Over 200 inmates escape, 3 killed in prison break in northeastern Uganda
A total of 219 inmates have escaped from a prison in Uganda’s northeastern district of Moroto, a prison spokesperson said
Namibia not to extend state of emergency
Namibia’s President Hage Geingob on Thursday announced that the State of Emergency in the country will not be extended when
More than 900 Kenyan health workers infected with COVID-19 since March: ministry
More than 900 health workers in Kenya have tested positive for the coronavirus since the country reported its first case
Ghanian official says China helps bolster Ghana’s COVID-19 fight
Ghana’s deputy minister for health Bernard Okoe Boye has applauded the role played by China in bolstering the country’s fight
Egypt negotiates release of kidnapped nationals in Libya
Egypt has coordinated with Libyan forces to free several Egyptian nationals kidnapped early in September in Libya, Egypt’s official news
Kenyan tourist camp that blocked wildebeest migration closed indefinitely
Kenya authorities have announced the closure of a tourist camp along the Mara River that appeared to block the wildebeest
COVID-19 pandemic helps plunge New Zealand into recession
New Zealand plunged into recession for the first time in a decade Thursday. National data agency Stats NZ say the
Zimbabwe in talks with banks to support new stock exchange
Zimbabwean authorities are in discussions with several international investment banks to support a new stock exchange that will trade exclusively
Eliud Kipchoge named Laureus Sport For Good Ambassador
Kenya’s Olympic champion and marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge was named a Laureus Sport For Good ambassador on Wednesday,
Morocco seizes 1 ton of cannabis, 5 arrested
Moroccan authorities arrested in the Mediterranean five people, including three Spanish and two Moroccans, over drug smuggling, while seizing one