Abidjan Zoo ordered to close after hyena escapes
A zoo in Cote D’Ivoire’s capital has been closed after a hyena escaped its cage and briefly wandered the streets
Uganda reports new second-highest daily COVID-19 total as cases surpass 4,000
The Ugandan Ministry of Health on Wednesday reported 201 new confirmed COVID-19 cases raising the total number of cases in
SGR passenger, cargo numbers surge after Kenya lifts COVID-19 partial lockdown
The Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) ferried 19,502 people and 421,745 tons of cargo between Kenya’s capital Nairobi and the coastal
Former Sierra Leone rebel leader granted early release
Sierra Leone UN-backed tribunal said on Wednesday it will grant conditional early release to a former rebel leader, Augustine Gbao
Coronavirus deaths in Kenya top 600
Kenya has reported eight coronavirus-related deaths within the last 24 hours, raising the country’s death toll to 607, Health Chief Administrative
UN protection back for threatened Nobel Peace Prize laureate
United Nations peacekeepers on Wednesday returned to provide protection for Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Congolese doctor, Dr. Denis Mukwege, who
Dates for group stage draws for Champions League, Europa League announced
The dates for the draws for the group stages of this season’s Champions League and Europa League were announced on
Fire destroys Greece’s largest migrant camp, 12,000 left homeless
Greece’s largest migrant camp was gutted by a huge fire early Wednesday, leaving over 12,000 fleeing asylum seekers homeless. Firemen
Bus companies in E. Africa paying the price of COVID-19
More East Africans are traveling within the region now than previously. This is partly because no passport is required to
25 Zimbabwean legislators test positive to COVID-19
Twenty-five Zimbabwean legislators have tested positive for COVID-19 in tests done last week, including nine who had already tested positive