Reading Time: 3 minutes Burundians were in shock Wednesday after the sudden death of their President Pierre Nkurunziza, with condolences pouring in from across Africa as the troubled…
View More Burundians fear for the future as they mourn the sudden death of their President
Reading Time: < 1 minutes According to the latest data by the John Hopkins University and Africa Center for Disease Control on COVID-19 in Africa, the breakdown remains fluid as countries confirm…
View More COVID-19 statistics in Africa: 183,050 cases; 5,060 deaths; 81,498 recoveries
Reading Time: < 1 minutes A Malagasy Minister was fired over plans to buy sweets for children taking COVID-Organics in schools. Education minister Rijasoa Andriamanana planned to order $2.2m worth…
View More Madagascar’s Minister sacked over plans to buy “sweets” worth $2m for school children
Reading Time: 2 minutes In April 2020, South Africa issued a nationwide ban on alcohol sales during the lockdown period the announcement was made by government’s National Command…
View More South Africa still bans the sale of Alcohol in level 3 of lockdown
Reading Time: 2 minutes Equatorial Guinea and Burundi have asked World Health Organization, WHO, country representatives to leave. The AFP news agency reported the development citing a document from the foreign…
View More Equatorial Guinea & Burundi sacks WHO country rep over falsifying COVID-19 figures
Reading Time: < 1 minutes The wife of former Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, who was charged with the murder of her husband’s first wife, returned to prison on…
View More Lesotho’s former First Lady returns to prison after murder of husband’s first wife
Reading Time: 2 minutes Head of Health at the Western Cape Department of Health Dr Keith Cloete says officials in the Cape Metro will now only test for…
View More South Africa: No COVID-19 testing if you are younger than age 55
Reading Time: 3 minutes DR Congo reported a fresh Ebola outbreak in its northwest on Monday, the latest health emergency for a country already fighting an epidemic of…
View More Fresh Ebola outbreak kills four in DR Congo
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu on Monday pardoned a gay couple who was sentenced to 15 years in prison over ‘‘unnatural acts’‘. The amnesty was granted…
View More Zambia’s president pardons over 2,900 inmates including gay couple
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Sudan’s inflation rate has risen further to 99% in April due to rising food prices, the Sudanese Central Bureau of Statistics announced on Saturday. This…
View More Sudan suffers 99% inflation rate, as food prices continue to soar