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A two-day national mourning period have been decreed in Burkina Faso following recent terrorist attacks. President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré announced via Twitter that the two-day mourning would begin Tuesday and end Wednesday. This comes after the deadly attack in the north of the country that claimed the lives of 43 people. On Sunday, an unidentified armed group burst into… Read More

The coronavirus was confirmed in the Chinese city of Wuhan on January 7, 2020. Cases have since been confirmed in over 80 countries across the globe. The World Health Organisation, WHO, has since declared it a public health emergency of international dimensions. WHO chief Tedros Ghebereyesus said whiles China had a robust health system to detect and control, his outfit… Read More

The loincloth is getting a new colour on Women’s Rights Day in Pointe-Noire, the economic capital of the Republic of Congo. On March 8, the trend is to wear the loincloth. It makes you wonder whether March 8 is loincloth day or women’s rights day. “We wear the loincloth on March 8th to value women. Because when we see a… Read More

The winner of this year’s CAF Champions League will be either an Egyptian or Moroccan club. Al Ahly of Cairo – Wydad of Casablanca, Raja of Casablanca – Zamalek of Cairo, these are the semi-finalists of the competition. The search for a successor to two time champions Esperance of Tunis, was made possible by Zamalek despite a 1-0 defeat in… Read More

A Thai national suspected of having coronavirus has escaped from a hospital in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare, state-owned Herald newspaper reported on Monday. The outlet in a tweet said the patient had escaped from the Wilkins Infections Disease Hospital where he was scheduled to undergo testing, “authorities are looking for the Thai national,” the newspaper added. The escapee is reported to… Read More

Nigeria’s Kano State has appointed a new Emir following the dethronement Monday morning of the 14th Emir of the centuries old emirates, Muhammadu Sanusi II. The state government at an executive council meeting removed Sanusi from his position after six years in office. The main grounds for removal was his failure to respect instructions by the government. The new Emir… Read More

Concerned about the growing influence of China, Russia and the United States in close neighbor Africa, the European Union on Monday launched what it called a new “comprehensive strategy” for relations with a continent whose population is forecast to double by 2050. Launching six months of consultations between the 27-nation bloc and African countries, the EU’s executive commission said its… Read More

Africa had a coronavirus-free weekend with no new country joining the eight “victims” as at last weekend. But as at today (March 9) South Africa reported that its current cases was at seven. Health Minister in a press briefing confirmed that four new cases had been recorded in addition to the three cases that were being handled as at Sunday,… Read More

Gabon ‘temporarily’ closed a part of its borders with Cameroon late last week, March 6, 2020. The move is connected to the coronavirus outbreak. Cameroon has two confirmed cases of the disease, so far the only Central African country affected. Gabon restricted movement especially at its northern borders with Cameroon. According to Lambert-Noël Matha, the country’s Minister of the Interior,… Read More

The coronavirus was confirmed in the Chinese city of Wuhan on January 7, 2020. Cases have since been confirmed in over 80 countries across the globe. The World Health Organisation, WHO, has since declared it a public health emergency of international dimensions. WHO chief Tedros Ghebereyesus said whiles China had a robust health system to detect and control, his outfit… Read More