Africa
Ghana's president accepts minister's resignation over COVID-19 isolation breach
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah's resignation has been accepted by President Nana Akufo-Addo with 'immediate effect'.
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Ethiopian PM says singer's death part of plot to sow unrest
Singer Hachalu Hundessa, a member of the Oromo ethnic group, Ethiopia's largest, was shot dead in the capital Addis Ababa on Monday night.
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Sierra Leone doctors' strike leaves COVID-19 patients stranded
The strike marks an escalation in a row between doctors and government over what doctors say is a misuse of funds for the coronavirus response in the West African country.
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Coronavirus costs Africa travel, tourism almost $55 bln
Amani Abou-Zeid told a news conference the economic impact of lockdowns and border closures to curb the spread of the virus would be severe, with the continent’s air industry hit particularly hard.
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Slain Ethiopian singer electrified a generation with songs of freedom & protest
Haacaaluu sang in the Oromo language of Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, but his lyrics - about yearning for freedom and exhorting Ethiopians to solve their own problems - touched a chord more broadly.
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Over 100 Zimbabwean shop owners arrested for not accepting local currency
The arrested shopkeepers have been charged with breaching a section of the Bank Use Promotion Act.
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Botswana reports mysterious deaths of hundreds of elephants
Similar deaths were first reported in May when authorities found 12 carcasses in just a week in two villages in the northwest of the country.
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Africa does not have manifold undetected coronavirus infections-WHO
Africa has reported 416,063 confirmed coronavirus cases with 10,297 deaths, while 196,944 patients have recovered, according to a Reuters tally based on government statistics and WHO data.
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Angola is resisting Saudi OPEC pressure to comply fully with oil cuts - sources
Saudi Arabia has been pressing laggards such as Iraq, Kazakhstan, Nigeria and Angola to improve compliance with the cuts and compensate for May overproduction.
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Child labour on Ivory Coast cocoa farms rises during pandemic, study finds
More than 1 million children work on cocoa farms in the West African country, studies have found.
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AfDB appoints 3 eminent persons to review allegations against Adesina
They are chair of the elders and former Irish President Barrister Mary Robinson, former Gambia attorney general and Supreme Court Judge Hassan Jallow and former South Africa prosecutions boss Leonard McCarthy, who also served as World Bank integrity vice president.
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81 killed in violence after death of Ethiopian singer
Angry protests broke out in Addis Ababa and the region of Oromia which surrounds it, the heartland of the Oromo people who have long complained of oppression at the hands of smaller ethnic groups in the diverse country of 100 million people.
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Zimbabwe national parks to re-open after COVID-19 lockdown
The parks and wildlife authority doesn't receive state funding and relies on tourism to reduce poaching and keep them going.
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Burundi changes tack as president declares COVID-19 'biggest enemy'
Former president Pierre Nkurunziza, who died suddenly last month, and even Ndayishimiye himself, had until now downplayed the gravity of the pandemic, saying God had spared Burundi from its ravages.
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After years as military base, Somalia's renovated stadium reopens
President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, wearing a mask and dressed in a pale blue tracksuit, cut the ribbon and took a few shots at the goal, leaving before a friendly match between two national sides.
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Africa free-trade vision clouded by virus and pace of talks
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) was formally launched just over a year ago in a blaze of optimism.
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Angolan prosecutors seek 7-year jail term for ex-president's son
Jose Filomeno dos Santos, 42, was summoned before Angola's Supreme Court in December over allegations he tried to steal as much as $1.5 billion (1.3 euros) from the sovereign wealth fund, which he oversaw from 2013 to 2018.
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Zimbabwe watchdog accuses Chinese bosses of worker abuse
Police in the central city of Gweru said the dispute erupted on June 21, when coalmine owner Zhang Xuelin, 41, reneged on a promise to pay wages in US dollars instead of the local currency, whose value is fast depreciating.
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Three dead as protests erupt over killing of Ethiopian singer
Hachalu Hundessa, famed for his political songs, came to be seen as a voice for the Oromo people during years of anti-government protest that swept Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to power in 2018. He was shot on Monday night in Addis Ababa.
