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…
3 COVID-19 cases test negative twice after treatment
At least three confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Uganda have tested negative after treatment, health authorities have revealed. Dr Henry G. Mwebesa, the director general of health services at the health ministry, said in a…
Ethiopia to Press Ahead With Africa’s Biggest Hydropower…
Ethiopia’s government vowed to continue work on a massive dam that’s stoked tensions with Egypt, even as the Horn of Africa nation contends with the growing spread of the coronavirus. Completing what would be Africa’s…
Malawi: MEC Plans July Vote Despite Coronavirus fears
Malawi's Electoral Commission (MEC) says it is pushing ahead with voter registration for July’s presidential election re-run, despite a government-ordered suspension because of the coronavirus. Malawi has so far eight confirmed cases of the virus…
Ethiopia MPs approve 5-month coronavirus state of emergency
The Ethiopian Parliament has today approved the five-month state of emergency declared to fight coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Council of Ministers led by PM Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday declared the measure to control the spread…
African leaders trump Trump for attack on WHO,…
African leaders on Wednesday rallied behind the World Health Organization, WHO, and its Director-General, Ethiopia’s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus; following an attack on the world health body by American president Donald Trump. The W.H.O. really blew…
After Africa vaccine trial riposte, WHO tackles Trump…
The Director General of the World Health Organisation, WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, continues to dominate the international news headlines for issues around the coronavirus pandemic. Aside his daily briefings on the pandemic which continues to…
Coronavirus: Lesotho, Comoros virus-free; stats of most impacted…
There are two African countries that have not recorded a case of coronavirus as of April 7. 52 countries have officially recorded cases. The death toll is past 500 whiles recoveries are also past 1400.…
Hard times for Senegal’s Fish sellers
On the banks of the atlantic in Hann-Bel Air, Dakar, a young man waits desperately for the arrival of a canoe. Galaye Sarr, a 23 year old Fishmonger, like his colleagues and nearly all players…
Botswana: Kweneng Issues Over 3 000 Travel Permits
Kweneng District commissioner, Ms Bernice Mosime, says over 3 300 COVID-19 travel permits have been issued in the district. Ms Mosime was giving an update to the media today. She said permits for essential workers…
Grounded! COVID-19 pulls brakes on Africa’s ‘frequent-flier’ presidents
The coronavirus pandemic could narrow one gaping inequality in Africa, where some heads of state and other elite jet off to Europe or Asia for health care unavailable in their nations. As countries including their…
Rwanda cabinet donate salaries to fight COVID-19
Rwandan ministers and top officials have joined the growing trend of public officials donating their salaries to the fight against COVID-19. Cabinet ministers and others have agreed ti donate their April salaries to aid the…
S. Africa’s Economy May Shrink as Much as…
South Africa’s economy could contract by 2% to 4% this year due to the coronavirus pandemic and measures to curb its spread, according to the Reserve Bank. A 21-day nationwide lockdown aimed at slowing the…
African countries await 500 ventilators from Jack Ma
Jack Ma, Chinese business magnate, on Monday announced the second donation of medical equipment to 54 countries in Africa. Ma, the wealthiest person in China as of March 2020, with a net worth of $42.3…
Senegal extends state of emergency for coronavirus
Senegalese President Macky Sall has extended for 30 days the state of emergency introduced throughout the country in response to the new coronavirus, the state media reported. The state of emergency first announced by the…
EU to channel more aid to Africa to…
The European Union has agreed to try to channel more aid to Africa to help it cope with the coronavirus pandemic. After chairing a foreign ministerial video-conference Friday, EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrel said…
Drogba, Eto’o blast doctors’ for suggesting Africa should…
Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto’o have slammed suggestions made by two France-based doctors that Africa should be used as a test site for a solution to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. COVID-19 has decimated sport, with…
Central Kinshasa set to be quarantined for 14…
Scenes of traffic jams are expected to become rarer in downtown Kinshasa from Monday April 6. The capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo will be quarantined for two weeks because of the coronavirus, the…
S.A police evict migrants in Cape Town
Police in South Africa on Thursday forced the evacuation of hundreds of foreign migrants who had been sheltering in a church premise for months. Wearing riot gear, the police officers broke down the front door…
