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: Former President of Tanzania Mkapa is dead
Tanzania's former President Benjamin William Mkapa, 81, is dead, President John Magufuli has announced. Mkapa died on Friday at a Tanzanian hospital. In a statement, Magufuli advised Tanzanians to stay calm. "It is with a…
COVID-19 claims 50 lives in Egypt
Over the past 24 hours another 50 people have died from the novel coronavirus in Egypt, the Ministry of Health said on Monday. It said the death toll reached 4,352 and the tally of cases…
Africa’s COVID-19 caseload goes past 700,000; deaths close…
As of today, the case load on Africa has reached the 700,000 mark. Half of the cases are reported in South Africa where more than 350,000 cases have been confirmed. As of last Friday (July…
Ivory Coast buries deceased Prime Minister
Ivory Coast’s deceased Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly was buried Friday in his hometown in Korogho, the main city in the north of the country. Before his burial, relatives surrounded his remains and prayed for…
NEWS: Remains of late Ivorian PM arrives for…
Remains of former Ivorian Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibally, who died in Abidjan last week, arrived in his home town of Khorogo in northern Ivory Coast aboard an armed forces plane. The procession then made…
Covid-19: Cape Town cop, 38, dies alone during…
A Cape Town sergeant, who self-isolated after finding out she had Covid-19, ended up dying alone in her flat, her sister said on Tuesday. Chriszelda Coetzee, 38, had been in the police force for almost…
Kenyans hold funeral for first doctor to die…
Family members and colleagues on Monday gather at the funeral of the first Kenyan doctor, Doreen Adisa Lugaliki in Bungoma, who has tragically become the first doctor in Kenya to die from COVID-19. “Our flower…
South Africa: Battered and bruised, another woman found…
East Rand residents came out in numbers to support the family of a 31-year-old woman who was allegedly killed by her live-in lover in yet another episode of gender-based violence. Thokozile Kubheka died on Friday…
Zindzi, Mandela’s daughter dies in South African hospital
South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark has died in Johannesburg at the age of 59, a family source has confirmed to the public broadcaster SABC. Ambassador Zindzi Mandela was the daughter of South Africa’s anti-apartheid icons…
The World: Elvis Presley’s grandson dies aged 27
Presley's representative Roger Widynowski said in a statement to The Associated Press on today that she was "heartbroken" after learning about the death of her son Benjamin Keough. He is the grandson of the late…
The World: British man dies after ‘falling from…
A British man has died at a Spanish hotel in a fall that killed another man, according to reports. A Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokesman said officials were supporting the family of a British national…
Death of PM Coulibaly: Abidjan residents express shock
Ivorians are mourning the passing of the country’s prime minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly.Days after his death people are still in a state of shock. On the streets of the economic capital, Abidjan many have paid…
TPLF tells Ethiopia PM to face challenges, stop…
Ethiopian opposition party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), has accused Prime minister Abiy Ahmed and his government of being in chaos and trying to thrive in chaos. “It has become fashionable to blame TPLF…
Amadou Gon gone: Ivory Coast Prime Minister dead…
The Ivorian government has confirmed the death of Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly. He died at the age of 61 in the capital Abidjan. Multiple news sites including Jeune Afrique reported the death late Wednesday…
South African provincial executive dies from COVID-19
A senior executive in South Africa’s North West provincial government has succumbed to a COVID-19 related illness. In a statement late Monday, North West Premier Tebogo Job Mokgoro announced the death of Gordon Kegakilwe, a…
Breaking: Tunisia hopes to identify deceased migrants
It is a herculean task, but authorities in Tunisia hope to identify the bodies of thousands of deceased migrants who have disappeared on the perilous journey to Europe by sea. The recent recovery of 61…
Breaking: Normalcy returning to Ethiopia capital, AU speaks,…
Four days since the murder of famed Oromo entertainer Hachalu Hundessa, normalcy is returning to the Ethiopian capital after last few days of deadly protests, bomb blasts and deployment of the army to curb rising…
The World: 24 shot to death in attack…
Gunmen burst into an unregistered drug rehabilitation center in central Mexico and opened fire Wednesday, killing 24 people and wounding seven, authorities said. Police in the north-central state of Guanajuato said the attack occurred in…
