4G internet balloons take off over Kenya
A network of giant internet-enabled balloons from Google’s sister firm Loon is to provide internet…
Africa
Tanzania shuts centres handling Covid-19 patients
Tanzania has closed most centres designated to handle Covid-19 patients. The government said that a…
SA coronavirus cases pass 200,000
Coronavirus cases in South Africa have passed the 200,000 mark. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said…
Kenyan schools to stay closed until 2021
Kenya’s education ministry has said that all primary and secondary schools will reopen next year….
Kenyan protesters tear-gassed and arrested
Police in Kenya have fired tear gas at people taking part in an annual protest…
180 bodies found in Burkina Faso mass graves
Bodies of at least 180 men have been found in mass graves in northern Burkina…
SA widow ‘traumatised after burying wrong man’
A South African woman had to hold two funeral services for her husband who had…
Somalia restaurant attack: Six killed by al-Shabab
A bomb explosion at a restaurant in the southern Somali town of Baidoa has killed…
Rwanda MPs to endorse president more powers
Rwandan lawmakers have endorsed plans to give more powers to the president to create and…
South Sudan drops out of AU
The African Union (AU) has suspended South Sudan from the continental body over failure to…