South Africa Airways plane PRETORIA, June 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Administrators at state-owned South African Airways (SAA) have asked creditors to delay the publication of a rescue plan for the cash-strapped airline until next week.The rescue plan was due to be published on Monday but unions objected to it being published…

A teacher screens students as schools begin to reopen after the coronavirus disease lockdown PRETORIA, June 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Children in South Africa began returning to classrooms on Monday as part of a gradual loosening of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions even as some parents worried not enough had been done to…

Congolese residents gather around health workers as they prepare the introduction of the second Ebola vaccine in Majengo neighborhood of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo KINSHASA, June 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Up to 12 people have been found infected with Ebola in a new outbreak of the deadly disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo,…

 DAR ES SALAAM, June 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has declared the country “coronavirus-free” thanks to prayers by citizens. “The corona disease has been eliminated thanks to God,” he told worshippers in a church in the capital, Dodoma. The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern over the government’s strategy…

Riek Machar tested positive for coronavirus three weeks ago JUBA, June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Sudan’s First Vice-President Riek Machar and his wife, Defence Minister Angelina Teny, have recovered from Covid-19. The two tested positive for Coronavirus three weeks ago. The Sudan Tribune newspaper quoted a statement from Machar’s office as saying…

Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu ABUJA, June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has tested positive for Coronavirus. The state Commissioner for Information, John Kalu, made this known in a statement on Monday. The commissioner said the governor has since gone into isolation as required by the protocols…

Somali journalist Abdimalik Muse Oldon HARGEISA, June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The self-declared republic of Somaliland has freed controversial Somali journalist Abdimalik Muse Oldon following a presidential amnesty. Oldon had been behind bars for more than 13 months. He was found guilty of defamation and spreading false news by a court…

Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta NAIROBI, June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta has extended a nationwide overnight curfew by another 30 days after warning that ending it risked tens of thousands of additional coronavirus deaths.But the nightly curfew will be three hours shorter, running from 21:00 to 04:00, and…

The court annulled last year’s re-election of President Peter Mutharika LILONGWE, June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika has appointed a new electoral commission chairperson ahead of a presidential re-run. In February, the Constitutional Court ordered a fresh presidential election be held within 150 days after annulling last year’s…

Schools open for Grades 12 and 7 on Monday PRETORIA, June 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — South Africa went ahead with its plan to reopen schools for pupils of certain grades on Monday after a suspension of more than two months, a minister said amid a continued surge in COVID-19 cases. “We…