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: Women’s bodies continue to pile up as…
A chill-out session between a group of friends led to the discovery of a woman's body under her boyfriend's bed. The friends suspected foul play when they did not see their friend's girlfriend, Silindile Ndlovu,…
Business: 22,000 Edcon employees set to get retrenchment…
SA's biggest non-food retailer Edcon has served 22,000 of its employees with notices of retrenchments as it blames load-shedding and the initial 45-day hard lockdown for its collapse. The troubled Edcon Holdings, which owns Edgars…
Chinese exodus from Kenya begins with 200 aboard…
The Chinese government will evacuate 400 of its nationals from Kenya, with the first batch of 200 having left Tuesday at 11pm over fears of Covid-19. The evacuees procured their tickets on Sunday night but…
Famine ravages Burkina Faso as farmers call for…
The landlocked West African nation of Burkina Faso has been hard hit by drought and desertification. Just east of capital Ouagadougou, once fertile land is now dry. The area used to support generations of farmers,…
African nations drag US to UN human rights…
African nations have prepared a draft resolution at the U.N.’s top human rights body that singles out the United States and would launch intense international scrutiny of systemic racism against people of African descent in…
30,000 people flee Nigeria to Niger over unrest-…
More than 30,000 Nigerians have fled to Niger’s Maradi region in the past two months, the UN Refugee Agency has said. This follows an increase in the number of attacks by armed groups in north-western…
Breaking: Forced retirement of Malawi’s chief justice before…
Attempts by the Malawi government to remove the country’s chief justice days before presidential elections have been blocked following protests from law and civil society groups. On Friday, the government announced that Chief Justice Andrew…
NEWS: Mass grave discovered east of Sudan’s capital…
Sudan's public prosecutor Taj Al-Sir Ali Al-Hebr on Monday announced the discovery of a mass grave east of the capital Khartoum. "Investigations have reached advanced stages and the file will be put before the judiciary…
Business: Kenya Tops Angola as Sub-Saharan Africa’s No.…
Kenya surpassed Angola as sub-Saharan Africa’s third-largest economy in dollar terms, according to International Monetary Fund estimates. Angola has contracted every year since 2016 as oil output declined, and the kwanza was devalued in 2019…
South Africa’s Covid-19 cases now at 73 533,…
South Africa's confirmed Covid-19 cases have increased by 3495 to 70 038 over the past 24 hours, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Monday. The country also recorded a further 88 Covid-19-related deaths. The total…
South Africa: Ramaphosa condemns surge in violence against…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned as “inhumane acts” the violence against women which, according to police, have skyrocketed since the relaxation of the containment in his country, the most affected by the coronavirus…
2010 World Cup: What remains of the legacy…
June 2020 is exactly ten years when the first World Cup on African soil was hosted. The continent and South Africans remember it vividly. Ten years later, what remains of this historic world event? Ten…
Education: Ministers to discuss school reopening terms
The Ministry of Education has said Cabinet is sitting on Monday to discuss conditions that the Ministry of Health and the Covid-19 taskforce have given for reopening schools. While receiving a donation of 4,000 litres…
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI undergoes successful heart operation
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI “ on Sunday successfully underwent” an operation at the clinic of the Royal Palace in Rabat after a “recurrence of heart rhythm disorder such as atrial flutter,” his medical team announced.…
Energy dept requests submissions for 2500MW nuclear build
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy said in a statement released on Sunday that it is giving members of the public a month to respond to its request for information for a 2500 MW…
NEWS: Tunisia has beaten coronavirus: prime minister
Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh announced Sunday that the country has achieved a victory against the novel coronavirus as it has recorded almost no new new cases. Fakhfakh made the statement on a local TV…
UN appalled by terrorist attacks in northeast Nigeria
The UN said Sunday it was appalled by the killing of dozens of civilians in northeastern Nigeria by Boko Haram terrorists. Edward Kallon, the UN humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, in a statement described the attacks…
Moroccan farmers chartered to Italy for work
Seasonal agricultural workers from Morocco have been flown to Italy to harvest. COVID-19 lockdown left them out of jobs, while farmers fear their crops would go waste. In late May, 248 Moroccan workers were flown…
