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Morocco has banned fans from attending football games days after the coronavirus reached the country. The Moroccan football association (FRMF) announced the decision on Wednesday two days after the index case was reported. Among the measures, the organization of matches behind closed doors, but above all the cancellation of matches with teams from countries affected by the epidemic. A 39-year-old… Read More

The World Health Organization says confirmed COVID-19 cases is almost at 100,000. At a press briefing in Geneva, Switzerland Friday, Director General Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus urged all nations to make containment of COVID-19 their highest priority. “Women are also playing a vital role in the response to COVID-19 and we’re proud to have many amazing women leading our response in… Read More

Liverpool star Naby Keita has led tributes to the nine Guinean footballers who died in a bus crash on Thursday. The players, from second division side Etoile de Guinee, were travelling to their first game of the season when the bus was involved in the fatal accident. Keita, Guinea’s leading player said on social media that he was “shocked, sad… Read More

As the world grapples with the spread of the new novel coronavirus, authorities in western Democratic Republic of Congo are battling a deadly measles outbreak. More than 6,000 people have died from measles in the DR Congo in one year, making it the worst epidemic in the world. This triples the toll of the Ebola epidemic in the country. It… Read More

The Boko Haram crisis is in its 11th year running and still the Nigerian government and others in the Lake Chad region continue to suffer attacks by the group on members of the security forces and on civilians. Security experts have pointed out the factions that have resulted from disagreements within the top brass leading to the creation of a… Read More

Cameroon president Paul Biya on Friday issued a decree announcing a new date for annulled legislative polls in parts of the restive Anglophone region. The decree read in part: “The electorate of the following constituencies is convened on 22 March 2020 to elect Members of Parliament…” It went ahead to list 10 constituencies in the North-West and Lebialem, the sole… Read More

As part of our news analysis slot on Africanews, we will be updating a media watch page that deals with major issues of media ongoings across the continent. It will cut across happenings in mainstream and across social media with also a special eye for fake news. African governments battle coronavirus fake news Journalists in Uganda demand colleague’s freedom Media… Read More

The Moroccan city of Marrakech has been named among the 25 most popular destinations in the world, according to the 2020 Traveler’s Choice Awards. The ‘Red City of Marrakech which ranked 21st overall, was described as a ‘magical place brimming with markets, gardens, palaces and mosques’. ‘‘Exploring the intimate courtyards and snaking alleyways of the historic Medina can easily eat… Read More

International Women’s Day was marked by countries around on the world on March 8th. As a focal point for the movement of women’s rights, the civil awareness day celebrated the economic, cultural and social achievements of women across the globe. To highlight the occasion, and gain regional insight into female empowerment and progress in the Middle East and North Africa,… Read More

A twin suicide attack targeting the United States embassy in Tunisia left at least one police officer dead, and others injured including a civilian. The interior ministry, which had previously reported five officers and one civilian injured, announced in a statement the death of Lieutenant Taoufik Mohammed El Nissaoui in the first such attack to hit the Tunisian capital in… Read More