The head of the African Union Commission has condemned the killing by police of an unarmed black man in Minnesota. In a statement, Moussa Faki Mahamat extended his deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of George Floyd. Faki firmly reaffirmed and reiterates the AU’s rejection of the continuing discriminatory practices against Black citizens […]
Israeli airline El Al said on Sunday it was considering firing 1000 staff out of its total workforce of around 6000 due to losses linked to the novel coronavirus outbreak. A company spokesperson confirmed the plan to AFP but would not give further details. Israel has cancelled direct flights to and from areas of high […]
Three Zimbabweanyouth leaders have been granted bail after being charged of promoting “public violence. The three were were allegedly abducted by police They are still recovering recovering from multiple injuries Three Zimbabweanyouth leaders were granted bail on Thursday after being charged with promoting “public violence” for taking part in a demonstration from which they were […]
Tanzania said on Tuesday it had summoned the top official at the US embassy to object to an advisory that warned of “exponential growth” of Covid-19 cases in the east African nation. The embassy’s “health advisory” published earlier this month contained inaccurate information, the foreign ministry said in a statement. The advisory reported, for instance, […]
Between 2000 and 2017, rangers recorded 201 dead poached elephants in Chewore. Poaching mostly took place near permanent water sources, where elephants could predictably be found by poachers. Rangers are far more than the people who take on poachers at the frontline of conservation. The illegal wildlife trade is one of the highest value illicit […]
More than 400 repatriated Malawians, including a handful of Covid-19 patients, on Wednesday fled quarantine and isolation sites in the city of Blantyre, a local health official said. The 441 Malawians were bused back from South Africa on Monday, where they were left stranded after the country closed its borders in March to limit the […]
An Angolan soldier shot and killed a teenager during an operation to enforce face-mask wearing to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the government has said. The home affairs ministry said a 17-year-old boy “was a victim of a gunshot” fired by a soldier on Friday while “allegedly” protesting against a military-led awareness campaign on the […]
An Angolan trade union on Tuesday accused the police of shooting dead one of their senior officials and his neighbour in front of his home in the capital, Luanda. The police removed the body from the scene and launched an investigation, interior ministry spokesperson Waldemar Jose told local media. The Sinptenu teaching union named the […]
A Zimbabwean high court on Monday ordered police to desist from arresting, detaining or interfering with the work of journalists providing coverage during the Covid-19 lockdown. The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA and journalist Panashe Makufa had petitioned the court to issue the order following a string of incidents in which police and other […]
State surveillance is on the rise globally as governments such as Egypt’s take advantage of the coronavirus pandemic, warns exiled historian and intellectual Khaled Fahmy. Amid the Covid-19 crisis, states have used phone apps and other high-tech measures to monitor the spread of the disease, and in some cases deployed drones and troops to enforce […]
Kigali, May 4, 2019 (AFP -The remains of nearly 85,000 people murdered in Rwanda’s genocide were laid to rest Saturday in a sombre ceremony in Kigali, a quarter of a century after the slaughter. Mourners sobbed as 81 white coffins containing the remains of 84,437 victims of the 1994 mass killings were buried at the […]
Here, 4 professional skin care brands share how they’ve adapted to handling the changing face of beauty. Consumers have taken on DIY beauty treatments as professional services have come to a halt, but what does the future of this industry look like? About two weeks before we went into lockdown (hardly knowing what it would […]
Madagascar’s government has announced it will dispatch troops and doctors to an eastern town after several bodies were found in the streets and where two people died from the novel coronavirus. Madagascar’s cabinet held a special meeting on Sunday to discuss the situation in Toamasina, the country’s second largest city. The Indian Ocean island nation […]
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin rejected plans by the African Development Bank’s board to end an investigation into its president, Akinwumi Adesina, and called for an independent probe into allegations against him. In a letter dated May 22 and addressed to Niale Kaba, chairperson of the bank’s board of governors, Mnuchin said the Treasury disagrees […]
Eight suspected jihadists were killed and another 38 captured in a joint operation by Burkinabe and Ivorian forces near the two countries’ shared border, the Ivory Coast army said on Sunday. The captured men – 24 in Burkina Faso and 14 in Ivory Coast – were handed over to intelligence services, a source at Ivorian […]
As we ponder celebrating Africa Day on Monday, from an African bifocal perspective, we need to think about a day when the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic is a nightmare of yesterday. We need to do that so that we can look back into all our surroundings through the dialectical lens of the seminal introduction of a […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa is now at risk of even more coronavirus infections as it prepares to gear down to alert Level 3 of the lockdown. The president, in a prompt address at 19:00 on Sunday, warned that the only way to reduce the number of infections and deaths would be resorting to […]
NewsRescue Bill Gates, known for his controversial statements including on the use of vaccines for population control, in this video pushes for indemnification for governments in administration of vaccines which could lead to 700,000 casualties. The views expressed in this article belong to the author and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of NewsRescue […]
South America is “a new epicenter” of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization has declared, as US President Donald Trump intensified his push to reopen the reeling American economy. Brazil led the surge across South America, its death toll passing 21 000 on Friday from 330 000 infections, the third highest caseload of any […]
Forces loyal to Libya’s UN-recognised government said Saturday they seized three barracks from fighters aligned with strongman Khalifa Haftar south of the capital, in an apparent new victory against their rival. “Our forces have regained control of the Yarmouk, Hamza and Al-Sawarikh camps,” south of Tripoli, said Mohamad Gnounou, spokesman for the Government of National […]
It was a cold and overcast day in Cape Town’s city centre on Thursday, where more than 100 people joined the queue snaking around the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) offices in Long Street. When GroundUp arrived mid-morning, some people were sitting on the ground or in camping chairs, while others with children stood around cars parked […]
African countries are facing multiple dilemmas during the coronavirus pandemic, including whether to allow voting and whether to continue restraining economies, all while battling stigma surrounding the virus. South Africa continues to enforce a tough lockdown, with much of the economy not allowed to operate at full capacity and restricting movement. In contrast, Tanzania, while […]
Kano – Jihadists have killed five soldiers in an attack on a military outpost in restive northeast Nigeria, army sources said on Thursday. Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP in several trucks opened fire on troops at a checkpoint outside the town of Mainok in Borno state on Wednesday, they said. “We […]
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa said Saturday the lockdown imposed to control the spread of coronavirus would stay in place for the moment, but would be reviewed every two weeks. The restrictions have so far borne fruit as transmission has not been widespread and numbers remain lower than had been initial projections, he added. From more […]
Lesotho’s beleaguered prime minister, Thomas Thabane, finally resigned on Tuesday, ending a months-long crisis that engulfed the kingdom after he was accused of having a part in his ex-wife’s murder. “I come before you today to announce that the work that you assigned me may not be over but the time to retire from the […]