SOUTH AFRICA: COVID-19 cases jump to 7,572, death toll now at 148
South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa takes part in a press conference AGENCIES | Johannesburg - South Africa now has over...
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100 new cases recorded with COVID-19 tally rises to 778 in Sudan
Sudan's COVID-19 case count rises to 778 AGENCIES | Khartoum - Sudan’s Ministry of Health on Tuesday reported 100 new...
45 new cases recorded as Kenya become host to highest COVID-19 cases in East Africa with 535
Kenya's Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe. (FILE PHOTO) Nairobi - Kenya Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Tuesday announced 45...
BUSINESS: Kenya’s Importers protest halt in motor vehicle deliveries
Mombasa - Kenyan Motor vehicle importers have lobbied for the reclassification of the units as essential goods in protest to...
VIDEO: Night burials amid Tanzania’s coronavirus defiance
Tanzania President Magufuli AGENCIES | BBC News| Videos of night burials have been circulating on social media in Tanzania causing...
Thousands homeless as floods, landslides hit Kenya
A man takes a photograph of a flooded village after River Nzoia burst its banks and due to the backflow...
President Magufuli dismisses accuracy of COVID-19 testing kits after goat, pawpaw test positive
Dar es Salaam - Tanzanian President John Magufuli has, on Sunday, May 3, dismissed coronavirus testing kits as faulty after...
Kenya records 30 new cases as COVID-19 total perforates to 465
Nairobi - Kenya has recorded 30 more cases of the novel coronavirus bringing the total to 465. Health CAS Dr....
COVID-19: Nigeria overtakes Ghana as death toll hits 1,689 in Africa
AGENCIES | DailyPost | Lagos - The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has said that there...
Opposition MPs to boycott Parliament after 3 MPs die in Tanzania
AGENCIES | Aljazeera | Dar es Salaam - Tanzania's leading opposition party has called for a suspension of Parliament after...
KENYA: 20 saved from sinking water-bus after engine failure on Lake Victoria
Usenge - 20 people have escaped death by a whisker after were rescued from a sinking water bus on Lake...
10 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in South Sudan, rise count to 45
AGENCIES | Radio Tamazuj | Juba - The number of coronavirus cases in South Sudan on Friday jumped to 45...
Kampala Accord signatory and Tanzania Constitutional & Legal Affairs Minister dies at 74
Dodoma - Tanzania President Magufuli has, on May 1, confirmed the passing of Minister of Constitutional and Legal Affairs, Augustine...
Rwanda to ‘tone-down’ lockdown, businesses to resume under strict measures as borders remain closed
Kigali - The Government of Rwanda has announced a partial lift of the lockdown with some business operations set to...
President Kenyatta appoints Gen. Kibochi new Chief of Defence Forces as Mwathethe bows out
Nairobi - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has, on Thursday, April 30, appointed Robert Kibochi as the Chief of Defence Forces...
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One woman tests positive with South Sudan’s COVID-19 count rising to 35
Juba - Africa's youngest nation, South Sudan, on Wednesday April 29, confirmed one case of the novel coronavirus This was...
10 more test positive with Kenya’s COVID-19 cases rising to 384 and 129 recoveries
Nairobi - Kenya's Health Ministry has, on Wednesday, April 29, recorded 10 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the number to...
196 new cases confirmed as Tanzania’s COVID-19 count ‘catapults’ to 480
Dar es Salaam - Tanzania has, on Wednesday, April 29, registered 196 new cases of the deadly novel coronavirus skyrocketing...
KENYA: 8 new cases confirmed as COVID-19 infections reach 363 with 114 recoveries registered
Nairobi - Kenya's Health Ministry has, on Monday April 27, confirmed 8 new cases of the novel coronavirus. While addressing...