AFRICA

Uganda has decided to allow imports of used clothing, reversing a previous decision introduced last month, to ban second-hand garments and footwear, amid fears they could spread coronavirus. The ban was welcomed by textile and clothing manufacturers as a boost to the Ugandan industry. But traders of used garments complained, …

A Kenyan widow filmed cooking stones to make her children believe she was preparing food has lost her last-born child, the Daily Nation newspaper report. The four-month-old baby died on Thursday after being discharged from hospital where she was treated for a persistent fever, the newspaper reports, quoting Peninah Bahati …

Correctional services centres across South Africa have 172 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with three deaths and 59 recoveries. A total of 95 officials have tested positive for COVID-19, with 77 inmates also being affected by the virus. “Currently, our COVID-19 preventative measures are stretched to the brink.We have managed thus far, but the spread …

One Joseph Yohana, who is based in Kaduna with his family, has reportedly collapsed out of joy after his wife, Juan revealed she built a new house with savings she made from money he has been giving her to cook and take care of other domestic needs. A Facebook source, …

The novel coronavirus could kill between 83,000 and 190,000 people in Africa in the first year and infect between 29 million and 44 million in the first year if it is not contained, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The projections are contained in a new WHO Africa study …

The Islamic State (IS) group has confirmed for the first time that it is engaged in heavy fighting with al-Qaeda linked militants in Mali and Burkina Faso. In its online publication, al-Naba, it described members of al-Qaeda’s Sahel affiliate as apostates and wild dogs. IS said it had targeted its …

President Cyril Ramaphosa has convened a virtual consultative meeting with Heads of State and Government from neighbouring countries to discuss responses to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Today’s meeting, which will be chaired by President Ramaphosa, aims to afford countries the chance to share views on coordinated responses to curb the …

Police in Dedza has arrested 22-year-old Daniel Sambani for killing his mother’s boyfriend. Dedza Police Deputy spokesperson Cassim Manda said Sambani was infuriated by the relationship that his mother identified as Seleniya Tsamba had with the man identified as Harold Sosola. According to Manda, Sambani’s mother started the affair with …

A virtual meeting held by a South African parliamentary committee has been hacked and the speaker abused. The programming committee’s session had just started on Thursday morning when pornographic images appeared on the screen and a male voice hurled insults at Speaker Thandi Modise, who was chairing it. The outraged …

Africa is the only continent in the world where deforestation is accelerating, according to key findings of a five-year report released Thursday by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). In South America, where some countries have been blamed for rampant forest exploitation, the rate of forest loss was …