowl of the latest edition of The Guardian Life Magazine as “The Silent Tsunami” The 45-year-old actor who interprets her role and can provide them without difficulty shares an…
Sports: Victor Osimhen sends strong warning to Nigerian…
Victor Osimhen has slammed Nigerian media over a report purportedly projecting him to be aiming for the legendary Diego Maradona's achievements at his new club Napoli of Italy. Napoli completed the transfer agreement for the…
NEWS: Economists warn of drastic steps needed to…
Economists are warning that large scale intervention is needed to rescue the Algerian economy from accruing huge foreign debt, following the double blow of COVID 19 and tumbling oil revenues. The National Office of Statistics…
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…
