Africa is the most impoverished continent in the world and despite being rich in natural resources, the continent has continued to lag behind in terms of development. Economies of many African countries have failed to take off majorly due to common problems including corruption, civil wars, political unrest, lack of medical and education facilities, among […]

Africa is continuing to battle the Coronavirus pandemic with countries taking different measures to fight the spread of the virus that has so far shown no signs of slowing down. African nations have also stepped up their fight against the pandemic and the infection rate is still low compared to other parts of the world. […]

Ever since the novel coronavirus entered the African continent, it has been spreading at a very fast speed with over three quarters of the continent now affected. It should be remembered that Egypt was the first country to report the first case on the continent about a month ago before other cases were shortly reported […]

Gorilla trekking is one of the major wildlife encounters that attract millions of travelers from all over the world to the African continent. To countries like Uganda and Rwanda where mountain gorillas are found, gorilla safaris contribute the larger percentage of income obtained from all tourism activities. The genesis of gorilla trekking in Africa dates […]

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak who was ousted by the military in 2011 during the Arab Spring has died in Cairo at the age of 91. Mr. Mubarak had spent 3 decades in power before his government was toppled by a popular uprising that swept the country. Initially Mr. Mubarak had been convicted with complicity […]