Africa

South Africa is rolling out mass testing of the population in a bid to arrest the rising number of coronavirus infections.The WHO has in...

Nairobi’s main Catholic church was empty Sunday as faithful endure coronavirus lockdown.A modest Easter Sunday service was held by a small group of Clergymen...

The United States has now overtaken Italy to have the highest death toll from coronavirus in the world.The latest data, compiled by Johns Hopkins...

A newly wed couple is trending on social media for getting married despite the Covi-19 lockdown.ALSO READ:Coronavirus: Akufo-Addo extends ban on public gatherings to...

African Group of Ambassadors in Beijing have registered their opposition to China’s alleged ongoing forceful testing and quarantine and maltreatment of...

The global coronavirus pandemic has drastically disrupted daily life around the world, and birthday kings and queens, unfortunately, don’t have the power to wish...

The founder and president of LoveWorld Incorporated, also known as Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has reacted to the decision by governors in...

Three pastors have sued Kenyan government after church services stopped operating due to the coronavirus lockdown put in place to halt the...

For a long time, funerals were sad occasions where many people congregated to bid farewell to a loved one and some vigils would take...

A new case of Ebola virus disease was confirmed today in the city of Beni in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).“While not...

African leaders have been urged to be wary of donations from China in the form of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and medical supplies as...

Archbishop Samson Mustapha Benjamin, the General Overseer of Resurrection Praise Ministries International, has led a protest against the launch of 5G network in Nigeria. The...

Actress Juliet Ibrahim is being crucified on twitter for a comment about Africans.Since the advent of colonialism, Africa has been depicted as the poorest...

The Zambian government has revoked the license of one of the country's most popular TV station for "refusing to air free coronavirus-awareness adverts."ALSO READ:Woman reveals...

Scovia Nakawooya’s unborn child died inside her as she struggled to reach a hospital on foot. She died hours later - one of at...

Rwanda’s courts have started to conduct trials through video link-up in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus.ALSO READ:Sarkodie donates foodstuffs, sanitisers to...

A Nigerian lady, who identified herself as a slay queen in a video which has gone viral, has cried out over the challenges...

Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni, has released a video of himself working out in his office, to encourage citizens to exercise at home ...

Sarkodie and Nigerian rapper M.I Abaga would be having a rap battle to entertain fans while their countries fight the coronavirus.These two artistes would be...

With the coronavirus pandemic currently ravaging the world and the Nigerian government announcing that they will be giving out some money to poor...

The economic fallout from the coronavirus could increase global poverty by as much a half a billion.This bleak warning comes from a United Nations...

On a typical workday, hundreds of thousands of men clad in overalls and carrying safety equipment and head lamps assemble at South Africa’s mine...

Nigeria’s former minister of finance, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, has taken to her twitter page to apologise to Nigerians for posting a fake picture about...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has granted amnesty to no fewer than 2,600 inmates as part of measures to decongest prison facilities during the coronavirus...

The African Union (AU) has projected a contraction across the continent’s economies and the loss of almost 20 million this year amid the fallout...

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame is the latest African leader to defend the World Health Organization (WHO) and its head Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus against...

Uganda has banned exercising in public as an extra measure towards controlling the spread of the coronavirus.President Yoweri Museveni said that Ugandans should exercise...

South Africa’s communications minister has been suspended for two months, one of which will be without pay, for having lunch with a friend during...

President Faure Gnassingbé has announced several social, political and economic measures to make life easier for the Togolese people as the coronavirus pandemic...

Liberia’s President, George Weah, has declared that a state of emergency should begin at 11:59 pm local time on Friday because of the ...

A taxi driver was allegedly beaten to death Tuesday by Nigerian security operatives, for carrying passengers who were not wearing face masks. ALSO READ:Mmebusem runs...

President Uhuru Kenyatta has directed the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage to set aside Ksh.100 million ($944,356) to to cushion local artistes from...

Hundreds of African residents and businessmen in China's southern city of Guangzhou have been evicted from hotels and apartments as local health officials rollout...

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has berated Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, the founder and President of LoveWorld Incorporated, also known as Christ Embassy.Paul Ogenyi,...

As the world struggles against coronavirus with a shortage in medical supplies, an unnamed young Nigerian man has risen to the challenge by...

Moroccans, who venture outside their homes without wearing face masks, risk prison sentences of up to three months and a fine of up...

The end of lockdown appears to be in sight for many as countries across Europe begin to lift their coronavirus restrictions.Spain, Italy and Denmark are all...

Hungry residents of Lagos state allegedly raided the office of the chairman of a local government around the Abule Egba area of the...

Nigerian singer, David Adedeji Adeleke, popularly known Davido, has narrated how he went against his dad’s wishes to become a musician.In a live video...

Cameroon has turned a football stadium in the country into an accommodation centre for coronavirus patients as authorities grapple with lack of space to...