100 retail operators nabbed for not accepting Zim dollar, bond notes
Refusing to accept the Zim dollar and bond notes as payment for goods has landed 102 Zimbabwean business owners and
Pandemic costs Africa travel, tourism almost $55 billion
African countries have lost almost $55 billion in travel and tourism revenues in three months due to the coronavirus pandemic,
The teen pregnancy conundrum in Kenya
Over the past six months, the world has been grappling to contain the deadly coronavirus that has so far claimed
Hundreds of elephants mysteriously died in Botswana
Hundreds of elephants have died mysteriously in Botswana’s Okavango Delta, said the head of the wildlife department on Thursday, ruling
Somalia reopens national theatre eight years after bombing
Eight years after a suicide bomber destroyed the building, Somalia has reopened its imposing national theatre in Mogadishu as a
Fire at Astron Energy’s South African refinery kills at least two
Astron Energy’s 100,000 barrel per day refinery in Cape Town was hit by an explosion in the early hours of
UNESCO urges caution over fraudulent African artefacts, sold in its name
The UN on Wednesday revealed the existence of an illicit trafficking scam in African cultural artefacts, which are being sold
Nairobi Metropolitan Services will shut over 80 illegal city dumpsites
More than 80 illegal dumpsites in the city will be closed down as Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) goes after garbage
South Africa records first current account surplus in 17 years
South Africa recorded its first current account surplus in 17 years in the first quarter of 2020 as the trade
Mali opposition seeks to curb president’s authority in reform plan
Opponents of Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Wednesday sought to end a political crisis by proposing reforms to neuter