Second round of load shedding hits South Africa since COVID-19 lockdown
A new round of rolling power blackouts hit South Africa on Thursday despite President Cyril Ramaphosa’s promise of no blackouts
Liberia’s vice president confirmed to have coronavirus
Liberia’s health ministry has confirmed that the vice president, who was flown to Ghana on Tuesday for medical care, has
Uganda reports 21 new COVID-19 cases as death toll rises to 11
Uganda on Thursday reported 21 new confirmed coronavirus cases following testing of samples carried out on Wednesday which pushed its
Cameroon’s Choupo-Moting sends PSG into Champions League semis
Cameroon striker Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting came off the bench to score the winning goal as Paris Saint-Germain came from behind
Rwandans old passport to be phased out in June 2021
Rwandan passports will no longer be in use effective after June 28, 2021, the Directorate of Immigration and Emigration has
Uganda hit by nationwide power outage
Uganda on Thursday was hit by a nationwide power outage whose cause is not yet known, the state-run power generation
Somali army kills 16 militants in central region
Somali National Army (SNA) on Wednesday killed 16 al-Shabab extremists and injured 20 others in a fierce fight in Ba’adweyn
Cameroon cancels logging plan that threatened rare apes
Cameroon has backtracked on a decision to allow industrial logging in one of the region’s least exploited rainforests, home to
3.0-magnitude quake hits Angola’s Cuanza-sul province
An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.0 on the Richter scale jolted Gabela town in Angola’s western Cuanza Sul province
Somalia increases taxes on khat imports
Somalia has doubled taxes levied on the leafy stimulant khat which is mainly imported from Kenya and Ethiopia in what