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Officials in China’s Guangdong province have announced new measures aimed at putting an end to racial discrimination - a storm that has threatened Beijing's relationship with African governments and Africans globally. Background: African residents have received harsh treatments in...

With 36 cases of the coronavirus, including three deaths, the Malawi High Court, for the second time in a fortnight, has stopped the government form implementing a lockdown - a necessary arrangement to stop a pandemic that's spreading fast....

It is Ramadan again, and Muslims all over Africa and the world embark on a one month fasting and prayer, but there is a little worry as to how Muslims will reconcile religion and the challenges of physical distancing. Lockdowns...

South Africa's President, Cyril Ramaphosa has announced plans to provide a special COVID-19 social relief or distressed grant to assist unemployed citizens affected by the pandemic for the next six months. "Child support grant beneficiaries will receive an extra...

It might not take too long before animals in South Africa's Kruger National Park noticed human absence, and lions have taken over - like the legend of lions leading teams in their respective 'cities'. On Wednesday, park ranger, Richard...

All over the world, the fight against COVID-19 has not stopped. The pandemic has claimed thousands of lives, sickened tens of thousands and the numbers don't stop. In Africa, the virus has spread to dozens of countries within...

Redbird - Medical diagnostics distributor - has launched a COVID-19 Daily Check-in App and Symptom Tracker in its bid to counter the spread of coronavirus across Africa. Accessible as a browser-based app via covid19.redbird.co, Redbird’s COVID-19 check-in app is a way...

East African economies are already suffering from the worst infestation of desert locusts in 70 years, and the coronavirus is adding pepper to fresh wounds. The region was already looking to a perfect economic 2020 prior to the locust outbreak...

You have probably cancelled, on your own, if you thought of visiting one fun, adventurous travel destination in Africa - or postponed. Not because African countries have this racist agenda that's always on our lips when air, land borders...

Netflix had found potential in Africa and entered the African market - deeply. Now it is YouTube. In case you didn't know: YouTube has launched two new services, YouTube Music and YouTube Premium in Nigeria. YouTube Music will offer access to ad-supported and...