Nigeria: Niger Delta Avengers claim responsibility for southern Niger attacks
The Niger Delta Avengers have claimed responsibilty for about five attacks targeting oil companies since Friday in Nigeria’s southern Delta.* The group said it … source
Al-Shabaab attack Kenyan military base in Somalia
Al-Shabaab militants on Friday morning attacked a Kenyan military base in the Somali town of Kulbiyow, an area that is located near Kenya’s border with … source
Libya crisis: Egypt slams Turkey's military deployment plans
Egypt on Thursday strongly condemned a vote by Turkey’s parliament to allow a troop deployment to Libya, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Egypt said … source
Celebrating a global music icon: Cameroon's Manu Dibango 'goes home'
From Cameroon to Africa and the world. The death of veteran Afro-jazz star Manu Dibango was confirmed on Tuesday by his family and representatives. source
Coronavirus patients on chloroquine heal faster – Senegalese medic
COVID-19 patients on hydroxychloroquine heal faster, a Senegalese doctor has disclosed. Moussa Seydi, Head of the Infectious Diseases Department at Fann … source
Liberians march to seat of govt to protest hard economic times
Protesters have taken to the streets of Liberian capital Monrovia against increasingly difficult economic times and corruption in the George Weah – led … source
Artemisia: plant behind Madagascar's purported virus cure
Covid-Organics, a herbal tea presented by Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina as a remedy against the deadly Covid-19 pandemic, is made from artemisia … source
COVID-Organics: Madagascar donates 'cure mixture' to Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea president sent a special envoy with a chartered flight to Madagascar to take delivery of COVID-Organics, the purported and much-touted … source
Fraud trails a presidential poll loss – this time, in Guinea-Bissau
Losing candidates to reject results has become something of a “democratic culture” across much of Africa. In 2019 alone, losing candidates in about a half dozen … source
China's coronavirus: Nigeria, Kenya, SA issue alerts; Ethiopian tasked to 'act'
Asian countries ramp up screening of new virus that has hit China, the highly contagious Corona Virus, nCoV. As at Wednesday, China’s Wuhan was put on … source