Tags GENERAL Uganda’s Museveni seeks re-election to extend rule to four decades Uganda’s long-serving President Yoweri Museveni has collected papers to seek nomination as the ruling party’s candidate in next year’s presidential
Tags GENERAL COVID-19 pandemic continues unabated in S. Africa, prompts warning from WHO The COVID-19 pandemic continued unabated in South Africa, with 9,300 new confirmed cases reported in the past 24 hours,
Tags GENERAL HRW, Amnesty criticise Zimbabwe over arrests of journalist, opposition leader Rights groups Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International criticised Zimbabwe’s authorities for the arrest and detention of a prominent journalist
Tags GENERAL Zimbabwe hospital suspends operations after at least 25 healthcare workers test positive to COVID-19 Zvishavane District Hospital in Zimbabwe’s Midlands Province has suspended admissions and other health care services after 25 workers, most of
Tags GENERAL South African government has not committed to fund SAA rescue plan, finmin says The South African government has not committed to fund a restructuring plan for struggling South African Airways (SAA), Finance Minister
Tags GENERAL Russia pledges every ‘effort’ to find and free citizens abducted by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea Russia will make every effort to find and free Russian nationals who were kidnapped by pirates in the Gulf of
Tags GENERAL Egypt records 627 new COVID-19 cases, total infections near 90,000 Egypt reported on Monday 627 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total infections in the country since mid-February to 88,402, said
Tags GENERAL Vowing reform, Kenya’s candidate emerges as one of early WTO frontrunners Kenya’s candidate to the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) top post said on Monday she is seeking Washington’s backing and expressed
Tags GENERAL IMF approves $7.6 mln debt relief to Burundi to cushion COVID-19 impact The International Monetary Fund has approved a $7.6 million debt relief to Burundi to help it deal with the impact
Tags NEWS NHC says 40% chance of cyclone between west Africa coast, Lesser Antilles A low-pressure system located about midway between the west coast of Africa and the Lesser Antilles in the Atlantic has