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Legendary Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, who created afrobeat along with his old bandmate Fela Kuti, has died at the age of 79 in Paris, France. Allen was the drummer and musical director of Fela Kuti’s band Africa ’70 in the 1960s and 1970s. During that time the pair created afrobeat, combining West African musical styles such as highlife and fuji… Read More

The numbers of confirmed cases across the continent continues to grow with each passing day. The World Health Organization Africa regional head warns that a spike likely to result in the wake of improved and increased testing. Whiles the figures remain very low in a number of countries, quite a sizeable number has passed the 100 mark with only a… Read More

Somalia is recording a spate of double digit deaths since after mid April 2020, a situation which has led to concerns among relevant authorities. Mayor of the capital Mogadishu, Omar Filish, is quoted by local media as saying that the administration had recorded 500 deaths spanning a two week period: from 19th of April to 1st May. The Mayor adds… Read More

There are now more than over 42,500 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the pandemic. According to the latest data by the John Hopkins University and Africa Center for Disease Control on COVID-19 in Africa, the breakdown remains fluid as countries… Read More

May 1: Case count hits 411, Uhuru vows transparency The case count has reached 411 as of May 1 after 15 new cases were recorded over the last 24-hours. Meanwhile recoveries have reached 150 according to data released today by the Ministry of Health. Fatalities stand at 21 with active cases at 240. Kenya’s overall test count stands at 21,702.… Read More

May 1: Ethiopia’s recoveries passes active cases Ethiopia recorded two new cases in over 900 tests run as at close of day April 30. The first tallies for May thus stood at 133 according to Health Minister Lia Tadesse. The two new cases were both Ethiopians. One with travel history from Kenya and the other Somalia. Per today’s records, Ethiopia… Read More

May 1: Face masks compulsory in public, shared spaces The Government of Botswana has issued legislation that makes it compulsory to wear masks/face coverings in public places, businesses and common areas of residential buildings from 1 May 2020. Specifications have been issued in an official media release stating that medical and non-medical masks needed to be worn by members of… Read More

The African Union’s Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has outlined ongoing trials for COVID-19, as part of the continent’s stride for treatment and vaccination of the virus. In total, different trials were ongoing in Egypt, Zambia, Nigeria, Tunisia and South Africa. The Africa CDC admitted that comparatively few treatments were taking place on the continent. The Africa CDC’s disclosures… Read More

During this unique time in history, some stock market analysts believe that the COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to change the investment landscape forever. “It is going to accentuate the difference between the financial world and the economy – they should be linked, but they’re not,” says Amro Zakaria Abdu, the co-founder of Market Trader Academy. “I think it’s also… Read More

The death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic across Africa is heading is gone past the 1,000 mark as of April 18, 2020. The casualties cut across age groups. From the death of a 6 year-old in Kenya, older patients in most instances and persons in the youth bracket. Whiles each death is reported with a sombre mood and with condolences… Read More