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…
Kenya: May inflation eases to 5.47% despite rising…
The country's year-on-year inflation rate eased to 5.47 per cent in May from 5.62 per cent in April, latest data by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) indicate. This is despite a 0.63 per…
East Africa: Shippers, EAC partner states poke holes…
The Shippers Council of Eastern Africa on Thursday challenged the government to address outstanding issues at the Naivasha Inland Container Depot or risk losing trade to Tanzania. Council CEO Gilbert Langat told the Star on…
Amnesty accuses Ethiopia of extrajudicial killings
Ethiopian security forces in the Oromiya region have executed 39 opposition supporters and arrested thousands of others accused of being members of an armed group, Amnesty International said on Friday. The rights group said in…
COVID-Organics trials: Madagascar backtracks on injectables
Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina’s position that the purported remedy for COVID-19 will be administered in clinical trials has been clarified by director of the country’s judicial studies department. Rajoelina this week reiterated a clinical trial…
Rwanda jails ex-politician for genocide role
A Rwandan court on Thursday handed a life sentence to a former politician found guilty of orchestrating the killing of tens of thousands of people during the 1994 genocide, a court spokesman said. Ladislas Ntaganzwa,…
Marko Ragini In Talks With PSL Club
A local agent has confirmed discussions for an Italian coach with an Absa Premiership club, who is keen to come to Mzansi. As reported in edition 1175 of Soccer Laduma, Italian coach Marko Ragini has…
Three months of COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa
Three months ago sub-Saharan Africa confirmed its first COVID-19 case in Nigeria. Although infections have risen and continue to grow, early and swift action by many countries in the region has slowed down the spread…
Ethiopian militias, Sudanese army clash close to the…
Clashes between Sudan’s military and Ethiopian militias have taken place near the border with Ethiopia over the past three days, a spokesman for the Sudanese army said late Thursday. Brigadier General Amer Mohamed Al Hassan…
Breaking: Nigeria Records 182 New Cases of COVID-19
Nigeria has recorded 182 new cases of COVID-19, bringing to 8,915 the total number of confirmed cases in the country. Announcing this Thursday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said Lagos recorded 111 new…
Nigeria: Parents in Lagos kick against reopening of…
Some parents in Lagos State are against plans to reopen schools. Earlier this week, the Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, spoke on plans to divide classes into morning and afternoon sessions, in a…
Gunmen kill 60 in northwestern Nigeria
Armed criminals killed 60 people in a string of attacks on villages in the restive northwest of Nigeria, medics and residents said Thursday. Dozens of gunmen — described locally as “bandits — riding motorcycles raided…
Breaking: Ethiopia unlocks one of the world’s last…
For delivery man Sisay Alebachew, the difference between a good and bad day depends on Ethio Telecom, Ethiopia's monopoly telecoms provider. When the internet is down or too slow to use, customers struggle to place…
Coronavirus plans for SA schools revealed
South Africa’s Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga has detailed some of her department’s plans to provide personal protective equipment to learners. Motshekga announced last week that the country’s schools would reopen for Grade 7…
Business: Libya’s Economic Losses From Ports Blockade Reach…
The company added that these losses were a serious blow to the national economy. In January, the NOC announced an emergency due to its inability to ship oil from Libyan ports. According to the NOC,…
Ugandan top official dies from coronavirus
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s undersecretary and ambassador Necva Abbas Kadeh ed-Dem has died from the novel coronavirus in Sudan, local sources said Wednesday. Dem succumbed to the virus at a hospital in the capital Khartoum,…
Adesina reaffirms the innocence of suspected wrongdoing in…
President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, yesterday maintained his innocence over allegations of fraud and breach of code of ethics of the bank levelled against him by whistle-blowers. Adesina, in a…
Burundi Catholic Church denounces ‘irregularities’ in May 20…
The Catholic Church in Burundi on Tuesday evening denounced “many irregularities” that affected the transparency and fairness of the May 20 general elections which saw the victory, contested by the opposition, of the candidate of…
South African Airways aims to resume domestic flights…
South African Airways (SAA) aims to resume domestic flights between Johannesburg and Cape Town from mid-June, the cash-strapped airline said on Tuesday, as coronavirus lockdown restrictions ease. SAA, which is under a form of bankruptcy…
