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Both School and COVID-19 Bells are Ringing on Campus Students went back to school on Monday in Mali after the government officially authorised their reopening and the resumption of classes — which saw several delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, not everyone sees the move in a positive light — as although the government has provided masks for the… Read More

Rwandan president Paul Kagame has called for inclusive, global response to tackle mass unemployment in the wake of the pandemic. Kagame was speaking at a virtual session of the World Economic Forum which features a new social contract on Monday. “In fact, the pandemic has also reminded us of how we are interlinked and how we are interdependent in many… Read More

Seychelles’ beaches may not be teeming with visitors now but the country’s hotel owners are getting ready. The Indian Ocean archipelago, whose economy is dependent on tourism, this month began welcoming people who have received the Covid-19 vaccine to visit. Hotel director Terry Sandapin does not expect business to go back to pre-pandemic times immediately but is nonetheless happy for… Read More

A spa in Cairo, Egypt is offering snake massages to its customers, with lives snakes made to slither on the backs of people who are after some relaxing therapy. The massage is something new in Egypt, but it’s slowly gaining popularity. The massage room has some extra inhabitants in the form of pythons, which are used in the latest massage… Read More

Ghana’s former president John Jerry Rawlings has been laid in state at the Accra International conference centre. Ghanaians and sympathizers as well as invited dignitaries will get the opportunity to file past the body to pay their last respect. On Tuesday, January 26, the president and vice president, along with their respective spouses, other high ranking members of the judiciary… Read More

The Nigerian government says it will construct 38 oxygen plants across the country as President Muhammadu Buhari has now approved about 17 million dollars for the project meant to address the demand for medical oxygen. The West African country’s COVID-19 cases have skyrocketed to over 1,000 infections in the last few weeks amidst a second wave of the pandemic. Finance… Read More

Cameroon has qualified for the quarter-finals of CHAN after a hard-fought match against Burkina Faso in Yaounde. The central African country joins Mali who dominated Zimbabwe by 1-0 in Douala to qualify from group A. The match was one that fans did not fail to watch in dedicated fan zones in various locations in the economic capital Douala. Concentrated in… Read More

Guinea and Zambia are joint leaders of Group D after a 1-1 draw on Saturday night. Victor Kantabadouno came off the bench to score for Guinea in the 58th minute in their second Group D game at the ongoing Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) in Cameroon. Zambia needed a late Spencer Sautu goal to deny the west Africans victory. The midfielder… Read More

With one point separating them, Burkina Faso face hosts Cameroon on Sunday at the Ahmadou Ahidjou Stadium in Yaoundé, with the quarterfinal ticket at stake for both sides. Hosts Cameroon made a good start to their CHAN campaign, defeating Zimbabwe and going on to draw against Mali to gather four points, one more than Burkina Faso who lost to Mali… Read More

People in the Mozambican port city of Beira breathed a sigh of relief on Saturday as Cyclone Eloise caused less damage than feared, although the danger of flooding remained in a region still recovering from a devastating cyclone two years ago. In 2019, Cyclone Idai killed several hundred people and displaced well over 100,000 others. Ahead of the arrival of… Read More