Two inmates have died of Covid-19 in an East London prison, the correctional services department said on Tuesday. Both had “underlying comorbid conditions,” said spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo. A third inmate death – this one at a Western Cape facility – was “under investigation”. There have been an additional six cases …

Kenyan nurses have threatened to strike over a coronavirus risk allowance. Union leaders gave a two-week warning to the government that health workers could take industrial action if their demands for those on the frontline are not met. Some of the issues that union officials want addressed include permanent employment …

Tanzanian president, John Magufuli, has ordered a probe on the country’s coronavirus testing kits after samples taken from a goat and pawpaw tested positive. Speaking at an event in Chato in the northwest of Tanzania on Sunday, the President said that the COVID-19 testing kits, which had been imported from …

Ghana has on Monday, May, 04,2020 confirmed 550 new COVID-19 cases. Data recorded on GHS portal, shows that the current case count now stands at 2,719. At least 65 new recoveries have been recorded while the number of fatalities remains 18. Regional breakdown The Greater Accra Region is still leading …

With winter fast approaching and confirmed COVID-19 cases now at 7 220, Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, has urged South Africans to continue to stay home to ease the burden on the country’s healthcare system. “Stay home if you do not have to venture out,” said the Minister on Monday. …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the results of the teacher promotion interviews which were taken for some teaching staff in February this year. “We are pleased to inform staff of the Ghana Education Service that the results for the promotion test held on February 20 and 21. 2020, …

Justice and correctional services minister Ronald Lamola on Monday detailed the Covid-19 statistics in the country’s prisons among officials and inmates. Lamola said there could have been a single death of an inmate in the Western Cape, although the department of health was still investigating whether the death could be …

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has announced that the Nigerian government on Monday received $311,797,866 of the Abacha loot. The money was repatriated from the United States and the Bailiwick of Jersey after a recent agreement. Malami, in a statement by his Spokesman, Umar Gwandu, said …

Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbé was sworn for a fourth term on Sunday at a subdued ceremony in the capital, Lome. Mr. Gnassingbé won re-election in February but opposition leader Agbéyomé Kodjo has rejected the results. The president’s office denies allegations of widespread fraud. He has led Togo’s population of eight …

This year’s edition of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) will no longer take place between June and July. This decision comes due to the coronavirus pandemic. The production company responsible for the beloved NSMQ competition, Prime Time, will release a new date for the championship as soon as …

The air is cleaner with a third of the global population on lockdown, but South Africans who use solid fuel to cook and heat their homes could face a higher Covid-19 death rate. Solid fuels, including charcoal and wood, produce high levels of solid and liquid particles, and a Harvard …

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa is now 6 783, with a further eight COVID-19 related deaths. This is an increase of 447 cases from Saturday’s 6 336 COVID-19 cases. The eight reported deaths are from: Western Cape 2, Eastern Cape 4 and Gauteng 2. This brings the …

The week-old marriage of a 15-year-old boy named Abraham Samuel Onuoha, and his 22-year -old lover, Anurika John has left Nigerians in a state of awe. The couple got married in Akeze, Ebonyi State, Nigeria after a simple wedding with both families in attendance. OperaNewsHub, a news portal which chanced …

Education Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has indicated that deliberations are still ongoing to determine the best mode of assessing academic work and varied options have come up for discussion at the stakeholder meetings. According to him, “We won’t wait and be confronted with something we haven’t thought through. We …

South Africa’s finance deputy minister was quoted in a leading newspaper on Sunday as urging the central bank to temporarily create money to fund the government response to the COVID-19pandemic and its economic fallout. In an interview with the Sunday Times, David Masondo called on the government to avert a 1930s-style …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is reminding Ghanaians that the fight against the coronavirus Disease remains unabated. This follows a sharp decline in hand washing with soap and the use of hand sanitisers. So far, the country has recorded 2,169 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 with 17 deaths and 212 recoveries. The …

“We were five in number and we slept with the girl before we killed her last. We killed the boy first, killed the second and the girl last. We used gun brought by Bright”. With this statement, one of the suspected abductors of three undergraduates of University of Port Harcourt, …

The Emir of Rano, in Kano State of Nigeria, Alhaji Tafida Abubakar Ila II, has been reported dead According to Nigerian media report, he died on Saturday at a hospital in Kano at the age of 74. The Turakin Rano and House of Representatives Member of Rano, Kibiya and Bunkure, …

South Africa has a total of 6 336 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with seven new deaths and 2 549 recoveries. “The total number of tests conducted to date is 230 686, of which 13 164 were done in the last 24 hours. This is the highest number of tests done in a …

Twenty-three Burkinabes who entered Ghana through unapproved routes at Nandom in the Upper West Region were arrested and repatriated by personnel of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), on Wednesday. The migrants were arrested at the Babile Checkpoint by the GIS personnel when the buses on which they were travelling were …

A Nigerian man, yet to be identified, has been exposed for how he tortured his two children over their mother’s sins in Okigwe, Imo State. It is not clear what offences the mother had committed but the man has broken the wrist bones of the children with hammer. The suspect …

The confirmed cases of COVID-19 have risen to 5 951, with 13 more recorded deaths as of Friday, 1 May. The number of infections increased by 304 between Thursday and Friday, with the Western Cape having the highest number of infections. According to the Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, the new …

Headmistress of Nsawam Senior High School (SHS), Nsawam, Eastern Region, Madam Gladys Asiedu, has made a passionate appeal to the central government to fast-track the completion of its on-going new school facility which relocation is at Okobeyeyie on the Nsawam-Aburi road.   She explained that this has become necessary because …

An online study by market research and consulting firm Ipsos has found that more than eight out of 10 online South Africans support the lockdown. “84% agree that a total lockdown was correct – given the risks of the Covid-19 pandemic,” its spokesperson, Mari Harris, said in a statement on Friday. …

A request for waiver on income taxes amounting to GH¢ 288,644,003.34 submitted to the legislature by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, to help cushion health workers in both public and private health facilities, who are on the frontline fighting the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been granted. …

Sudan has criminalised carrying out Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), making it punishable by three years in jail. Some 87% of Sudanese women aged between 14 and 49 have undergone some form of FGM, according to the United Nations. In Sudan it is common for women to get the inner and …

The Tamale Teaching Hospital has commenced testing of Covid-19 samples for Northern, Savannah, Upper West, Upper East and North East regions in Tamale in the Northern region. Head of the Tamale Testing Center at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Dr. Abass Abdul Karim told DGN Online that the facility can test …

Over 36,000 COVID-19 cases have been reported in African, with over 1,500 deaths recorded, as at Thursday, April 30, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The international health agency also revealed that South Africa, Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Guinea and Cote d’Ivoire are the most affected by COVID-19 in Africa (WHO …

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Daffiama Bussie Issa in the Upper West Region, Dr. Sebastian Sandaare says the Deputy Health Minister, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye misled Parliament on his assessment of the meningitis situation in the regions of the north. On Thursday, April 30, Dr. Okoe Boye told Parliament …

South African anti-apartheid activist, Denis Goldberg has died at his home near Cape Town, aged 87. Goldberg was a prominent member of the ruling African National Congress and stood trial alongside Nelson Mandela. He spent 22 years in prison for his involvement with the ANC’s fight against apartheid, the racist …