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A Nigerian train is making transport easier for travellers exhausted by chaotic Lagos traffic. The Chinese-built link between Nigeria’s economic hub Lagos and the city of Ibadan is also safer and cheaper. The route began partial operations in December 2020 and provides a faster and cheaper way to travel between the two cities. It counts Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka among… Read More

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will in April testify before a judicial commission investigating allegations of looting and corruption when his predecessor Jacob Zuma was in power, the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture (Zondo Commission) said on Wednesday. Ramaphosa is summoned for four days, April 22, 23 and 28, 29, said the chairman of the commission,… Read More

Mauritania received its first delivery of coronavirus vaccines from China. 50,000 doses of Sinopharm arrived on Wednesday. Mauritania is the latest African country to receive a vaccine donation after Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon, and Niger. China is one of Mauritania’s very first trading partners and is showing a growing interest in investing in the country that has a strategic location, with significant… Read More

The next African Cup of Nations, which has been postponed by one year due to the coronavirus pandemic will host 24 games from January 9 to February 6, 2022, in Cameroon. The five days of qualifier matches starts on Wednesday will give an answer as to who will compete in the championship. Before the last two days, five teams are… Read More

A cargo container ship that’s among the largest in the world has turned sideways and blocked all traffic in Egypt’s Suez Canal, officials said Wednesday, threatening to disrupt a global shipping system already strained by the coronavirus pandemic. The MV Ever Given, a Panama-flagged container ship that carries trade between Asia and Europe, became grounded Tuesday in the narrow, man-made… Read More

Congo-Brazzaville’s incumbent leader Denis Sassou-Nguesso has won the presidential election with 88.57% of the vote, according to preliminary results from the electoral commission. It will see him serve another five-year term. The 77-year-old leader has been in power for a total of 36 years. The preliminary results showed he is well ahead of his main rival Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas, who… Read More

An American citizen has been arrested in Uganda on suspicion of subversion against the government, police said. Guy Smith was arrested by a specialist security team in the western town of Fort Portal on Sunday for “alleged involvement in anti-government subversive activities”, and is being held in Kampala, police said in a statement Monday. “In this very specific case of… Read More

It’s a move many were waiting for in the quest for a long-lasting peace. Libya’s eastern administration has officially handed over power to a new executive led by interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah. A government that is hoped to unify the war-torn country and steer it towards elections later this year. The new Government of National Unity will replace… Read More

Some 350 dairy cows were left to starve to death at a state-funded farm in South Africa after it was found to no longer be in operation, South African media website News24 reported. The Mantusini Dairy Project in Eastern Cape launched in 2014 with 500 cows and with 43 million rand from the regional and national governments. The aim was… Read More

With the world grappling with questions of receiving economies and livelihoods following the crippling effect of the Coronavirus induced lockdowns and restrictions, many have called for bailouts and capital injections into businesses. As an executive member of the Development Bank of Southern Africa, Mohan Vivekanandan, is at the forefront of developing and deploying such solutions. Africanews journalist, Afolake Oyinloye spoke… Read More