As received from South Africa: Hi guys, my entire family has had Covid-19; fully tested positive and with symptoms; my kids ages 5 and 7, my husband – a type 1 diabetic, my housekeeper and myself. I am not a working mum so have managed to take time to deal with it but also to […]

Kenya’s Amina Mohammed and Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala have emerged as front runners in the race for WTO top job. They both presented themselves in Geneva for the interview. Delegates indicated Amina and Nigeria’s former Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala are hot favorites to replace Brazil’s Roberto Azevedo as director general, although weeks of campaigning lie ahead. […]

Iran has issued an arrest warrant for U.S. President Donald Trump citing the drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad in January this year. Reports indicate that Iran is seeking help from the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) to detain Trump. “Tehran prosecutor Ali Alqasimehr said on Monday that Trump, along with […]

The Tanzanian Parliament on Wednesday passed a bill that provides immunity to heads of state organs from lawsuits. The provision seeks to discontinue filing of cases against the President, the Vice President, Prime Minister, the Speaker, Deputy Speaker and instead, demands that petitions of such nature be presented to the Attorney General. The amendment to […]

Burundi’s outgoing President Pierre Nkurunziza died of Covid-19, diplomatic sources in Bujumbura and Nairobi confirmed on Wednesday. The Burundi government said Nkurunziza’s sudden death was a result of a heart attack. The 55-year old was due to stand down in August following elections on May 20. “He had coronavirus but no one would say so […]

The Government of Burundi has announced the death of President Pierre Nkurunziza. According to an official press release President Nkurunziza died after a heart attack. Reports have indicated that Nkurunziza died on Monday while undergoing treatment. On Sunday the President had attended a volleyball match in Ngozi, but fell ill on Sunday night. President Nkurunziza’s […]

South Sudanese politician, Minister for East African Affairs Hon John Luk Jok has died in Juba this morning. Hon John Luk Jok was SPLA liberator, editor of Magazine and a former Minister who served in many portfolios in the Government of Sudan, South Sudan and the revitalised Transitional Government of National Unity According to the […]

Isn’t this total madness, Tanzania which has the highest COVID-19 infections in the region is now set to re-open and relax strict social distancing measures. President Magufuli has said he will reopen schools and allow sporting activities to resume in the next one week, claiming that Covid-19 infections in the country have greatly reduced. Addressing […]

Félicien Kabuga, one of the world’s most wanted fugitives who is alleged to have been a leading figure in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, has been arrested in Paris by French authorities. Kabuga was indicted by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in 1997 on seven counts of genocide, complicity […]

False confidence and recklessness towards COVID19 is now heading to disaster as Tazania records highest infections in the region. The spread of the virus is so fast that even President Magufuli is now said to be in total panic. Speculation is live that the country’s three of its lawmakers (Members of Parliament and a cabinet […]

There was mad rush in Netherlands’ capital- Amsterdam as the government announced closure of several entertainment joints and restraurants to cub the spread of Coronavirus. Popular sex clubs in Amsterdam’s “Red Light” district are now closed following the government’s order on 15th March 2020. At the same time there were long queues at marijuana coffee […]

Consequently, the Arsenal Colney Training Centre has been closed, with personnel who had had recent close contact with Arteta now in self-isolation. “Our London Colney training centre has been closed after head coach Mikel Arteta received a positive Covid-19 result this evening. Arsenal personnel who had recent close contact with Mikel will now self-isolate in […]

By Alberto Nyakundi Amenya the Banana Peddler Kenyans have been blaming the government of Kenya for allowing the Chinese plane carrying 239 passengers because they might be infectious. Well, they might be right and wrong at the same time because inasmuch as China is the most affected nation, the rampant cases of Corona Virus are […]

Here’s the latest round up of the number of cases the coronavirus and deaths from AP. • Mainland China: 2,592 deaths among 77,150 cases, mostly in the central province of Hubei. • Hong Kong: 74 cases, two deaths. • Macao: 10 cases. • Japan: 838 cases, including 691 from a cruise ship docked in Yokohama, […]

A disputable website, ab-tc.com also known as City News, on Wednesday, February 5 published an article claiming China sought a court’s approval to kill more than 20,000 coronavirus patients. It said this was to avoid a further spread of the deadly virus. The article added that China’s Supreme People’s Court was expected to give approval […]

Hundreds of Chinese left Africa for China to celebrate their annual festival – Lunar New Year – to return next week. At the moment over 300,000 Chinese are already infected with coronavirus. The AU and national governments should take serious precautionary and preventive actions before we have an epidemic in Africa if some of them […]

The United States has banned Dar es Salaam’s Regional Commissioner over human rights violations, he will not be allowed entry into USA henceforth. US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Friday announced the ban of Paul Christian Makonda via Twitter. “Today we designated Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner Paul Christian Makonda as ineligible to enter […]

Basketball legend Kobe Bryant, 41, died Sunday morning in Los Angeles, two separate sources told CNN. TMZ reported Bryant was aboard a helicopter that crashed in Calabasas, California. Five people were killed the crash on a hillside in Calabasas, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. There were no survivors, the Los Angeles County Fire […]