News24.com | Mauritania confirms first coronavirus case
Mauritania has confirmed its first case of novel coronavirus, the country’s health minister said on Friday, adding to the growing number of cases in West Africa. In a televised statement,…
News24.com | Malawi president dissolves cabinet after new alliance
Malawi’s president Peter Mutharika on Friday dissolved his cabinet, the latest political move after his May re-election was annulled over vote-rigging. In a landmark ruling last month the Constitutional Court…
News24.com | Nigerian court orders release of deposed traditional ruler
A Nigerian court on Friday ordered the release of a revered Islamic traditional ruler from detention after he was deposed and banished in a controversial practice dating back to colonial…
News24.com | Storms bring widespread floods to Egypt, killing 5
Thunderstorms packing heavy rains and lightning have caused widespread flooding across Egypt, killing at least five people and injuring five others, officials have said, as authorities shuttered schools, government offices…
News24.com | Sub-Saharan Africa braces for full-fledged virus outbreak
After escaping mostly unscathed by the coronavirus pandemic, sub-Saharan Africa is bracing for the worst after its first outbreaks of the illness that has already engulfed China and Italy and…
News24.com | Sudan announces first coronavirus death
Sudan announced on Friday its first case of the novel coronavirus following the death of a 50-year-old man the night before. The Sudanese citizen had recently been in the United…
News24.com | Ugandan general arrested for alleged treason
A Ugandan military general who recently declared he would challenge President Yoweri Museveni in 2021 elections, has been arrested for suspected treason, police said on Friday. A former minister who…
News24.com | South Sudan’s Kiir unveils new cabinet
President Salva Kiir unveiled a new cabinet Thursday, appointing key ministers to the latest power-sharing government formed with rival-turned-deputy Riek Machar in a bid to bring peace to South Sudan.…
News24.com | Kenya confirms first case of coronavirus in East Africa
Kenya announced its first confirmed case of coronavirus on Friday, saying a woman who returned from the United States tested positive for the illness in Nairobi. “I want to inform…