African News
Independent review panel exonerates AfDB president Adesina of ethical wrongdoing
By: African News Agency 28th July 2020 A report by an independent review panel has exonerated African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina of ethical wrongdoing, paving the way... →
West Africa proposes plan to resolve Mali crisis; opposition unimpressed
By: Reuters 28th July 2020 West Africa's regional body ECOWAS on Monday proposed a four-point plan to resolve Mali's political crisis that it says should be implemented... →
Egypt and Sudan criticise Ethiopia at start of new Nile dam talks
By: Reuters 28th July 2020 Egypt and Sudan criticised Ethiopia for what they called unilateral filling of its Blue Nile dam at a new round of talks that kicked off on Monday... →
AfDB approves $27-million to boost the AU’s Covid-19 response
By: News24Wire 28th July 2020 The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Friday approved US$27.4-million in grants to boost the African Union’s (AU) efforts to mobilise continental... →
Kenya extends curfew for a month as Covid-19 cases jump
By: Reuters 28th July 2020 Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta extended a nightly curfew on Monday for 30 days to curb the spread of Covid-19 and banned alcohol sales in... →
WHO says travel bans cannot be indefinite; countries must fight virus
By: Reuters 27th July 2020 Bans on international travel cannot stay in place indefinitely, and countries are going to have to do more to reduce the spread of the novel... →
Uganda records first two Covid-19 deaths in four days
By: African News Agency 27th July 2020 Uganda has recorded its second death attributed to Covid-19, three days since the country’s first Covid-19 death was recorded and four days since... →
Sudan to send more troops to conflict-stricken Darfur region
By: African News Agency 27th July 2020 Sudan's transitional government says it will send more troops into the troubled Darfur region after unidentified gunmen killed 60 people on... →
