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Asian countries ramp up screening of new virus that has hit China, the highly contagious Corona Virus, nCoV. As at Wednesday, China’s Wuhan was put on transport lockdown in a measure to control the spread of the virus. Over in Africa, South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria – the most populous nation – say they have began screening of persons as… Read More

Supervisor-free driverless pods are being tested on the public in the UK city of Bristol. The UK’s government aims to have fully self-driving vehicles on the country’s roads by 2021. “In the future, we’ll probably see less people owning cars and more people leasing them out and renting them. So, you probably see people tapping on their mobile, similar to… Read More

Cameroon and Ivory Coast were drawn in the same World Cup qualifying group on Tuesday, meaning one of the African soccer powers won’t make the 2022 tournament in Qatar. Mohamed Salah’s Egypt will face Gabon and star striker Pierre-Emerick Aubayemang, along with Libya and Angola in Group F. Sadio Mane’s Senegal, the top-ranked team in Africa, is up against Republic… Read More

Cameroonian striker Karl Toko Ekambi has officially signed with French top tier side, Olympique Lyon. Ekambi is on loan from his club Villarreal to Olympique Lyonnais until the end of the season. The striker replaces Dutchman Memphis Depay, for €4m with a €11.5m purchase option, according to a press release. The 27-year-old international has scored six goals this season, after… Read More

The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday urged Libya’s warring parties to quickly conclude a cease-fire agreement. A fragile truce, brokered by Russia and Turkey is largely holding in the north African country. UN chief António Guterres briefed the security council on Tuesday. He told reporters that parties needed to quickly agree a comprehensive ceasefire and move to find a… Read More

Angola’s billionaire former first daughter Isabel dos Santos has been charged with money laundering and mismanagement during her stewardship of state-owned oil firm Sonangol. Documents leaked this week alleged the daughter of ex-president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, plundered state coffers to build her fortune, estimated at $2.1 billion. “Isabel dos Santos is accused of mismanagement and embezzlement of funds during… Read More

Their names are Bissie and Eyenga, the one-year-old sisters recently underwent a successful operation in France to separate them. The girls received a warm welcome from their relatives, who gathered to greet them at the airport in Yaounde. Their mother said she was happy to see them apart. In an interview Ngali Laurelle said: “It was very difficult to see… Read More

Burundi lawmakers on Wednesday approved legislation that will effectively hand outgoing president Pierre Nkurunziza a handsome retirement package that includes a one-time payment of one billion Burundian francs” ($530,000, 480,000 euros). Nkurunziza is set to leave the presidency after the May 2020 elections, and his ruling CNDD–FDD party will select its candidate for the elections on Sunday. The former rebel… Read More

Lawmakers in Morocco on Wednesday integrated waters off the coast of Western Sahara into the country’s maritime territory, adopting two laws that extend its legal jurisdiction over the disputed former Spanish colony. “These laws aim to update the national legal arsenal” in line with “the full sovereignty of the kingdom over its land and maritime borders,” Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita… Read More

Ugandan president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni says Africa should have taken steps to stop a North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, military intervention in Libya in 2011. According to the long-serving president, Africa’s diplomatic attempts in the intervention were not enough and that a military intervention should have been pursued to save the north African country currently embroiled in armed conflict. Speaking… Read More