Cricket: Zimbabwe to play Australia in August ODI series
Cricket Australia have announced that the men’s team will commence their summer tour with a three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe starting…
COVID-organics: Doctor controverts President Rajoelina’s report on injectables
Madagascar’s President, Andry Rajoelina’s, position that the purported remedy for COVID-19 will be administered in clinical trials has been clarified by…
Fire guts Cameroon’s overcrowded prison, leaves three injured
Cameroon’s overcrowded maximum-security prison was on Thursday swept through by a raging fire sending three inmates to the hospital with…
Ex Rwandan mayor bags life imprisonment over 1994 genocide
For his active role in the 1994 genocide, Rwanda’s High Court has sentenced a former mayor, Ladislas Ntaganzwa, to life…
Reopening of churches: South Africa’s opposition says ‘It’s a trap’
South Africa’s firebrand opposition politician, Julius Malema, has urged people not to fall for the “trap” of going to church,…
UNICEF makes music producer, Cobhams Asuquo, its Nigerian ambassador
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has appointed the internationally acclaimed and award-winning Nigerian musician, producer and songwriter, Cobhams Asuquo,…
ECOWAS updates practice direction, enables virtual court sessions
The ECOWAS Court of Justice says it has updated its Practice Direction to enable the virtual conduct of Court sessions.…
Tanzania summons US envoy over warning against COVID-19 exponential increase
Tanzania summoned a US envoy in the country to clarify a recent warning about the risk of “exponential growth” of…
Burkina Faso Islamist militant attack impacting negatively on education – group
An international pressure group says a surge in Islamist militant attacks on schools in Burkina Faso is having a devastating…
Madagascar deploys doctors, soldiers to virus-hit city
The government of Madagascar has announced the deployment of soldiers and doctors to the city of Toamasina (east), after a…
Nigerian soldiers eliminate over 1,000 insurgents in Northeast
The Nigerian Army said it had eliminated over 1,015 Boko Haram terrorists in different encounters with the insurgents in the…
South African smokers frown at cigarette ban
The illicit trade in cigarettes in South Africa is now in full swing after the sale of tobacco was banned…
Nigeria repatriates 69 Nigerians stranded in Lebanon
The Federal Government of Nigeria has repatriated 69 citizens from Lebanon, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, said on…
Tanzania to redeploy pot-bellied police officers
Tanzania’s minister of Interior, George Simbachewere, has said that traffic police officers with pot bellies will be redeployed because they…
