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…
Business: Kenya Airways sees demand drop in the…
Kenya Airways Plc expects demand for air tour for the rest of this year to be less than half of the level in 2019 due to the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The partly…
The World: Macron announces assistance to industry as…
France demonstrated on Friday an increase of 7,379 in coronavirus infections over the final 24 hours, with instances suggested typical at 267,077. The loss of life toll, however, is no longer almost preserving pace, currently…
Breaking: Kenya extends curfew to another month
Kenya has extended its coronavirus curfew for another thirty days. Bars and nightclubs will stay closed for another month, but the number of people allowed to attend weddings, funerals and other events has been increased.…
Kenya: tribe’s circumcision ritual maintained amid pandemic
Among the Bukusu, of the Luhya tribe in western Kenya, teenage boys become men during celebrations that last several days, and during which they are circumcised. Despite the dangers associated with COVID-19, the Bukusu have…
South Africa records 149 new COVID-19 deaths
South Africa has recorded 149 new coronavirus-related deaths, bringing the country’s dying toll to 13,308, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said late Tuesday. Mkhize said 1,567 new instances of COVID-19 have been detected in the…
W.H.O. labels COVID-19 related graft as murder
All 54 countries on the continent have been affected by the highly infectious COVID 19, with over 1.1 million cases and and 27,000 deaths according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. There…
The World: US authorizes regenerative plasma to treat…
US President Donald Trump made a "truly historical announcement" Sunday on the emergency authorization of convalescent plasma to deal with patients infected with the novel coronavirus. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a federal business…
S’Africa: Unions Threaten Strike Over Inadequate Covid tools
South Africas largest union coprising of Education, Health and Allied Workers known as NEHAWU have threatened to go on strike beginning from Monday August 24 According to the union, this is in response to the…
Health: Moroccan Covid-19 Travel Restrictions in Tangier
Cases are Spiking One thousand four hundred and ninety-nine (1,499)- the number of confirmed coronavirus cases within the last 24 hours in Morocco, announced Wednesday by the Ministry of Health. The death toll rose to…
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…
Egypt reopens Giza pyramids amid pandemic
Egypt reopened its famed Giza pyramids to the public after a three-month closure. The reopening marked the restart of a vital tourism industry battered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Dozens of excited tourists snapped selfies as…
Rape as another pandemic
Stella Odife Today, the voices of hunger, the voices of insecurity and the voices of COVID-19 have been almost drowned with the voices of rape. At least within the life period of this administration, no…
WHO restates harsh impact of COVID-19 on African…
The World Health Organization earlier this week (June 17) reiterated concerns over the rate at which covid-19 exposes women in Africa “to a higher risk of abuse and gender-based violence.” This comes after hundreds of…
Business: Standard Bank sheds 5% on flagged profit…
The Standard Bank Group share price declined by more than 5 percent on the JSE on Monday after the group flagged an earnings decline of more than 20percent as the Covid-19 outbreak continues to spook…
Education: The Cost Of Reopening Our Schools In…
The outbreak of the COVID-19 Pandemic which led to lockdowns, emergency health and food crisis, loss of lives amongst other things has crippled economies across the globe. The education sector is a major area the…
Madagascar’s COVID-Organics: testimonies and medical caution
Amid growing support across Africa and caution by the World Health Organization, WHO; some Madagascans are queuing on a daily basis to received the purported virus prevention and treating herbal cure, COVID-Organics. In front of…
Have heart failure? Take precautions during pandemic
Heart failure raises the risk of complications and death from Covid-19, and requires extra vigilance during the pandemic, the American Heart Association (AHA) says. More than six million people in the United States have heart…
Zimbabwe Records ZERO New COVID-19 Cases On 10…
The Ministry of Health and Child Care didi not a single COVID-19 positive case on all 270 rapid screening tests and 279 PCR tests conducted in Harare on Sunday. Therefore, the total number of confirmed…
