BBC Teachers in Kenya have been asked to return to schools to help prepare for their reopening after the coronavirus lockdown. Schools in the east African country had been shut since mid-March amid the coronavirus pandemic, and were due to remain closed until January. But at a press conference in the capital, Nairobi, the Teachers
BBC Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has announced a further easing of coronavirus restrictions in the country as the infection rate continue to rise. The health ministry blames the rise in infections on the public’s complacency to social distancing and wearing of masks. Museveni said the country cannot remain under restrictions indefinitely, citing the economy’s weakened
BBC A Zimbabwean writer who was arrested during anti-government protests is among six finalists announced Tuesday on a diverse list of contenders for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction. Tsitsi Dangarembga was nominated for the 50,000-pound ($64,000) award for “This Mournable Body,” which links the breakdown of its central character and turmoil in post-colonial Zimbabwe.
Times Live “It has been a few days since the eviction began and we are still unable to find words to articulate the feelings felt to see our home of 22 years literally carried out of the door and loaded into vehicles within a matter of hours.” These are the words of Martin Grobler, a
BBC South Africa’s Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize says new research estimates 12 million people – about 20% of the country’s population – could already have been infected with Coronavirus. This is much higher than the official cumulative number of detected Covid-19 cases which is 650,749. The research is based on examining seroprevalence – the
Times Live Mozambique’s army has condemned the apparent execution of a naked woman by men wearing military uniforms, seen in video footage being beaten with a stick before being shot in the back as she tries to flee. In the unverified footage, which circulated on Monday, the group taunt the woman, referring to her as
BBC The rival government in eastern Libya has submitted its resignation after a number of protests over deteriorating living conditions and corruption. At the weekend demonstrators in the city of Benghazi set fire to strongman Gen Khalifa Haftar’s headquarters. They also clashed in his stronghold of Al-Maj for the first time. Libya has been torn
BBC Schools and universities in South Sudan are scheduled to re-open on Monday after nearly six months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. The decision to re-open schools and universities was reached during a cabinet meeting on Friday chaired by President Salva Kiir. Health Minister Elizabeth Acuei Yol told her colleagues that there was
AP PAUL Rusesabagina sounded strained. The man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” for saving people from genocide but is now accused of terrorism in Rwanda was speaking to his family for the first time since being paraded in handcuffs on August 31. But something was wrong. With Rwandan authorities listening in, it was clear
The Guardian THE UN has redeployed soldiers to protect a Nobel prize-winning doctor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after being warned that he was at risk of assassination. The Guardian reported on Monday that Denis Mukwege, who shared a Nobel prize in 2018 for his work with victims of sexual violence, had been left without
BBC The Nelson Mandela foundation has hit back at remarks attributed to US President Donald Trump about anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela. The remarks are from a new book by Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, which comes out on Tuesday. In the book, Cohen claims Trump made racist comments about Nelson Mandela. He claimed Trump said
BBC South Africa’s opposition figure Julius Malema has called for more protests to demand that beauty company Clicks closes all outlets for five days over a racist advert. Protests on Monday led by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party leader led to the closure of more than 400 outlets of the company. Several outlets were
BBC South Africa’s government has introduced three Bills in Parliament to curb gender-based violence. President Cyril Ramaphosa has termed them as the “most far-reaching legislative overhaul in the fight against gender-based violence and femicide”. The proposed changes seek to among other things create a new offence of sexual intimidation, allow for names of sex offenders
BBC Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has declared Saturday a national prayer day for Covid-19. The president said he got the idea from a Ugandan citizen who “got a vision from God”. “God had told him in a vision that I should organise national prayers, scientifically organised, for God to deliver us from Covid-19… I declare
BBC At least two people were killed when a protest march turned violent in Sudan’s Kassala state over the appointment of a new governor. Two ethnic groups – Beni Amer and Beja – clashed over the nomination of Governor Salah Ammar of the Beni Amer tribe. Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has sent a ministerial delegation
BBC News THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed concern about the president of Zambia dismissing the governor of the country’s central bank, just days after a cut in interest rates alongside a warning about the country’s economic problems. President Edgar Lungu fired Denny Kalyalya on Saturday, without giving a reason and replaced him with
TimesLive The Ebola outbreak in western Democratic Republic of Congo has infected 100 people as of Friday, killing 43 of them, the World Health Organization said. The latest outbreak of the virus was declared on June 1 in Mbandaka, a city of 1 million people on the River Congo, just before Congo declared the end
BBC Zimbabwe’s government has reached out to Vatican representative Archbishop Marek Zalewski to seek clarification on criticism by Catholic bishops. The bishops recently released a pastoral letter highlighting corruption, poverty and human rights abuses in the country. They called for an urgent resolution to the country’s economic and political challenges. Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi says
BBC Uganda’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the government’s failure to provide basic maternal healthcare services violates the constitution and subjects women to inhumane and degrading treatment. The court also awarded $84,000 (£64,000) in damages to the families of two women who died during childbirth at public health facilities. The judgement, nine years after the
Reuters JOSE Filomeno de dos Santos, the former head of Angola’s $5 billion sovereign wealth fund, was found guilty, along with three other defendants, of transferring the money to a Credit Suisse account in London. His trial has been the most high-profile case to date under the anti-corruption drive of President Joao Lourenco, who took
