AFRICA

South African rapper, AKA has tested positive to Coronavirus (COVID-19), a statement shared on his social media page revealed. The rapper announced the news on his Twitter page on Friday. PRESS STATEMENT: AKA TESTS POSITIVE FOR NOVEL COVID-19 VIRUS Multi award winning South African musician, AKA, has tested positive for …

A 32-year-old man identified as Aboh Ogbeche reportedly committed suicide on Friday, at his Lagos residence in Lawanson, Surulere, right in front of his mother. According to the report by The Punch, Aboh was said to have drank bleach. Man commits suicide right in front of his mother in Lagos It was …

A 12-year-old girl has allegedly been gang-raped by four masked men in the Ajah area in Lagos state. Punch reports that the victim simply identified as Blessing, was raped at her residence on Thursday, June 4.   Recounting what happened, her distraught mother who gave her name as Anthonia, said “I went to …

A woman’s body has been recovered from the sea near Kalk Bay harbour in Cape town, according to a report from the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI). The NSRI’s Simon’s Town and Strandfontein crews responded to a report of a body in the water just before 10:00 after it was …

An 18-year-old boy was killed and a 13-year-old girl critically injured after their motorbike collided with a vehicle in Vanderbijlpark on Saturday, ER24 has said. According to ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring, the incident happened on President Steyn Street, adding paramedics had arrived at the scene at 17:20. Upon arrival, medics …

Government has revised the recommended isolation period for patients who have tested positive for COVID-19. “We wish to inform South Africans that the recommended isolation period for patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection is reduced from 14 to 10 days,” said Health Minister Zweli Mkhize. The Minister said the recommendation to …

Ivory Coast’s deceased Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly was buried Friday in his hometown in Korogho, the main city in the north of the country. Before his burial, relatives surrounded his remains and prayed for the departed Prime Minister in the main mosque of the city. In this tranquil atmosphere, …

Chemical tanker CURACAO TRADER was attacked at around 1100 UTC Jul 17 in Gulf of Guinea, 230 nm south of Lagos, Nigeria, while en route from Lome Togo to undefined port. Pirates boarded the tanker and kidnapped 15 crew, according to Dryad/IMB report. They’re believed to be of Russian and …

South Africa now ranks fifth in the world for confirmed coronavirus cases as the African continent faces the pandemic’s first wave head-on, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally. South Africa on Saturday reported 13,285 new confirmed cases for a total of 350,879. That puts the country ahead of Peru, …

Two men were killed and seven others injured during an alleged robbery at OR Tambo International Airport on Saturday. According to Russel Meiring of ER24, the robbery was said to have taken place in the cargo area outside the airport in Kempton Park, Johannesburg.   “ER24 paramedics, along with other services, arrived …