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Business: Comair closer to take-off as creditors implement rescue business plan

Comair on Friday surpassed another great waypoint en route to returning to the skies when the giant majority of creditors and shareholders voted to adopt the business rescue plan. The company stated on Friday that in terms of the commercial enterprise rescue format the favored investment consortium, comprising a range of former Comair board members […]

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South Africa records 2,055 new COVID-19 cases, 85 deaths

South Africa mentioned 2,055 new COVID-19 instances bringing the number of validated infections to 657,627, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced late Friday.   Mkhize stated 85 human beings died from the coronavirus in the past 24 hours putting the variety of fatalities at 15,857. For the previous six weeks, South Africa has been experiencing a decline […]

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COVID-19: The latest in Africa

Africa is seeing an average fall of 10% in new COVID-19 cases. But situations on the ground vary widely. South Africa has reported the continent’s highest number of cases and deaths, and the world’s seventh highest number of cases. Hospital admissions have started to slow down, but the number of deaths is yet to follow […]

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Politics: Anti-Conde movement plans protests ahead of Guinea’s October vote

Guinea’s opposition movement announced a new round of protests from late September, just weeks ahead of a presidential election. The movement is opposing President Alpha Conde’s controversial bid to run for a third term in the October 18 vote. Clashes erupted last October, claiming several dozen lives, after the 82-year-old leader pushed through constitutional reforms […]

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South Africa records 64 new Coronavirus deaths

South Africa mentioned 64 new coronavirus deaths in a 24-hour period, bringing the whole range of fatalities to 15,705, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize stated late Wednesday.    Mkhize stated there have been 1,923 new COVID-19 cases recorded, placing the total number at 653,444.  Cases of COVID-19 had slowed down in South Africa in the past […]

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Burkina Faso faces armed conflict, COVID-19 and floods

Fati Soré is one of the many displaced people in the Sahel, who fled to the city of Kaya in central Burkina Faso. She came here with her children from Pensa, a village located some 90 kilometres away. The region is in the grips of armed conflict. “Before, we farmed our land and raised our […]

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Local Flights Take Off Once Again in Angola Post

The Runways are Ready Ready for takeoff, commercial flights in Angola which resumed this week following their suspension in early March at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic — with only domestic flights available for booking as of now. The first highly anticipated roundtrip flight between Luanda and Cabinda on Monday was surrounded by confusion […]

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Business: COVID-19 may help revamp Africa’s economies

The coronavirus pandemic may want to convey tremendous modifications to Africa’s economies even if output shrinks by means of as tons as 10% this year, in accordance to a new investment report. There are already signs that the continent will be disproportionately hit by way of the outbreak that has raised dangers and worsened the […]

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School Back in Session for Children in Tunisia

Back to school for children in Tunisia on September 15, following the approval of the health protocol by the Tunisian scientific committee for the fight against coronavirus — which calls for the application of social distancing between pupils and the mandatory mask-wearing only for teachers and educational staff as children are at less risk of […]

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Education: Re-opening of Algerian schools depends on COVID-19 situation – Prime Minister

Algerian Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad on Sunday said that the date for the start of the 2020-2021 school year depends on the COVID-19 situation in the country, the official APS news agency reported. Djerad told media that the scientific committee monitoring the spread of COVID-19 will provide its professional suggestion for the date of opening […]

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Uganda ‘s National Authority for Identification and Registration briefly shut down after positive COVID-19 case

Uganda’s National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) was on Monday closed temporarily after a security personnel tested positive for COVID-19. “One person has tested positive at our head offices-Kololo ceremonial grounds and the person is undergoing treatment. NIRA headquarters shall therefore be closed to the public for 2 days -Tuesday 15th Sept & Wednesday 16th […]

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The World: Spain reports 27,000 COVID-19 cases over weekend

After a weekend marked by unlawful parties throughout the country, Spain’s Health Ministry suggested 27,404 new coronavirus infections on Monday. The three-day total, which consists of data seeing that Friday, is up by means of much less than 1,000 compared to remaining weekend, however the wide variety of instances recognized in the closing two weeks […]

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NEWS: Significant crisis as COVID-19 brings tourism to its knees in Marrakech

Marrakesh is almost empty without the thousands and thousands of traffic who visit the snake charmers, story tellers and vibrant traders as the coronavirus pandemic brings tourism to its knees. Morocco has 35 million inhabitants and has recorded over 1,500 deaths from coronavirus and more than 86,600 validated cases. In the winding streets leading to […]

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Breaking: Nigeria hikes petrol prices as COVID-19 bites budget

Petrol prices have risen in Nigeria after the oil-rich nation dumped a controversial petrol subsidy system in the face of a coronavirus budget crunch. The cost of fuel at the pump has risen by around 15% in recent days, hitting a record high of 162 naira per litre ($0.42), after the government pushed on with […]

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NEWS: Feeding the homeless affected by Covid in South Africa

Volunteers in South Africa are feeding needy humans on a sports activities subject the place stray bullets from gang struggle are a day by day hazard. The group, in Lavender Hill outside Cape Town, hand out food to homeless people and youngsters every day. They feed some 300 human beings twice a day, after the […]

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Business: Telkom shares are snubbed for cash proposal

Telkom investors have snubbed the board’s request for a regularly occurring authority in the issuance of shares in the telecoms corporation for cash on the grounds the pass could dilute current shareholding structure. The shareholders advised the company’s annual popular meeting the request would affect the group’s contemporary flat share price. The decision failed to […]

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Angola: Doctors Protest Against Police Brutality

A Doctor Mysteriously Dies in Police Custody Angola’s Doctors’ Union led around a hundred protesters in a march thru the city centre in Luanda on Saturday to denounce police brutality and demand an investigation into the suspicious demise of Silvio Dala in police custody after he used to be arrested for using except a face […]