AFRICA

  There are now more than over 340,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the pandemic. According to the latest data by the John Hopkins University and Africa Center for Disease Control on COVID-19 …

  The U.S. criticized Tanzania’s arrest of eight opposition leaders during their party meeting on Wednesday, saying the action stifles democratic norms. ACT-Wazalendo party leader Zitto Kabwe and other members were taken by authorities, citing alleged illegal assembly.“The police detained us for more than 30 hours,” Zitto told reporters, adding …

  Gambia’s renowned justice minister Abubacarr Tambadou, who established a probe to investigate abuses under the country’s ex-dictator and spearheaded the international defence of Myanmar’s Rohingya, has resigned, the government said Thursday. The West African state said that Tambadou will step down as minister and attorney general effective from June …

    A clean-up has begun in Ivory Coast’s main city of Abidjan after floods triggered by torrential rains left streets and houses underwater and at least three people dead. Local residents said three hours of heavy rain on Thursday caused waters to surge by one and half metres in …

      The King of the Igbo Community in Ghana, HRM Eze Dr., Amb. Chukwudi Jude Ihenetu has asked Nigerians living in Ghana to continue to be law-abiding and to maintain peace amidst the current diplomatic issue between the two brotherly nations of Ghana and Nigeria. This followed the …

    The worst-ever outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has officially been declared over, almost two years after it began. No new cases of the disease have been reported in the north-east of the country, where dozens of armed groups operate, since 27 April. Some 2,280 …

    The price of petrol and diesel in Zimbabwe is to more than double with immediate effect, the country’s energy regulatory authority has announced. The increase of 150% comes a day after the Zimbabwean dollar fell by more than 50% against international currencies. This happened after the central bank …

  The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has drawn a roadmap for the reopening of borders in the sub-region. Borders in the ECOWAS region have been closed for weeks due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. But after a meeting of the Ministerial Coordination Committee for Transport, …

National Assembly Members (NAMs) on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Mr. Yusupha Baboucarr Dibba as a member of Armed Forces Council of The Gambia. Similarly, the appointment of the other nominee, retired Cononel Momodou Ndow Njie has been withdrawn by Defence Minister Sheikh Omar Faye in order to provide tangible …

    Senegal’s President Macky Sall has quarantined himself after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for coronavirus. The president tested negative but will self-isolate for two weeks as a precaution, his office said in a short televised statement. A Senegalese lawmaker, Yeya Diallo, announced earlier on Wednesday …