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Ghana’s Health Minister contracts coronavirus
Ghana’s Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, is recovering in hospital after testing positive for COVID-19. According to Accra-based Citi FM, the Minister has been receiving…
South African police service hit by coronavirus pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll on the South African Police Service (SAPS), claiming the lives of 14 officers and infecting 1,685 others, Police Minister Bheki Cele said on Sunday. The Western Cape province, the country’s…
It took Africa 3 months to record 100,000 cases but infections rose to 205,000 within 18 days
The number of COVID-19 cases in Africa rose above 200,000 after doubling in just 18 days. As of Thursday, a total of 205,520 persons had contracted the coronavirus which…
WHO warns coronavirus spreading from African cities to hinterland
The World Health Organisation(WHO) has warned that the coronavirus is spreading from Africa’s cities to the hinterland, as it identified three countries as the “hotspots”for the…
Nkurunziza: UN sends ‘strange’ eulogy to Burundians
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent a two-paragraph statement to commiserate with the government and people of Burundi over the death of President Pierre Nkurunziza.…
JUST IN: Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza dies of heart failure
Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has died of heart failure, the government said on Tuesday in a post from its official Twitter account. “The Government of the Republic of Burundi announces with great…
George Floyd’s protests spread to South Africa, Malema rallies(Video)
Demonstrators gathered outside U.S. missions in South African cities on Monday to condemn the killing of George Floyd, the unarmed African-American. His death in police custody on 25 May in…
South Africa’s children return to school
Children in South Africa began returning to classrooms on Monday as part of a gradual loosening of restrictions imposed under months-long COVID-19 lockdown. The re-opening…
AfDB: ECOWAS reaffirms confidence in Adesina’s leadership
THE Heads of State of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Saturday reaffirmed their confidence in the leadership of Dr Akinwumi Adesina as the head of the…
Thieves disguised as Covid-19 doctors in white coats ‘rob pensioners in supermarket’ in…
A group of armed men dressed as healthcare workers have stolen a large amount of cash from a supermarket in the South African city of Pietermaritzburg. The men pretended to be Covid-19…
Ghana vows to support blacks worldwide at memorial for George Floyd
The government of Ghana vowed Friday to support blacks all over the world to break from the oppression of racism. The vow was made at a memorial organized in honour of the slain African-American, George Floyd.…
AfDB board agrees to an independent probe of Akinwumi Adesina
The Bureau of the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has agreed to authorize an independent review of the report of the ethics committee of the bank’s board of…
South Africa loosens lockdown despite coronavirus heavy caseload
South Africa sought to revive its economy on Monday with the partial lifting of a coronavirus lockdown, letting people out for work, worship or shopping, and allowing mines and…
Ghana lifts ban on social gatherings
Ghanaian President Nana Akufu-Addo has lifted the ban on social gatherings such as weddings in his country. But he said only 100 people should be at any social gathering. In a national broadcast on Sunday, Afufu-Addo said the…
AfDB: Cold war between developed world and Africa
International relations experts have likened the quest by the United States to dictate how the internal affairs of the African Development Bank (AfDB) are conducted as a cold war, which Africa must ensure it wins, writes BOLA…
Sierra Leone pledges ‘unflinching support’ for Adesina
President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone has assured Dr Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank of his support and that of his country. In a tweet on Sunday, Bio said his country has staunch…
Coronavirus cases in South Africa over 32,000
The number of coronavirus cases in South Africa now stands at 32,683. It rose on Sunday from 30,097 after 1,716 new cases were declared. The death toll also increased from…
Lesotho ex-first lady accused of murder leaves country, bail revoked
Lesotho’s former first lady, Maesaiah Thabane, has left the country a day after a Court of Appeal ordered her rearrest, according to the nation’s police on Saturday. Maesaiah Thabane is suspected of…
Coronavirus: Rwanda reports first death
Rwanda’s Ministry of Health, on Sunday, reported the East African nation’s first death caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The victim was a 65-year-old driver, who opted to return…
14 ex-presidents back Adesina, warn against distracting AfDB
A coalition of 14 former African presidents and a prime minister, totalling 15, have urged the US government to respect the governing systems of the African Development Bank (AfDB).…
South Africa to reopen places of worship June 1 — despite recording highest COVID-19 cases on the…
Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s president, says places of worship will reopen as from June 1, but under stern restrictions to prevent the further spread of the novel coronavirus. This is despite the fact that South Africa is the…
AfDB President, Adesina vows his innocence and integrity as U.S. moves to scuttle his 2nd term bid
Crisis of probe triggered by US move to have veto power in bank U.S. wants to block Adesina’s emergence for 2nd term as AfDB President Or U.S. would trigger exit from AfDB…
JUST IN: Adesina steps aside as AfDB president for fresh probe
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina is expected to step back as the president of African Development Bank after the board supported an independent probe as requested by the U.S. The U.S. treasury…
South Africa coronavirus infections top 20,000, nearly 400 deaths
Coronavirus infections in South Africa surged past 20,000 with close to 400 deaths, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Friday. In a statement the ministry reported 20,125 coronavirus positive cases, and a total of 397 deaths…