Zambia's football association (FAZ) said it will end its domestic season on Aug. 6, just weeks after it restarted, due to clubs failing to adhere to COVID-19 protocols.
FAZ had hoped to complete the Super League season following its resumption on (...)
More than 50 players and staff members at soccer clubs in Zambia's top flight have tested positive for COVID-19 in an outbreak that the national association says was caused by teams failing to properly implement measures to stop its spread, leading (...)
Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's daughter Zindzi Mandela-Hlongwane has died at the age of 59, local media reported on Monday.
She had been South Africa's ambassador to Denmark since 2015.
South African Broadcasting Corporation reported (...)
Five people were killed and hostages were being held at a church west of Johannesburg, South African police said on Saturday.
Police said in a statement on Twitter that they were alerted to a "hostage situation and shooting" in the early hours of (...)
The coronavirus pandemic in Africa is reaching “full speed” and it's good to prepare for the worst-case scenario, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief said Thursday, after a South African official said a single province is (...)
Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry said the virtual meeting between Foreign Ministers from the African Union (AU) Troika Committee and Russia demonstrates the commitment to actively engaging in a common cooperation (...)
A protest against Africa's first COVID-19 vaccine trial was underway Wednesday as experts note a worrying level of resistance and misinformation around testing on the continent.
Anti-vaccine sentiment in Africa is ``the worst I've ever seen,'' the (...)
For months, experts have warned of a potential nightmare scenario: After overwhelming health systems in some of the world's wealthiest regions, the coronavirus gains a foothold in poor or war-torn countries ill-equipped to contain it and sweeps (...)
Arjen Robben is seeking to make a sensational comeback to professional soccer after signing with his boyhood club FC Groningen for the 2020-21 season, the Dutch Eredivisie side said on Saturday.
Robben, 36, retired last year after winning his eighth (...)
The Apple Music streaming platform announced Thursday that “Africa Now Radio with Cuppy” will debut Sunday and will feature a mix of contemporary and traditional popular African sounds, including genres like Afrobeat, rap, house, kuduro and (...)
South African Airways (SAA) aims to resume domestic flights between Johannesburg and Cape Town from mid-June, the cash-strapped airline said on Tuesday, as coronavirus lockdown restrictions ease.
SAA, which is under a form of bankruptcy protection, (...)
The repatriation of 5,300 Egyptians in Kuwait whose visas had expired but who were unable to return to Egypt when airports closed following the outbreak of COVID-19, began this week. Priority is being given to women, children and humanitarian cases, (...)
A special flight operated by Air Cairo to bring stranded Egyptians back home from France amid the coronavirus pandemic landed in Egypt's Marsa Alam on Wednesday, Ahram Online reported.
The Red Sea resort city's airport received 142 repatriated (...)
A special flight operated by Air Cairo to bring stranded Egyptians back home from France amid the coronavirus pandemic landed in Egypt's Marsa Alam on Wednesday.
The Red Sea resort city's airport received 142 repatriated Egyptian passengers from (...)
More than 200 doctors from Cuba have arrived in South Africa to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
The doctors, including community health and infectious disease specialists, arrived early Monday morning and were welcomed by military and health (...)
Africa has continued to see a rise in the number of confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, with over 30,525 across the continent now infected and 1,377 fatalities. The number of recoveries have also increased to 9,151, according to World Health (...)
Stranded Egyptians back
EGYPTAIR is operating special flights this week to fly back Egyptians stranded in a number of countries due to coronavirus flight bans.
A special flight yesterday was to return Egyptians stranded in Saudi Arabia. Egyptians in (...)
تزايدت أهمية الحوكمة نتيجة لاتجاه كثير من دول العالم إلى التحول إلى النظم الاقتصادية الرأسمالية التي يعتمد فيها بدرجة كبيرة على الشركات الخاصة لتحقيق معدلات مرتفعة ومتواصلة من النمو الاقتصادي. وقد أدى اتساع حجم تلك المشروعات إلى انفصال الملكية عن (...)
Africa remains so far relatively preserved from the coronavirus pandemic. It is only a matter of time, however, before African countries feel the brunt of the virus, catching up with those most hit and even possibly surpassing them. This is most (...)
South Africa's number of coronavirus cases jumped to more than 900 on Thursday and President Cyril Ramaphosa called for richer countries to help African nations deal with the economic fallout, hours before the start of a countrywide lockdown.
The (...)
Since the coronavirus outbreak took a serious turn at the onset of the year, the world has been fearing the spread of the disease in Africa, largely due to its humble capacities and deteriorating healthcare and development plans.
Africa has been (...)
Africa has received a much-needed coronavirus care package from Chinese billionaire Jack Ma.
A cargo flight containing more than 6 million medical items arrived Sunday in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa. The supplies from Ma, the founder of China's (...)
For any central bank balking at freeing up its currency for the fear of inflicting pain on the economy, the turnaround being enjoyed by companies in Egypt may provide some comfort.
Three years after Egypt let markets set the pound's value, its (...)
A new phase of the strategic partnership between Africa and Russia is expected to kick off through a first-of-its-kind Afro-Russian Economic Forum which will be held in Russia's Sochi city on 23-24 October. The Forum will be co-chaired by Egyptian (...)
Toshiba El-Araby, a joint venture between Egyptian consumer electronics distributor and maker Elaraby and Japan's Toshiba, on Thursday inaugurated its first regional headquarters in South Africa's Johannesburg.
The move aimed at tapping into new (...)
