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Angolan court sentences ex-leader’s son to 5 years for fraud
Angola’s Supreme Court on Friday handed a five-year jail sentence to Jose Filomeno dos Santos, the son of the oil-rich country’s former president, for fraud when he headed the…
Scare as Africa number of coronavirus cases exceed 1 million
There is panic across the continent as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Africa has exceeded 1 million with experts saying the number may be way higher. Global health experts have said that the true number of Africa’s…
Flood displaces 150,000 in South Sudan
At least 150,000 people have been uprooted from their homes due to heavy flooding in the eastern Jonglei state in South Sudan, local authorities said on Friday. Gabriel Deng Ajak, state…
COVID-19: WHO sends 40-man team of experts to South Africa
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has sent a 40-man team of experts to South Africa to boost the country’s COVID-19 response. WHO Regional Office for Africa located in Brazzaville,…
COVID-19 cases in South Africa top 500,000
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in South Africa have crossed half a million, its health ministry said on Saturday. This happened as cases in Africa as a whole are approaching a million.…
Man kills his 3 children by throwing them in front of speeding train
A man has killed his three little children, by placing them in front of a speeding train. The tragedy happened Friday south of the Egyptian capital of Cairo, security sources said.…
Zimbabwe accuses ECONET Wireless of money laundering
Zimbabwean police have accused the country’s largest telecom operator ECONET Wireless of money laundering. They have thus issued a warrant asking it to hand over a list of its mobile money…
Coronavirus lays bare S.African’s toxic relationship with alcohol
In few other countries in the world have COVID-19 and alcohol consumption become so dangerously intertwined. With 324,221 cases, South Africa is the sixth most infected country in the world for…
SADTU, Naptosa want South African schools shut amid COVID-19 explosion
Two teachers’ unions in South Africa have called for the closure of all schools as COVID-19 cases escalated in the country. Teachers and pupils have been affected. The…
South Africa slams curfew in new COVID-19 measure
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a new round of COVID-19 restrictions on Sunday in response to the country’s rising rate of infections. “From Monday onwards, a…
‘South Africa’s vaccine result expected in December’
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday urged countries to start building and boosting their public health system, especially in investing in local capacities for the…
Ivory Coast Prime Minister, Gon Coulibaly dies
Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Ivory Coast’s prime minister and the ruling party’s candidate for the next presidential election, has died at the age of 61. He reportedly died after…
Mahama picks female ex-minister Opoku-Agyemang as running mate
Former Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has named former Minister for Education Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang as his presidential running mate ahead of the country’s general election in…
Madagascar re-imposes lockdown amid surge in COVID-19 cases
Madagascar has placed its capital Antananarivo under a fresh lockdown following a new surge in coronavirus infections, two months after the restrictions were eased, the presidency…
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…