Kenyan truck driver dies while awaiting clearance in Uganda
Police and Ministry of Health officials in Uganda’s Busia District are investigating circumstances under which a Kenyan truck driver was found dead in the country....
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Senegal postpones school restart after teachers test positive for coronavirus
Senegal has postponed the restart of schools until further notice after several teachers tested positive for the new coronavirus, the education ministry said late on...
Aviation minister denies demanding bribes before approving flights
Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has denied asking or receiving a bribe to approve flights. Sirika, speaking at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on...
Rwanda reports its first death from the new coronavirus
Rwanda’s ministry of health on Sunday reported the East African nation’s first death caused by the new coronavirus. The victim was a 65-year-old driver who...
Burundi police detain more than 200 opposition election observers
Burundian police detained more than 200 opposition electoral observers during this week’s election, the spokesman for the main opposition National Freedom Council (CNL) told Reuters...
Kenya demands probe as plane crash kills six over Somalia
Kenya’s foreign ministry Tuesday called for a swift investigation after a humanitarian plane helping the fight against coronavirus crashed in Somalia in “unclear” circumstances, killing...
Tanzania opposition MPs to boycott parliament after three legislators die
Tanzania’s leading opposition party has called for a suspension of Parliament after three legislators died of unknown causes in the past 11 days. Freeman Mbowe,...
Guinea-Bissau premier, three ministers test positive for coronavirus
Guinea-Bissau’s prime minister, Nuno Gomes Nabiam, said Wednesday he had been infected with coronavirus, as three other ministers in the fragile West African state also...
African Union inaugurates coronavirus response situation room in Nigeria
The African Union (AU) Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC), on Monday inaugurated a response situation room in Nigeria to boost the fight against the...
Cuba sends doctors to South Africa to combat coronavirus
Cuba sent 216 healthcare workers to South Africa on Saturday, the latest of more than 20 medical brigades it has sent worldwide to combat the...