South African investigators are investigating 10.5 billion rand ($636.2 million) of the government’s coronavirus spending for corruption, more than double the amount they were investigating two months ago, they told parliament on Tuesday. President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised that corruption during the COVID-19 pandemic will be dealt with harshly after a spate of scandals sparked…
A Nigerian venture plans to raise 480 billion naira ($1.2 billion) over the next three years to buy electricity meters and help power distributors plug a revenue gap in Africa’s most populous nation. Less than a 10th of Nigeria’s 41 million households have their electricity consumption metered, and half of those are faulty, according to…
The sudden increase in COVID-19 positive cases and fatalities that has been witnessed in Kenya lately has raised concern amid a looming second wave. Ministry of Health officials said East Africa’s largest economy was staring at a potential crisis given the consistent spike in the virus caseload and deaths that had been reported across all…
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the African continent has reached 1,654,412 as of Tuesday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, a specialized healthcare agency of African Union Commission, said in a statement that the number of deaths due to illnesses related to the pandemic…
Confirmed COVID-19 cases have surpassed 40 million globally, with over 1.1 million fatalities and more than 27.4 million recovered patients, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University. Here is what we know: The Chinese mainland reported 13 new cases from overseas on Sunday. China’s economy expanded by 4.9 percent year on year in the third quarter…
A wave of optimism swept across Africa in 1960 as many years of liberation struggle began to bear fruits. 17 African nations; one country after another, the independence flag was being raised as European colonists packed and left, bringing an end to decades of foreign rule. That remarkable year became known as “The Year of…
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the African continent has reached 1,636,748 as of Sunday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, a specialized healthcare agency of the African Union Commission, said in a statement that the number of deaths due to illnesses related to the…
As the world is set to commemorate World Food Day on Friday in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, Uganda says it is striving to balance the food systems that have been disrupted by the impacts of the COVID-19. Vincent Ssempijja, minister of agriculture, told reporters here that although Uganda produces more than enough food…
Kenya on Wednesday confirmed 604 new cases of COVID-19 from 5,832 samples tested in the last 24 hours, bringing the number of confirmed positive infections to 42,541. So far Kenya has tested 601,623 samples since March. The health ministry said from the 604 cases, 583 are Kenyans and 21 are foreigners. The cases are made…
Namibia on Tuesday reported 207 new COVID-19 recoveries, bringing the total recoveries to 10,120. Namibia’s Health Minister Kalumbi Shangula said at a daily update that the southern African country has recorded a reduction in the positivity ratio for the past 16 days despite the increase in the number of tests performed. “This is encouraging in…
