Morocco to reform state bodies in virus response – ministry
Morocco plans to reform, merge or dissolve some state bodies to reduce their dependency on a state budget hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the finance...
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AIB begins investigation as two aircraft collide at Lagos airport
Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters The Accident Investigation Bureau says it will investigate a collision involving Middle East Airline and a Turkish plane at the Murtala Mohammed International...
Zimbabwe records 62 new coronavirus cases as total hits 2,879
Zimbabwe recorded 62 new COVID-19 cases and one death on Wednesday, bringing the country’s total cases to 2,879 and the death toll to 41. The...
Kenya central banker says still has ‘plenty of firepower’
Kenya’s central bank governor said on Thursday that policymakers still have “plenty of firepower” to combat impact of the coronavirus crisis on the economy. Policymakers...
Zimbabwean government agrees to pay $3.5 billion compensation to white farmers
The Zimbabwean government and former white commercial farmers on Wednesday signed a 3.5 billion United States dollars compensation agreement for the farmers. The money, which...
Egyptian woman jailed for 3 years over TikTok videos which ‘incite debauchery’ – report
An Egyptian court Wednesday jailed the sixth woman in a week over TikTok videos, deeming the clips in which she dances and lip-syncs to popular...
Zimbabwe minister, who helped plot Robert Mugabe ouster, dies at 65
Zimbabwe’s agriculture minister Perrance Shiri, a retired general who helped plot the ouster of Robert Mugabe in a 2017 coup, has died, President Emmerson Mnangagwa...
Wanted US fugitive arrested at Kenyan airport
A multiagency team in Mombasa has arrested 60-year-old Mansur Mohamed Surur, aka “Mansour”, a Kenyan citizen and wanted fugitive in the US. Surur is said...
Abuja-Kaduna train service resumes July 29 – minister
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said the Abuja-Kaduna rail service would resume on July 29. Amaechi disclosed this while test-running new coaches recently...
Tanzanian ex-President Benjamin Mkapa to be buried Wednesday
Tanzania’s former President Benjamin Mkapa, who died on July 24 in Dar es Salaam, will be buried Wednesday at his home in Lupaso village of...