Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda Uganda's Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda has gone into self-isolation after some of his contacts tested positive of for coronavirus. Local journalists say cabinet members are being tested for the virus. Mr Rugunda made the announcement on Twitter: Friends, I ... Read More

The Gambia has called for an investigation into the shooting and death of a diplomat’s son in Snellville, Georgia. The Gambian foreign affairs ministry on Thursday said they have asked the Gambian Embassy in Washington to “engage the relevant U.S. authorities including the ... Read More

China has donated 62,000 masks and over 19,000 pieces of PPEs, together with other critical medical equipment to Zimbabwe. The news was announced by the Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe. “My pleasure to handover the donation to our Zimbabwean friends. Together we ... Read More

Supporters of the ‘‘Black Lives Matter’‘ movement gathered outside the South African parliament in Cape Town Wednesday. Protesters expressed solidarity with African-American George Floyd in the United States. Floyd, 46, died after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee against ... Read More

The restrictions that were placed on the former President of Cote d’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, and his ex-Minister of Sports and Youth, Charles Blé Goudé, after being freed on all charges of crimes against humanity, have been lifted. The trial of the ... Read More

A South African court ruled on Tuesday that the COVID-19 lockdown regulations in the country are “unconstitutional” and “invalid.” “Some of the regulations promulgated by the government simply did not meet the rationality test in preventing the spread of COVID-19,” the ... Read More

Scientists are running a trial to see if ibuprofen can help hospital patients who are sick with coronavirus. The team from London's Guy's and St Thomas' hospital and King's College believe the drug, which is an anti-inflammatory as well as a ... Read More

African Americans living in Ghana have marched in protest to the murder of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American, by a white police officer who knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes. The group walked through some streets of Accra ... Read More

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ethiopia says it is dismayed at recent cross border incursions along its common border with Sudan and has called for Sudanese authorities to allow for diplomacy to lead the search for an amicable solution. In a statement ... Read More

Supporters of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and his political ally Charles Blé Goudé are eagerly awaiting the return of the duo as the country readies for keenly awaited presidential elections. Gbagbo’s travel restrictions from Belgium were lifted this week by ... Read More