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–This Day Saying it was tired of taking the blame for the flagrant violation of COVID-19 restriction guidelines, the police yesterday began strict enforcement of the nationwide curfew and interstate travel ban imposed by President Muhammadu Buhari two weeks ago. The police commands, particularly in…

–African Development Bank (Abidjan) Araya Hizkias, the owner of a water bottling company in South Sudan’s capital Juba, used to rely on a diesel generator to keep his business going, which gobbled into his profits each month. But now a city-wide power grid is emerging…

–Julius Barigaba Global conservationists have identified 20 new sites across Africa that could qualify for world heritage status. Kenya, Tanzania, South Sudan and Ethiopia are some of the countries with sites earmarked for elevation to world heritage status. These sites include the Eastern Arc mountains…

–Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban Ghana’s case count passed 6,000 mark reaching 6,096 on Tuesday according to tallies released by the Ghana Health Service. The tallies showed that four regions had recorded increases: Greater Accra, Ashanti, Western and Central regions. Meanwhile Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong…

-Nghinomenwa Erastus LOCAL electricity production reached 260 000 megawatt per hour (MWh) for the second time in six years, thanks to the seasonal Ruacana hydropower generation increase for the month. With the generation index recording a 9,8 point increase from 225,7 basis points in January…

–Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban A little over a year after an initial bronze statue was unveiled of Thomas Sankara, government unveiled another – of the same work. Criticisms had trailed the March 2019 statue which a number of people said did not do justice to…

–Reuters | Nairobi newsroom | Gerry Doyle & Edmund Burundi holds its first competitive presidential election next week since a civil war erupted in 1993, but simmering political violence and fears that campaign rallies could accelerate the spread of the coronavirus have already marred campaigning….

– In the northern Nigerian city of Kano, some people say they now get four or five death notices on their phones each day: A colleague has died. A friend’s aunt. A former classmate. The gravediggers of the city, one of the biggest in West…

–Reuters France on Saturday (May 16) arrested Felicien Kabuga, one of the last key fugitives wanted over 1994 Rwandan genocide, leaving him facing a likely trial at an international tribunal after a quarter of a century on the run. Kabuga, once one of Rwanda’s richest…

–Africanews Amid growing support across Africa and caution by the World Health Organization, WHO; some Madagascans are queuing on a daily basis to received the purported virus prevention and treating herbal cure, COVID-Organics. In front of the town hall in the capital Antananarivo, Robert is…