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: India sends hydroxychloroquine to Africa in war…
India is spending around $16 million -- half of it in Africa -- on pharmaceuticals, test kits and other medical assistance for some 90 countries battling the COVID-19 pandemic. The South Asian nation has already…
Egypt tightens COVID-19 restrictions for Eid holiday
Egypt will bring forward the start of its curfew by four hours to 5 p.m. and halt public transport from May 24 for six days during the Eid holiday, as it seeks to curb the…
Burundi set to go to polls amid fears…
Millions of voters in Burundi will go to the polls on Wednesday to elect a new president in the first competitive election since a decade-long civil war began in 1993. Amid concern that authorities are…
Madagascar records its first coronavirus death
Madagascar on Sunday announced the first death of a patient suffering from the novel coronavirus, nearly two months after it was first detected in the country. The 57-year-old hospital worker died on Saturday and had…
Sudan inflation hits 99% due to soaring food…
Sudan’s inflation rate has risen further to 99% in April due to rising food prices, the Sudanese Central Bureau of Statistics announced on Saturday. This rate had already risen to 82% the previous month, over…
‘I told the Boss to sign Jabu’
In 2012, after months in the wilderness, when he made a comeback to the game, Jabu 'Shuffle' Mahlangu shocked many in the fraternity when he signed with FC Cape Town in South African football's second…
Health: Uganda’s COVID-19 cases rise to 227
The number of COVID-19 cases in the country has risen to 227 after 24 people tested positive to the virus. The new cases include 14 Kenyans, six Tanzanians and four Ugandans who entered the country…
Nigeria receives Madagascar’s COVID-Organics, efficacy tests ordered
Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday (May 16) received the country’s share of a purported coronavirus herbal cure, COVID-Organics. The made-in-Madagascar cure was delivered to Buhari by Equatorial Guinea president Umaru Sissoco Embalo who was…
Zimbabwe: newly established political party foresees rise in…
The newly formed political party, The Patriotic Front (TPF), has urged the government to meticulously address the abduction case of three opposition MDC officials warning that tensions might escalate if the case is not addressed…
Business: Mango Airlines to cut employee salaries by…
Mango Airlines, the low-cost wing of SAA, is set to cut its employees’ salaries by up 50percent. Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan told Parliament during a briefing on the state of state-owned entities including SAA,…
East African truck drivers face COVID-19 backlash
Kenya’s Namanga border has been classified as a high-risk area by the government after recording a high number of COVID-19 infections in the area, especially among truck drivers. Drivers who transport essential goods to Uganda,…
Botswana president talks farming
Botswana president Eric Mokgweetsi Masisi on Saturday gave social media users what he called a peep into “Mokgweetsi the farmer’s life.” The president shared photos of himself on his farm where he rears animals –…
Coronavirus: Why African airlines could rebound faster –…
African skies could experience increased activity earlier than other continents due to the planned evacuation of people seeking to return home from across the world. This is the view advanced by Tewolde Gebremariam, CEO of…
Breaking: 250 Malawians Stranded in South Africa Lockdown…
At least 250 Malawians stranded in the 50 day Covid-19 lockdown in South Africa are expected to be in the country on Saturday. Buses hired to repatriate Malawians stranded in South Africa, Director of Health…
Eritrea officially virus-free with 100% recoveries, zero deaths
Eritrea has officially declared itself virus-free after all 39 patients successfully recovered from COVID-19. A Ministry of Health statement said the 39th patient had been discharged from hospital as of today. As of May 8,…
South Sudan’s president wants violence to end, for…
Kiir made his call for peace in a speech delivered at the SPLA Day in Juba on Friday. He said that South Sudanese now have to feed themselves and to stop counting on the World…
Africa’s persona non grata diplomacy: Burundi sacks WHO…
Diplomacy is a delicate business that is duly defined as the ‘art of dealing with people in a tactful way’, and comes in handy on occasions where different countries’ interests collide. African nations play host…
Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Exceed 5,000
Nigeria, on Thursday, recorded 193 new cases of COVID-19 as the number of infected people exceeded 5,000. Three people also died from the virus on Thursday. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC),…
