Libya: Khalifa Haftar Loyalists Suspend Participation in Dialogue

There has been mixed reactions following the decision by soldiers loyal to Khalifa Haftar to suspend their participation in the 5+5 committee. The military committee was set up at… Read more »

Nigeria: The Real Housewives of Lagos Sets Social Media Alight

The Real Housewives of Lagos started streaming on Showmax on April 8, 2022 - a night after its grand and glamorous launch in Sandton, South Africa. Hosted by South Africa's… Read more »

South Africa: What's Happening In South African News - April 12, 2022

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Africa: Differing Covid-19 Responses Reflect Africa's Uncertainty: What Next?

While Kenya and South Africa begin to ease to Covid-19 restrictions, including mask wearing  in open spaces, Nigeria is still in national disaster status with no… Read more »

Africa: How African Cities Rate Among Best Sunrises, Sunsets In The World!

Many people say that African sunrises and sunsets are the best in the world, and I certainly agree with them!  There's something very special about the warmth of those first… Read more »

South Africa: What's Happening In South African News - April 11, 2022

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Ethiopia: Ethiopian Statement by Former U.S. Ambassadors

We, former U.S. ambassadors and charges d’affaires to Ethiopia, were heartened by the humanitarian truce announced by the Ethiopian Federal Government and subsequently… Read more »

South Africa: What's Happening In South African News - April 8, 2022

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Africa: Over 9.6 Million Covid-19 Recoveries Confirmed Across Continent

As of April 8, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  11,435,999 while over  273,178,717 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »

Africa: Total Confirmed Cases of Covid-19 Across Continent Approaches 11.5 Million

As of April 7, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 11,433,979 while over 272,627,268 vaccinations have been administered across… Read more »

Africa: Conflict, Climate Crisis and Covid - World Needs Peace for Health and Health for Peace

To mark World Health Day on 7 April, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, defines a bold initiative to promote peace and… Read more »

South Africa: Zimbabwe Citizen Killed After Protests over Crime in Gauteng Township

A spate of up to seven murders over the past weekend has driven tension in the Gauteng township of Diepsloot, over the past several days, Times Live reports. Residents… Read more »

South Africa: What's Happening In South African News - April 7, 2022

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South Africa: Google Honours South Africa's Mother of Black Freedom On Her 151st Birthday

Internet giant Google is celebrating the 151st birthday of Charlotte Maxeke, popularly known as the "Mother of Black Freedom". Maxeke was a scholar, an evangelist,  a… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Ex-President Blaise Compaoré Sentenced to Life Imprisonment

The country's former president, Blaise Compaoré, has been sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday for his participation in the assassination of his predecessor Thomas… Read more »

South Africa: What's Happening In South African News - April 6, 2022

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Africa: Covid-19 Infection, Vaccination Rates Steady Across Continent

As of April 5, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  11,422,292 while over  270,570,107 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »

Somalia: Somaliland in Shock After Fire Guts the Country's Largest Market

A massive fire in the Somaliland's central market in Hargeisa has plunged the country into mourning. The flare-up began on Friday, 1 April and continued into Saturday.… Read more »

Africa: Bolloré Africa Logistics Group Pulls Plug on Business on the Continent

The Bolloré Africa Logistics group has confirmed the sale of its activities in Africa to Franco-Swiss shipowner MSC for a record amount of € 5.7 billion. In addition to… Read more »

Africa: 28 Years Later, the African Union Remembers Rwanda

April 7 marks the start of Kwibuka, the commemoration period of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, a cataclysmic event which saw one million killed in barely 100 days. Read more »

Africa: Confirmed Covid-19 Cases Climb to More than 11.4 Million Across Continent

As of April 4, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 11,422,130 while over  270,321,505 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »

South Africa: Black Coffee Wins First Grammy Award

South African DJ and music producer Nkosinathi Maphumulo, popularly known as DJ Black Coffee, has won his first-ever Grammy award in the category Best Dance/Electronic Album… Read more »

South Sudan: Leaders Agree on Key Provision of the 2018 Peace Deal

Four years after the signing of a peace agreement to end the conflict in South Sudan, numerous blockages and weeks of tension raised fears of a resumption of hostilities. Now the… Read more »

Africa: Over 250,000 Covid-19 Deaths Confirmed Across Continent

As of April 2, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 11,417,099  while over  270,321,505 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »

South Africa: Govt Blowing Hot and Coal on Just Energy Transition #AfricaClimateCrisis

The government has announced that it currently has no plans to discontinue the use of coal as part of the country's energy mix. While responding to oral questions in the National… Read more »