South Africa hopes to ease access to COVID loans amid low payouts
South African banks and the government are looking for ways to boost take-up of an up to 200 billion rand
Gunmen ambush Mali army convoy, soldiers killed – residents
Gunmen ambushed an army convoy near a town in central Mali on Sunday and killed a number of soldiers, residents
Côte d’Ivoire cocoa farmers worried by heavy rains
Well-above average rainfall in some of Côte d’Ivoire’s cocoa-growing regions last week raised fears of plantations flooding and poor quality
Kenya records 133 new cases of COVID19 including four members of State House staff
Kenya’s Ministry of Health on Monday confirmed 133 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the national tally of infections to 3,727. Mutahi
Nigerian doctors strike for better benefits during coronavirus crisis
Resident doctors in Nigerian public hospitals went on strike on Monday to demand better benefits as they battle the coronavirus
Sudan finds mass grave of conscripts killed during Bashir’s rule
Sudan’s public prosecutor on Monday announced the discovery of a mass grave east of Khartoum suspected to contain the remains
Zambia’s Patson Daka scores again as RB Salzburg extend winning run
Another weekend of football action saw Spain’s La Liga resume following a three-month suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While
Up to 17 infected, 11 dead in new Ebola outbreak in Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo has recorded up to 17 Ebola cases in a new outbreak of the deadly virus
Botswana investigates 154 elephant deaths, poaching ruled out
Botswana is investigating the mysterious deaths of at least 154 elephants over two months in the northwest of the country,
UN condemns attack in northern Mali which killed two peacekeepers
The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned an attack in the northwestern region of Mali which killed two UN