Category: African News 3

The Tanzanian police have said that at least 45 people died in a stampede that took place on March 21 when citizens paid their last respects to the country’s late President John Pombe Magufuli. According to the statement made by Dar es Salaam regional police commander, Lazaro Mambosasa on Tuesday, there had been a lot […]

Former President of the United States, Barack Obama has mourned the passing of his grandmother, Sarah in Kenya via his official Twitter account. Sarah, aged 99, was the second wife of President Obama’s grandfather, Hussein Onyango Obama, a herbalist and a village elder who fought for the British in Burma, now called Myanmar. She helped […]

The rise in Kenya’s COVID-19 cases and deaths has led President Uhuru Kenyatta to announce tightened restrictions in five of the most affected counties. These new restrictions have been imposed in the country’s capital, Nairobi and the three urban counties surrounding it, including Nakuru, a major transit city. “Our rate of infection has gone up […]

A nine-storey apartment building has collapsed in Egypt’s capital, Cairo on Saturday morning, killing at least 18 people and injuring about two dozen others, an official said. Rescue workers were searching for any survivors trapped under the rubble of the building in the el-Salam neighbourhood, said Khalid Abdel-Al, the administrative head of the Cairo governorate. […]

The rise in new COVID-19 cases has led the Kenyan government to impose a new lockdown measure. This has also made President Uhuru Kenyatta announce a ban on all inland travel in the capital Nairobi and out four other counties. He made this known on Friday in the wake of the country’s positivity rate rising […]

Skin bleaching products in Gambia remain banned. This is following a debate and vote by the lawmakers in parliament. According to experts, skin-lightening or bleaching agents, especially unauthorised ones, may cause multiple health risks such as scarring, blistering, nerve and bone damage. Many have also argued that the practice is one of the negative effects […]

UNICEF has stated that nearly one-third of Nigerian children do not have access to enough water. This report issued on Monday calls for urgent measures to address the problem. In a statement to mark World Water Day, UNICEF said more than 1.42 billion people, live in areas of high or extremely high water vulnerability in […]

François Bozizé has become the new rebel leader in the Central African Republic as he takes over the leadership of the CPC, the Coalition of Patriots for Change. CPC spokesman, Serge Bozanga on Saturday said the former head of state had responded favourably to the “call” of the six-armed groups that are members of the […]

Hamza Nasri, a young Tunisian activist, who took to the streets as part of anti-government protests in recent months is afraid for his friends as he says he is now under police watch. “I’ve moved house three times in recent months. I’ve stopped going to see certain friends so I don’t put them in danger,” […]