MOGADISHU, May 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The bodies of four people who died in a plane crash in south-western Somalia have been repatriated to Kenya as investigations into the incident continue. The Kenyan-registered cargo plane, which went down in the town of Bardale on Monday, was carrying medical supplies meant to…

ABUJA, May 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The total number of Coronavirus cases in Africa reached 51,698, according to data released by the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). According to the latest update, the death toll in the continent rose to 2,012, while 17,590 coronavirus patients have so far recovered.…

ABUJA, May 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Nigerian woman has given birth on board a flight that was repatriating Nigerians from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said Kafayat Amusan gave birth 30 minutes after the flight took off from…

Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed ADDIS ABABA, May 8 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has accused the opposition of trying to take advantage of the postponement of elections to seize power by unconstitutional means.In a speech posted to his Facebook page, the Nobel Peace Prize winner said “those…

An injured man receives medical treatment at a hospital in Tripoli TRIPOLI, May 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — Indiscriminate shelling killed three civilians and injured 19 others in Libya’s capital Tripoli, said a Libyan official. “Indiscriminate shelling hit the Tajura district in eastern Tripoli, killing three civilians and injuring 19 others, including…

Children are at risk of child labour in Ivory Coast and Ghana ABIDJAN, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ivory Coast and Ghana should be on alert for a spike in child labour due to the coronavirus, experts said, with schools closed and monitors unable to access villages in cocoa harvest season.…

President Yoweri Museveni KAMPALA, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Uganda began to loosen one of Africa’s strictest anti-coronavirus lockdowns after President Yoweri Museveni declared the infection “tamed.” The country of 42 million reported 97 confirmed cases and no deaths in 45 days of restrictions, and Museveni said it was now better…

A leopard sits in the grass in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, JOHANNESBURG, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Most visitors wanting to see big game in Africa jet in from faraway places, so when the new coronavirus grounded flights and put the world into lockdown, the legendary African safari died.…