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The government of Zimbabwe has issued fresh directives on how covid-19 victims must be laid to rest. Now, the deceased must be buried in the city where they died. The move is to help curtail further spread of the coronavirus across the Southern African nation. But the issue is this is not a culture in a country where the dead… Read More

A team of experts from the World Health Organization arrived in Wuhan on Thursday to begin a highly politicized probe into the origins of the coronavirus. China reported its first death from Covid-19 in eight months. The 10 scientists, who must complete a two-week quarantine in Wuhan before starting their work, arrived for their much-delayed mission to examine origins of… Read More

Voters queued to cast their ballots in Uganda’s presidential election on Thursday, following a run-up tainted by widespread violence that some fear could escalate as security forces try to stop supporters of leading opposition challenger Bobi Wine from monitoring polling stations. In the election, Wine, a popular young singer-turned-opposition lawmaker, and nine other challengers are challenging incumbent President Yoweri Museveni,… Read More

Frightening Clashes Close to the Capital City Combined forces of the Central African Republic military, Russian mercenaries and the United Nations MINUSCA peacekeepers repelled attacks on Wednesday from rebel group Coalitions of Patriots for Change (CPC) some 9-12 kilometres from the capital Bangui — with the scattered shots seeing residents of the affected PK9 and PK12 neighbourhoods flee for their… Read More

A Fair Election or More Electoral Violence? Long queues in Kampala Thursday morning where Ugandans began to cast their ballots in the presidential and parliamentary elections — as they contended with a half-hour delay at polling stations. A heavy military and police presence was also around the capital city as well as a continued internet blackout which began the evening… Read More

The Ugandan government, through its communications regulator, has ordered service providers to cut internet access just hours before voting starts. In a letter to telecoms, the head of Uganda Communications Commission Irene Ssewankambo ordered service providers to ‘implement a temporary suspension of the operation of all your internet gateways and associated access points’. She said the shutdown was to take… Read More

Ethiopia said Wednesday its forces had killed three prominent members of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), whose leaders are the target of military operations in the country’s northern Tigray region. The dead included Seyoum Mesfin, who served as Ethiopia’s foreign minister for nearly two decades, along with former federal affairs minister Abay Tsehaye and ex-parliamentary chief whip Asmelash Woldeselassie,… Read More

More than 80 civilians died in the latest attack in an area of western Ethiopia that has seen recurring grisly violence in recent months, the national human rights commission said Wednesday. “We’ve received information that over 80 civilians were killed on January 12 in an area called Daletti” in Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz region, Aaron Maasho, an advisor and spokesman for the… Read More

Donald Trump has become the first US president to be impeached for a second time. It comes after a majority of the House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to charge him with inciting insurrection, a week after a violent mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol. The final vote was 232-197, with 10 House Republicans supporting the measure. The matter… Read More

Fast food chains like Burger King, KFC, Tweat and many others are in a fierce battle in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast with its over 5 million inhabitants. With a growth rate more than satisfactory, today, the French-speaking West Africa nation, has provided a haven for these powerful players in the fast food sector. “You are aware that… Read More