Kagame fires Rwanda’s Internal security minister

Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday removed from duties the Internal security Minister, General Patrick Nyamvumba due to matters of…

Liberia’s Justice Minister tests positive for Coronavirus

Liberian health authorities have announced that Justice Minister Frank Musa Dean has tested positive for Covid-19 and is receiving treatment…

S/Africa’s opposition cautions against seeking IMF bailout

A South African opposition leader on Monday advised President Cyril Ramaphosa to use the country's internal finance sources to resuscitate…

Ghana to build 88 hospitals to help contain Covid-19

President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced that 88 hospitals and three infectious disease centres will be built as part of measures…

Cuban doctors arrive to join S/Africa’s coronavirus battle

Some 217 Cuban doctors arrived in South Africa on Monday on a mission to help in the fight against the…

Extension on ban on public gathering dominates Ghanaian press

The extension of the ban on social gathering by President Nana Akufo-Addo dominates the headlines of Ghanaian press on Monday.The…

Rwanda launches e-pass amid COVID-19 lockdown

Rwanda National Police has officially launched an online platform on which people in need of essential services will be requesting…

Kenya: Equity Bank regional subsidiaries contribute $1.7bn of profit

Kenya based Equity Bank regional subsidiaries continued to post impressive financial performance with the 5 banking subsidiaries posting double digit…

Nigerian press agog with stimulus package, appointment of Court of Appeal President

The decision to expand government's stimulus package, new covid-19 cases and the arrest of suspected killers of a seminarian and…

Rwanda: Three people killed in Torrential rains

Heavy rainfall in several parts across Rwanda late Saturday night had killed three people and destroyed 48 houses, the ministry…

Botswana: Leaked document on COVID-19 fight spark alarm

Botswana on Sunday tendered an apology to the nation after it emerged that a leaked document about COVID-19 relating to…

Ethiopia’s premier warns against complacency over stemming COVID-19

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Saturday urged people to remain vigilant to fight the spreading coronavirus pandemic.“One of the…

Gambia announces Covid-19 response food package

The Gambia government has shipped in a large consignment of rice and sugar to ease the livelihood challenges of the…

Ethiopia to receive ventilators from US

US President Donald Trump pledged to provide ventilators to Ethiopia in response to a request from Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy…

Rwanda, US discuss COVID-19 epidemic, bilateral ties

Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his US counterpart Donald Trump held a telephone conversation late Saturday evening to discuss the…

Rwanda makes minor reshuffle in military

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has made minor reshuffle in the military especially with the deputy commander of Reserve Forces Maj.Gen.…

S/Africans ordered to wear masks when gov’t eases lockdown rules

South Africans have been ordered to wear masks when the country begins to relax regulations governing the coronavirus lockdown on…

China releases 11 Gambians from quartine

The Gambian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, has announced that some eleven Gambians who were quarantined…

Kenya extends curfew by 21 days

Kenya;s President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday extended the dawn-dusk curfew for another 21 days after disclosing that the country has…

Gambia gets $21.3m IMF credit to tackle Covid-19

The Gambian government has secured some 21.3 Million dollar credit facility from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to complement Covid-19…

eSwatini: King’s private jet fetches stranded citizens abroad

King Mswati III has offered his private jet to fetch 32 emaSwati citizens who were caught up in lockdown while…

Ghana: Muslims urged to adhere to COVID-19 directive amid Ramadan

The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Usman Nuhu Sharubutu, has admonished the Muslim community in Ghana to adhere to the directive…

Kenya warns Covid-19 may erode gains made to eradicate malaria in Africa

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday warned that the Covid-19 pandemic is a hurdle that risks stalling or at worst,…

Botswana shelves public service salary hike

Botswana's Minister of Presidential Affairs Kabo Morwaeng said Saturday that the government has deferred a 6 percent and 10 percent…

Ghanaian’s President urges media to report accurately on Covid-19 pandemic

Ghana President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has charged the media to abide by the tenant of the profession by…

China to develop Ethiopia’s gas reserves

The Ethiopian Ministry of Mines and petroleum on Friday signed gas commercialization agreement with Chinese firm- Poly GCL Petroleum Investment…

Nigeria’s desperate lockdown bites harder

Nigeria's 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have banned inter-state travels and placed total restrictions on movements, a…

No Ramadan truce as Tripoli conflict rages

With no truce in sight as Ramadan begins in Libya, the conflict appears to be intensifying in the south of…

Mswati sends plane to evacuate Swatis stranded abroad

King Mswati III has offered his private jet to fetch Swatis caught up by lockdowns imposed by many countries around…

AU chair sends best wishes to Muslims on Ramadan

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is also African Union chairperson, has sent best wishes to millions of African Muslims…

Covid-19 checks cover over 3 million Ethiopian homes

Ethiopia has conducted door-to-door health checks against COVID-19 on more than three million households since last week, the country's Ministry…

Liberia extends stay-at-home order by 14 days

Liberian president George Manneh Weah has extended the stay-at-home order for government officials considered non-essential staff and other individuals engaged…

US snubs launch of WHO’s global COVID-19 initiative

US President Donald Trump on Friday snubbed a World Health Organisation (WHO) convened virtual meeting to galvanise global action against…

COVID-19: Nigerian govt offers students free subscription to e-learning

Following the closure of schools due to COVID-19, the Nigeria government has granted free subscription to e-learning to students through…

Nigerian bourse trades 1.195 billion shares worth over $36m

A total turnover of 1.195 billion shares worth N13.979 billion (about $36.786m) in 20,591 deals were traded this week by…

Nigerian varsity on clinical trial of COVID-19 medicine

A Nigerian university, the Federal University Dutse (FUD) in northern Jigawa state, has concluded plans for the clinical trial of…

Gambia: Markets, Banks congest as Ramadan begins

Markets and banks in the Kanifing Municipality were flooded with customers on Friday as Muslims in the country begun fasting…

Senegal’s economy records improved competitiveness

Senegal's economy, in February, recorded gains in price competitiveness to the tune of 0.7 percent in monthly variation, according to…

Benin withdraws from top African HR protocol

Benin has withdrawn from the Protocol which allows a citizen to directly refer cases to the African Court on Human…

Botswana economy set to shrink by 13.1 percent

Botswana said Friday it expects it economy to shrink by 13.1% this financial year due to the effects of coronavirus…