Here’s How Africans Raise COVID-19 Awareness
With the whole world almost at a standstill over the rapid spread of coronavirus to 125 countries, Africans are inspiring their continent with music and dance in an attempt to beat the virus. People are turning to fun, catchy songs to promote practices like social distancing and proper hand-washing. The Ndlovu Youth Choir in South Africa is […]
Is Mining Still an Economic Priority for Africa?
The metals & engineering sectors are among the most important pillars of the SA economy yet are handicapped by an unfavourable policy environment and are unable to realise their economic growth and job creation objectives as set out in the National Development Plan. According to the “State of Metals and Engineering Report” for 2020/2021, the […]
Something’s Wiping Out a Population in Rural Ethiopia
More than 2,000 nomads in Ethiopia’s Somali region have died since 2014 after falling ill from a mysterious disease that caused bleeding from their mouths and noses. Other reported symptoms include swollen limbs and green or yellow eyes. The affected people roam with their cattle around the Ogaden Basin region, which is being explored by companies looking for oil and natural gas. Reports of the mysterious illness and deaths have drawn Western reporters and researchers from rights groups to […]
Nigerian Footballer’s Bold Move
Former Chelsea footballer John Obi Mikel has parted ways with his Turkish Super Lig club Trabzonspor after he refused to play due to the coronavirus pandemic. The player’s two-year contract was cancelled on Tuesday following his social media post confirming he was not comfortable playing until the coronavirus outbreak was over. In an Instagram post,Mikel called for the cancellation […]
Rhino Conservationist Gunned Down
South African police are hunting the gunmen who killed one of its top rhino poaching investigators in an ambush. Lt Col Leroy Brewer’s killing was “senseless” and a “huge loss”, police chief Gen Khehla Sitole said. He had “always excelled in cracking complex cases, particularly related to rhino poaching”, Gen Sithole added. Col Brewer investigated poaching syndicates in […]
Ivorian President Amazes All
Ouattara’s decision was received with shock by Ivorians and the political world at large. This is because Ouattara started the year proposing to amend the electoral constitution of the country, which seemed to favour a possible 3rd term agenda or discourage potential candidates. Thus, leading to an outcry by political opposition, who accused Ouattara of trying to […]
A Glimmer of Hope in Libya’s Crisis
Libyan ed-tech startup iStudy is steadily increasing the number of schools paying to use its platform in spite of the various challenges it faces in its home market. Launched in September 2017 by Zakaria Gwaila and Waleed Sassi, who had noticed in the years after the 2011 revolution that student failure rates were higher, iStudy connects parents with […]
Cruise Ship Left at Sea
South Africa is holding more than 1,700 people on a cruise liner and a cargo vessel off the coast of Cape Town because of coronavirus. A crew member of cargo ship MV Corona is suspected to have the virus. He had been on a flight with six other people, who then boarded Italian-flagged cruise liner MV Aidamira. The […]
Sub-Saharan Africa Records First Coronavirus Death
Burkina Faso has joined the list of African countries to have recorded corona-virus related death. Authorities announced the first COVID-19 death on Wednesday. The country’s confirmed cases as at Wednesday (March 18) is at 26 with over 230 contacts being monitored. Other African countries that have reported fatalities include Egypt, Morocco, Algeria and Sudan. The authorities […]
Nigerian Novelist Puts Plagiarism Claims to Bed
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s literary agency has fiercely dimissed “delusional” claims that her award-winning novel Half of a Yellow Sun was plagiarised. Nigerian-Welsh author Anne Giwa-Amu alleged in a YouTube video uploaded on Saturday that Half of a Yellow Sun plagiarises her own debut novel, Sade, which was published in 1996. In the video, Giwa-Amu describes Adichie’s book as “a rewrite […]
