The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the African continent has reached 2,570,886 as of Thursday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Thursday. The continental disease control and prevention agency said in a statement that the death toll from the pandemic stood at 60,882, while a total of…
A rebel coalition that has been fighting the government in the Central African Republic said it will observe a three-day ceasefire ahead of Sunday elections. A “72-hour unilateral ceasefire… will be observed across the country by all patriots’ fighting troops” a statement issued by the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC), which began an offensive…
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa has identified a new variant of the novel coronavirus, which authorities believe is driving a surge in COVID-19 infections that could overwhelm its healthcare system. Several countries, including Britain which has found the mutant variant in cases linked to South Africa, have banned flights from South Africa, disrupting holiday travel…
Niger hopes to make history on Sunday when elections set it on course for its first-ever peaceful transition of power despite a raging militant insurgency and economic woes. The world’s poorest country by a key UN benchmark, the Sahel nation has never had two elected leaders hand over power since independence from France 60 years…
Gunmen killed more than 100 people in a dawn attack in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia on Wednesday, the human rights commission said, as residents described fleeing the latest deadly assault in an area bedevilled by ethnic violence. The attack occurred in the village of Bekoji in Bulen county in the Metekel zone, the…
The kidnap of 344 schoolboys in northwest Nigeria had the appearance of an Islamist militant attack. There was even a video purporting to show some of the boys with members of Boko Haram, the extremists behind the 2014 kidnapping of more than 270 schoolgirls in the northeast. But four government and security officials familiar with…
With more than 400 deaths recorded in 24 hours for only the third time, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize warns that current restrictions need to be reviewed. Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has pressed the panic button, as SA recorded more than 14,000 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours. This is the highest…
After having boycotted the elections for the past ten years, The party of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, The Ivorian Popular Front (FPI), will take part in legislative elections. the announcement was made by the party on Wednesday following a meeting of its central committee. The move coincides with efforts to scale down a…
Kenya will make a decision in the next 48 hours on whether to join EU member States in imposing new travel restrictions to and from the United Kingdom due to a highly infectious new coronavirus strain. Health Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said Kenya was monitoring events in the UK before taking action on a day the…
Somalia’s attempts to have Kenya reprimanded at the regional bloc, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad), fell through after leaders at the Summit largely disagreed with severance of diplomatic ties. Instead, the heads of state and government gathered in Djibouti City on Sunday asked Somalia to focus on the electoral calendar as well as reconciliation and…