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…
Nigeria coronavirus: 24,077 cases; record new cases, UK…
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, became the third African country to record over 10,000 cases of COVID-19. The milestone was reached on May 31 when 307 new cases took its tally to 10,162. As Africa’s…
Malawi swears in new president Lazarus Chakwera
Malawi held an investiture for president Lazarus Chakwera and vice-president Saulos Chilima, hours after the elections body declared Chakwera winner of last Tuesday’s polls. The event was held in Lilongwe where thousands gathered as Chief…
Kaizer Chiefs Pay Tribute To Late Midfielder
Kaizer Chiefs have paid tribute to one of their former striker who sadly passed away. Democratic Republic of Congo striker Emeka Mamale passed away this week at the age of 42 of an undisclosed illness.…
South Africa: Mhlathuze Water urges residents to use…
The Mhlathuze Water board has urged residents to use water sparingly as dam levels in KwaZulu-Natal drop. In a statement on Friday the board, which supplies water to a large region stretching from the uThukela…
Malawi’s opposition chief now president: Lazarus Chakwera
Lazarus Chakwera is the latest addition to the list of African opposition figures that have unseated incumbent presidents. He was on June 27 declared winner of Malawi’s presidential election re-run. Reacting to his victory on…
Education: Kwara college uncovers 2,000 fake certificates —Provost
The authorities of the Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin have discovered about 2,000 fake National Certificate of Education purportedly issued in the name of the institution. Some of the certificates were tendered as genuine…
Busines: African, global telecom giants bid to enter…
Twelve telecom companies have thrown their hat into the race to enter the Ethiopian market according to the country’s communications regulator. The bidders range from top players across the continent and a number of global…
Malawi president says Tuesday’s vote was worst election
Malawi President Peter Mutharika described Saturday a court sanctioned presidential election earlier this week as the worst in the country’s history. “Much as I find the election unacceptable, I ask all Malawians to be peaceful…
Tanzania miner pockets $3.4m for two gemstones
A small-scale miner in Tanzania has become an overnight millionaire after unearthing two of the biggest rough tanzanite gemstones ever found. Tanzania’s government bought the book-sized stones weighing 20 pounds (9 kg) and 11 pounds…
Lights up’: Somalia’s refurbished national theater reopens in…
Somalis can now boast a functional national theater after the facility located in the capital Mogadishu was formally reopened having been closed for refurbishment. According to reports, the refurbishment was funded by some businesses, the…
Impossible to hold 2020 polls – Somalia elections…
Somalia joins the league of country’s that cannot hold elections – not because of the coronavirus as in the case of Ethiopia but because of preparatory challenges, the elections chief has disclosed. According to National…
Sports: Super Eagles star suffers Premier League promotion…
Super Eagles defender Semi Ajayi suffer Premier League promotion setback after West Brom loses 1-0 against Brentford in the Sky Bet Championship encounter at Griffin Park. The 26-year-old Nigeria international was handed a starting role…
Kenya: Shalom Hospital closed, turned into quarantine facility…
Machakos county government has shut down Shalom Hospital in Athi River after Covid 19 patients died at the facility. The hospital was sealed off on Friday evening out of fear that some other patients might…
Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan agree to postpone dam talks
Sudan, Ethiopian and Egypt have agreed to postpone filling the Ethiopian Renaissance dam until a final agreement is reached between the three sides, Sudan state news agency (SUNA) said late Friday. The decision comes as…
Business: South Africa unlikely to stabilise debt by…
The South African government target to stabilise its ballooning debt by 2023 will be very difficult to achieve and unlikely, ratings agency Moody’s said on Thursday. The Treasury on Wednesday presented a supplementary budget in…
Burundi holds funeral, burial for Nkurunziza in capital…
Thousands of Burundians on Friday lined the road to the capital Gitega as the body of former president Pierre Nkurunziza was escorted under heavy security for a state funeral after his sudden death earlier this…
Rwanda reintroduces lockdown in parts of Kigali as…
A fresh surge in coronavirus cases prompted Rwanda’s government to place six areas of the capital, Kigali, back under a “total lockdown.” Kigali registered 21 new cases this month, the Ministry of Local Government said…
COVID-19: Kenya Airways loses $100 million in revenue
Kenya Airways has lost an estimated $100 million in revenue as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and related lockdowns, CEO Allan Kilavuka told reporters on Friday. “We don’t have the full picture of how…
