Tags GENERAL Tullow Oil gets okay for $575 million deal with Total Tullow Oil announced Wednesday that it has received government approvals for the $575 million sale of its Uganda assets to
Tags GENERAL South Africa’s economy on recovery, says reserve bank South Africa’s economy has started to recover after showing improvement in August, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) said on
Tags GENERAL Former Burundi president Peter Buyoya gets life sentence for murder of successor Burundi’s ex-president Pierre Buyoya has been sentenced to life in prison in absentia over the assassination of his successor in
Tags GENERAL Chinese-built factory in Ethiopia supplies 250,000 COVID-19 test kits Ethiopian Minister of Health Lia Tadesse on Tuesday said a recently inaugurated Chinese built factory has supplied the first 250,000
Tags GENERAL Kenyan leader calls for constitutional consensus to foster harmony Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta led the nation in marking this year’s “Heroes Day” on Tuesday by calling for a constitutional
Tags GENERAL 5.6 tons of cannabis seized in Morocco Moroccan authorities seized more than 5.6 tons of cannabis in two separate operations on Tuesday, official news agency MAP reported.
Tags GENERAL Egypt reports 158 new COVID-19 cases, highest since mid-September Egypt reported 158 new COVID-19 infections on late night Tuesday, bringing its national caseload to 105,705, its health ministry said.
Tags GENERAL Somali president calls on parliament to approve new cabinet Somali President Mohamed Farmajo on Tuesday called on parliament to approve the newly appointed cabinet ministers whom he said are
Tags GENERAL Mauritius court denies bail to captain of sunken Japanese ship A Mauritius court rejected an application for bail made by Sunil Kumar, the captain of the Japanese bulk carrier, MV
Tags GENERAL A ‘huge number’ of sealed sarcophagi unearthed in Egypt Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered another huge number of unopened sarcophagi in Saqqara. They add to the collection of almost