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COVID-19: South Africa to reopen schools amid pandemic
South Africa government has announced the further reopening of schools in line with its phased-in reopening strategy amid an upsurge in confirmed COVID-19 cases. According to Minister of…
COVID-19: Ghana’s president Nana Akufo-Addo goes into isolation
On the recommendations of medical experts in Ghana, The country’s president Nana Akufo-Addo from Saturday, July 4 began a fourteen days precautionary self-isolation measure complying with…
Botswana leader, Mokgweetsi goes into isolation
President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana has begun a 14-day self-isolation after an official working closely with him tested positive for COVID-19. According to a…
Belgian king apologises to DR Congo for colonial-era cruelty
Belgian King Philippe has expressed regret for the acts of cruelty committed during the years that his ancestor, Leopold II, presided over what is now the Democratic…
Election: Ghana’s Akufo-Addo to recontest ex-President, Mahama, third time
Ghana’s ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has picked incumbent president, Nana Akufo-Addo, as its presidential candidate in the 2020 election, setting up a third consecutive…
Earthquake in Ghana: Earth tremor rocks Accra
Parts of the Greater Accra and Central Region of Ghana have experienced earth tremors, as many Ghanaians took to social media to report the incident. An earth tremor is a relatively small or short-lived movement of the earth’s surface…
Akufo-Ado apologises to Nigeria over demolition
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Ado has apologised to Nigeria over the demolition of the Nigerian High Commission building in Accra, the country’s capital, last weekend. Akufo-Ado, who…
South Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases surpass 100,000
South Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases has exceeded the 100,000 mark to reach 101,590. According to the latest official update released on Tuesday, the ministry recorded 61 more deaths to…
Nigeria wanted to take our land forcibly – Ghanaian monarch on demolition
A Ghanaian monarch says the Nigerian high commission in the country was aiding a businessman to forcibly take over the plot of land belonging to his people. Joy News, a Ghanaian…
Ramaphosa begs South African companies not to sack workers
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa on Monday urged companies planning to cut jobs to balance the sustainability of business and the livelihoods of workers despite being hard hit by…
Former Apartheid President Klerk withdraws from U.S right talks
South Africa’s last apartheid president, Frederik Willem De Klerk, has withdrawn from a U.S. seminar about minority rights. According to his foundation, he withdrew because…
“We are sorry” – Ghana apologises to Nigeria over demolished buildings(Letter)
Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has apologised to the Nigerian government after the building housing high commission staff was demolished on Friday night. In a…
President’s chief of staff sentenced to 20 years in jail
Vital Kamerhe, chief of staff to the President of Democratic Republic of Congo, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. He was found guilty today by a high court of embezzling $48 million in…
Suspects accused of looting South Africa’s bank docked
Seven suspects accused of taking $132.43 million from VBS Mutual bank in 2018 pleaded not guilty to 47 counts of fraud, theft, corruption and racketeering when they appeared in a South African court…
Eight suspects arrested in South Africa’s ‘biggest bank robbery’
South African authorities have apprehended eight people suspected of illegally siphoning 2.3 billion rand ($133.87 million) from small lender VBS Mutual Bank, which collapsed in 2018…
South Africa’s Ramaphosa slams surge in femicides as lockdown eases
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday condemned as “acts of inhumanity” a surge of femicides since South Africa eased anti-coronavirus stay-at-home measures. Murders of women have spiralled…
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…