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Details emerge on how Tanzanian President, John Magufuli, died
Tanzanian President, John MaXgufuli has died aged 61 from a heart condition, his vice president said in an address on state television Wednesday, after days of uncertainty over…
BREAKING: John Magufuli, president of Tanzania, is dead
The Tanzanian government has announced the death of President John Magufuli. Samia Suluhu Hassan, vice-president of Tanzania, confirmed his death in a live…
Bobi Wine arrested again in fresh protest
Bobi Wine, the opposition leader in Uganda, was arrested Monday during a protest against the crackdown on his supporters. Wine, real name…
Chad president kicks off campaign for sixth term
President Idriss Deby of Chad kicked off his campaign for a sixth term on Saturday, calling for unity after rival protests were banned. The first rally since the start of the official election period on Thursday was held…
5 arrested in South Africa’s biggest banking scandal
South African Police, on Thursday, arrested five persons in connection with the collapse of VBS Mutual Bank, the country’s biggest banking scandal in recent years. The Police said the…
Ivory Coast Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko dies two days after birthday
Ivory Coast’s Prime Minister, Hamed Bakayoko passed away on Wednesday. The PM died from cancer in Freiburg, Germany, where he was receiving medical treatment. Bakayoko’s death came two days after his 56th birthday and…
South Africa police kill student in University of Witwatersrand protest
One person was killed on Wednesday after police fired rubber bullets to disperse a group of protesters at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg, police and a student leader said. The students…
Nigerien president wins $5 million Mo Ibrahim Prize
President of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou, has won the $5 million 2020 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation announced today. The announcement followed a meeting of its…
Mahama loses, Ghana Supreme Court upholds re-election of Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was validly re-elected as president of Ghana on 7 December, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled today. The court made the ruling in a petition…
South African women top the list of heavy-drinking females in Africa
South African women top the list of heavy-drinking females in Africa, but alcohol abuse globally is in decline, according to a World Health Organisation report. The report analysed drinking patterns…
Nana Akufo-Addo receives world’s first free Covax jab
Ghana’s president, Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday became the world’s first recipient of the coronavirus vaccine from Covax. Before receiving the jab, the president said in a nationwide…
Exiled Rwandan politician shot dead in South Africa
A Rwandan opposition politician living in exile in South Africa has been shot dead. Reports say Seif Bamporiki was killed while delivering furniture to a client on Sunday afternoon in Cape Town. It is not clear whether the…
Italian ambassador killed in DR Congo attack
Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed in an attack in the east of the country, its foreign ministry has said. Luca Attanasio, 43, died in hospital on Monday after the United Nations convoy…
Ugandan opposition leader drops challenge to election loss
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine announced Monday he was abandoning a legal bid to overturn the results of last month’s presidential election, accusing the judiciary of favouring…
Russia Makes Available 300m Sputnik V Vaccine Doses To Africa
Russia has made available 300 million doses of its Sputnik V vaccine to African countries, the Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) said on Friday. Russia has proposed a…
Africa CDC warns against use of Ivermectin as COVID-19 drug
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has cautioned against the use of Ivermectin as a treatment or preventions for the coronavirus disease. Ivermectin is a drug used to treat river blindness, scabies…
SA to donate 500,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to rest of Africa
South Africa plans to share the 1-million doses of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine it procured from the Serum Institute of India (SII) with the AU, a senior health official said on…
Ebola outbreaks in Africa must be stopped – White House
The Biden administration on Tuesday said everything possible must be done to stop Ebola outbreaks in the African nations of Guinea and Democratic Republic of Congo before they become large epidemics. “We cannot afford to…
‘New SAA’ to get partner as it prepares to exit business rescue
Government has identified three equity partners for South African Airways (SAA) and will make a decision on which one to pick in the next month or so, says…
South Africa arrests bigwigs over Nelson Mandela’s funeral graft scandal
South Africa’s elite police on Friday arrested over a dozen members of the governing party, including a provincial minister, over the theft of funds earmarked for Nelson Mandela’s funeral eight years ago. Fifteen…
South Africa’s vaccine rollout suspension a “concerning news” – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has described South Africa’s decision to temporarily pause planned rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, as “concerning…
South Africa switches to Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
South Africa will start its immunization campaign with Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine after data showed AstraZeneca’s shot offered minimal protection against mild-to-moderate illness from the dominant…
Zimbabwe to get 200 000 vaccine doses from China’s Sinopharm for free
Zimbabwe will receive 200 000 free doses of China’s Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Thursday, after China and Russia offered shots against the coronavirus to the impoverished southern African…
18 killed as 2 buses collide in Ghana
At least 18 people were killed when two buses collided on an expressway in northern Ghana, the Police said on Wednesday. Some 45 others were injured in the accident near Sawaba town in Central…