Cases of coronavirus in Nigeria surpass 38,000

Cases of coronavirus in Nigeria surpass 38,000

More than 540 new coronavirus cases have taken the nationwide tally here to over 38,000, authorities introduced Thursday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) stated 543 greater COVID-19 instances and eight fatalities were recorded…

WHO concerned over virus acceleration in Africa

NEWS: WHO concerned over virus spike in Africa

The continued acceleration of the coronavirus pandemic in Africa is of concern to the World Health Organization. The UN health agency, which continues to intensify its effort, fears a rise in coronavirus cases in sub-Saharan…

Tanzania to hold October 28 presidential, local elections

NEWS: Tanzania set to hold elections on October…

Tanzanians will go to the polls to vote in presidential and local elections on October 28, the electoral commission has announced. The National Electoral Commission (NEC) Chairman Semistockles Kaijage also announced in Dar es Salaam…

Ivory Coast ruling party wants Ouattara to seek third term

The ruling party in Ivory Coast wants Ouattara…

Ivory Coast’s ruling party, RHDP, wants outgoing President Alassane Ouattara to contest as its candidate for October presidential polls. The choice comes on the lower back of the demise of Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who…

Sudan's Bashir faces death sentence for his coup in 1989

Sudan’s Bashir faces death sentence for his coup…

Former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir has been summoned to show up before a courtroom over costs of an alleged coup d‘état he staged over 30 years ago. The contemporary cost follows investigations by means of…

July 31 proposed protest in Zimbabwe

NEWS: Authorities in Zimbabwe warn against July 31…

The authorities in Zimbabwe have warned that they would deal with participants in organized demonstrations on July 31 against suspected corruption in the public sector in the midst of a declining economy such as "terrorists,"…

SABC troubles add to a rising list of state finance problems

SABC troubles add to a rising list of…

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)'s organizational and financial problems will come to the fore once again on Tuesday as the broadcaster updates Parliament on its flailing fortunes. Its woes may seem to be recent,…

Coronavirus in Egypt

COVID-19 claims 50 lives in Egypt

Over the past 24 hours another 50 people have died from the novel coronavirus in Egypt, the Ministry of Health said on Monday. It said the death toll reached 4,352 and the tally of cases…