Botswana, Namibia call for calm amid tension over shooting of nationals
Botswana and Namibia called on their citizens to remain calm and patient after fatal shootings in November of three Namibian nationals and one ...
Uganda: No End to Election-Related Violence in Uganda
Tensions are rising as Uganda gears up to a general election. President Yoweri Museveni, in power for 36 years, changed the constitution to ...
Plateau Govt shifts date for reopening of tertiary schools
The Plateau Government has directed tertiary institutions to resume on Jan. 18, as against the Jan. 4 date earlier announced. Mr Kakmena Audu, ...
Breaking: Biden names Nigerian, Okolo as member Covid-19 response team
President-elect Joe Biden has announced the names of the people who will lead the COVID-19 Response Team and one of the members of ...
NCDC announces 1,016 new COVID-19 cases as total rises to 86,576
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 1,016 new infections of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known ...
China approves its first coronavirus vaccine, from Sinopharm
China has approved for conditional use its first coronavirus vaccine, developed by state-owned pharmaceutical company Sinopharm. The approval, announced by the Joint Prevention ...
Border closure, effects and curbing recurrence
One of Nigerian borders News Analysis by Emmanuella Anokam of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) President Muhammadu Buhari on Dec. 16 ordered ...
Egypt: Prosecutor Denies Police Involved in Italian Student’s Murder
Egypt's public prosecutor has rejected Italy's claims that five Egyptian police officers were tied to the killing of student Giulio Regeni. The real ...
Africa: How Covid-19 May Result in One Million Excess Deaths From Other Diseases in Africa
The pandemic has hit Africa's overburdened health services and left many unable to access treatment - raising fears of up to one million ...
Africa: From Child Marriage to Revenge Porn – 10 Set-Backs for Women in 2020
From mass job losses to soaring domestic violence, the rise of revenge porn and a widening gender poverty gap, 2020 has threatened to ...
