Two South African nationals working aboard a cruise ship quarantined at sea have contracted coronavirus, according to the country’s health ministry. It quoted Japanese officials
Category: Africa
Coronavirus: Nigeria confirms the first case in sub-Saharan Africa
The first case of the coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa has been confirmed in Nigeria. The patient is an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and
Kenyan senator arrested over alleged hate speech
A Kenyan senator has been arrested after being accused of promoting hate speech and “ethnic contempt” in a television interview. Detectives led Ledama Olekina, the
Machar ‘feels like a prisoner’ after the peace deal, says wife
The wife of South Sudan’s newly sworn-in First Vice-President, Riek Machar, says he feels “he is a prisoner”. Ms Angelina Teny, who is herself a
Cameroon to re-run vote in 11 Anglophone areas
Voters in parts of Cameroon’s restive English-speaking regions are to go to the polls for a second time after the country’s Constitutional Council ordered a
Ethiopia to boycott talks on Nile dam row
Ethiopia’s Water Minister Seleshi Bekele has said the country will not participate in fresh talks on the future of a giant hydropower project on the
Kenya’s president takes over Nairobi from the embattled governor
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has taken over key functions of the Nairobi county government in what his office described as “a landmark agreement”. The law
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak dies
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak – ousted by the military in 2011 – has died in Cairo at the age of 91. Mubarak spent three
Lesotho’s PM Thomas Thabane seeks immunity over the murder of ex-wife
Lawyers for Lesotho’s prime minister have told a court that he cannot be charged over the murder of his estranged wife because his position makes
Togo’s Faure Gnassingbé ‘wins re-election’ amid fraud protest
Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbé has won re-election, according to preliminary results from the electoral commission. However, opposition leader Agbéyomé Kodjo has accused the authorities of