Tanzania’s civil aviation authority has lifted all restrictions on passenger flights operating in the country. The body said in a tweet that the development follows
Category: Africa
Rwanda president’s son lands top state job
The eldest son of Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has been appointed to the board of a government agency that oversees business registration and tourism. Ivan
Police confess to the murder of Mozambique poll official
Six members of Mozambique’s elite police unit have gone on trial for the murder of a well-known election observer. Anastacio Matavele was shot dead in
Rwandan genocide suspect appears in a French court
The Rwandan businessman alleged to have been the main financier of the 1994 genocide has appeared before a public prosecutor in Paris. Félicien Kabuga, 84,
Covid-19 blamed for a delay to Somalia-Kenya sea dispute case
The International Court of Justice has postponed a hearing into Somalia and Kenya’s long-running maritime dispute by another 10 months following Kenya’s petition. Both countries
Robots arrive to screen Rwandan patients
Five humanoid robots have been delivered to Rwanda where they will assist in coronavirus screening, deliver food and drugs to patients, as well as act
Coronavirus in Africa: Contained or unrecorded?
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that nearly a quarter of a billion Africans could contract coronavirus in the first year of the pandemic,
Sudan Covid-19 medic: ‘There aren’t enough gloves’
Sudanese doctor Sarah Ali is not surprised by the recent report that 250 million people in Africa could catch coronavirus in the first year of
Kenya closes borders with Tanzania and Somalia
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered the closure of the country’s land borders with Tanzania and Somalia except for cargo transport. The order came into
Israel gets first Ethiopia-born minister, in Pnina Tamano-Shata
Israel is set to get its first Ethiopia-born minister, with the nomination of a female MP brought there in a secret operation in the 1980s.