Around 640 COVID-19 cases have been reported in 34 African countries so far, the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) disclosed on Thursday. Speaking in Addis Ababa, John Nkengasong, Africa CDC Director, said, “In Africa we now have around 640 COVID-19 confirmed cases coming from 34 countries. “The death count in Africa […]

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday expelled hundreds of Burundians accused of staying illegally, an AFP correspondent saw. The Burundians were taken by police and troops to the port of Goma on Lake Kivu, located on the DRC’s eastern border, and placed aboard two boats, the reporter said. They were to be repatriated […]

By Kennedy Mbele Your band is known as Alafrica. What does Alafrica mean? I am from Osun State. Alafrica Borokini is a word in my dialect. It means we have Africa. What is your background in music? You did some kind of training or you just have the talent? I have the talent from birth. […]

The list of African nations hit by the coronavirus keeps growing, with Namibia, Rwanda, and Eswatini among those reporting their first cases. In Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, the health minister said the infected person is a 33-year-old who recently returned from a business trip to the U.S. In Namibia, the health minister announced at a press […]

The World Health Organisation, WHO, Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says there are now 147 confirmed cases of Coronavirus, COVID-19, in Africa in 15 countries and there have been four COVID-19-related deaths. The UN Health agency disclosed this in a statement posted on its website. It said that the agency had on Wednesday […]

With just over 100 cases reported in total, Africa is on record as among the least impacted continents with respect to the coronavirus epidemic. Experts are however pointing at the gradual incidence of cases in recent weeks. Eleven countries have so far confirmed cases with the most recent being the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC. […]

By Juliet Umeh In honour of 2020 International Women’s Day, Search Engine platform, Google, Monday, announced plans to double commitment to African women and aims to train 20,000 women this year. According to Google, its new programme tagged: ‘Women Will,’ will train 5,000 women in 17 cities across Africa including Abeokuta, Abuja, Ado Ekiti, Ibadan, […]

South Sudan villagers hear the distant roar of jet engines before a cargo plane makes a deafening pass over Mogok, dropping sacks of grain from its hold to the marooned dust bowl below. There is no other way to get food to this starving hamlet in South Sudan. There are no roads, and the snaking […]

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said he will reconsider working remotely from Africa in 2020 due to the coronavirus and “everything else going on”. The CEO made the comments on Thursday at a Morgan Stanley conference after being asked if he would change how he spends his time travelling given “what’s going on in the world”. […]

A map of NigeriaNigeria is charting the right path to economic growth and recovery. Nigeria recently moved up the ranks to reclaim its place as Africa’s biggest economy, putting the country’s gross domestic product at $476 billion or $402 billion, depending on whichever exchange rate used. This development is a result of a stifling economic […]