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…
South Africa: Cases of Coronavirus top 500,000
South Africa on Sunday topped 500,000 cases of the novel coronavirus, stated the Health Ministry said. With 11,107 infections over the remaining 24 hours, the country's virus tally has reached 503,209, landing the united states…
Nigeria: Lagos eases coronavirus lockdown, reopening Places of…
The governor of Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos stated on Saturday churches and mosques would reopen subsequent week as the authorities move to ease the lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic. "Places of worship in Lagos will…
Business: Downsized Hajj Affects Somalia’s Livestock Trade
The Hajj, a time of celebration when Muslims journey to Mecca each year. A pilgrimage that economically benefits Somali cattle breeders and traders whose millions of livestock are imported by Saudi Arabia to nourish the…
Cameroon: Army spearheads fight against Coronavirus – Guemo
Atonfack Guemo, the Defense Ministry’s head of communication, spoke to KnowAfrika, detailing the army's involvement in the combat towards the modern health crisis. Guemo said that despite Boko Haram’s assaults in the north and the…
South Africa: Ribbons to remember Coronavirus victims
A church in South Africa is honouring the country's coronavirus victims by putting out white ribbons to mark each and every death from the disease. The fence outside St. James Presbyterian church in Johannesburg is…
Muslim faithfuls celebrate Eid amid COVID-19
The streets of Abidjan were almost empty on Friday for the Eid al-Adha celebrations that have been complicated by the coronavirus pandemic. Few faithfuls went to the mosque in Abidjan. "The situation is really complicated…
Business: Oil edges higher as fears about sliding…
Oil prices recovered in addition floor on Friday, after touching three-week lows in the previous session, responding to a document decline in US growth as the coronavirus ravaged the world’s largest economic system and oil…
Coronavirus: Kenya turns a stadium in a makeshift…
Hospital body of workers gears up, for some other day treating COVID 19 patients. These past few days the quantity of coronavirus contaminations have spiked in Kenya, accomplishing as an awful lot as 960 contaminations for…
IMF loan payback: It’s a stupid economy
The current R70-billion loan by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to South Africa has been acquired with combined critiques via more than a few segments of the country. National Treasury Director-General Dondo Mogajane has welcomed…
The World: Coronavirus surge slowing U.S. economic recovery…
The surge in U.S. coronavirus cases is commencing to weigh on economic activity, the head of the Federal Reserve stated on Wednesday, and he promised the U.S. central bank would “do what we can, and…
Africa Still in the Thick of Pandemic
Cases in Africa Rising COVID-19 still on the rise on the African continent, with a reported 860 000 plus confirmed cases in 55 countries. South Africa lays claim to around half of these accounts. With…
Tourists flying to Seychelles after Aug. 1 re-opening…
All passengers coming to Seychelles from Aug. 1 when the airport opens for scheduled passenger flights ought to have proof of a poor COVID-19 PCR take a look at no longer greater than 72 hours…
The World: Five states in USA report one-day…
Five U.S. states in the South and West reported one-day records for coronavirus deaths on Tuesday and cases in Texas passed the 400,000 mark as California health officials said Latinos made up more than half…
382 people repatriated from Saudi Arabia to Uganda
A complete of 382 Ugandans who have been stranded in Riyadh Saudi Arabia seeing that the closure of airports due to the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak have been remaining nighttime repatriated thru Entebbe International airport. The…
NEWS: Former president of Tanzania Benjamin Mkapa suffered…
Former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa was suffering from malaria and died of a heart attack, his family said Sunday, scotching rumours that he succumbed to coronavirus. “Mkapa was found with malaria and he was admitted…
Nigeria: Muslims will Hold Eid Prayers in Open…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai has said that Eid prayers can preserve in open areas in Kaduna State but there will be no celebrations during the impending Eid Al-Adha Muslim festival. The governor who made this known…
NEWS: Morocco shuts down major cities after surge…
Morocco will quit people entering and leaving some of its biggest cities from nighttime to incorporate a surge in COVID-19 cases, the indoors and fitness Ministries stated on Sunday. The cities to be locked down…
NEWS: Covid-19 treatment center opens in Madagascar
Madagascar has launched a new coronavirus treatment center amid rising infections and hospitals being overwhelmed, the president said on Sunday. In a series of tweets, Andre Rajoelina said the Mahamasina treatment center in the capital…
