AfricaEntertainmentMusicDJ Khaled to Host MTV Africa Music Award on Worldwide Live Broadcast

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 23, 2021

American Grammy Award-winning global sensation and record label executive, DJ Khaled, has been announced as the international host for the MTV Africa Music Awards, Kampala 2021. For the first time, the award ceremony will be aired globally from February 20, 2020 on MTV channels; MTV Base and MTV Africa, in 180 countries. The virtual award ceremony will be hosted by the DJ from home in Miami, Florida, alongside African co-emcees for the Kampala event. Bruce...

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S. Africa Records Lowest Inflation in 16 years

AfricaEconomyNewsS. Africa Records Lowest Inflation in 16 years

PilotnewsJanuary 20, 2021

South Africa’s annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) for 2020 was at 3.3 per cent, the lowest inflation recorded since 2004, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Wednesday. Stats SA attributed food and non-alcoholic beverages as the main drivers of inflation in December with a monthly increase of 0.5 per cent and an annual rise of 6.0 per cent. This was up from November’s annual reading of 5.8 per cent. “Meat prices rose by 7.3...

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WAFU U-17 Final: Win the Trophy, Get ‘Handsomely’ Rewarded, Senate President Tells Eaglets

AfricaSoccerSportsWAFU U-17 Final: Win the Trophy, Get ‘Handsomely’ Rewarded, Senate President Tells Eaglets

PilotnewsJanuary 18, 2021

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has pledged to handsomely reward the Golden Eaglets if they win the ongoing WAFU Zone B Under-17 championship in Togo, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Lawan, who spoke to NAN through his Special Adviser (SA) on Sports, Sani Fema, on Sunday night, stated that the team deserved to be rewarded for not crashing out at the group stages. The Golden Eaglets would face Cote d’ Ivoire, on Monday,...

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Mali Beat Burkina Faso for Good Start at CHAN

AfricaSoccerSportsMali Beat Burkina Faso for Good Start at CHAN

PilotnewsJanuary 17, 2021

Mali kicked off their 2020 African Nations Championship (CHAN) campaign with a hard-fought 1-0 win over a tough Burkina Faso side in Cameroon on Saturday. The Eagles won the West African clash in Group A thanks to an amazing 70th minute header by enterprising left-back Siaka Bagayoko at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde. The defender, who plays for local giants Djoliba but previously featured for CS Sfaxien in Tunisia, settled the tie via an...

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U.S. Vows Action Against Election Riggers in Uganda

AfricaForeign PolicyUnited StatesU.S. Vows Action Against Election Riggers in Uganda

PilotnewsJanuary 17, 2021

The United States has said it will take action against anti-democratic forces and human rights abuses in Uganda following Thursday’s general elections in the country. The U.S. position came in a statement by the Department of State through its spokesperson, Ms. Morgan Ortagus, on Saturday. Ortagus said the government was “deeply troubled” by credible reports of “security force violence” and election irregularities before and during the polls. She called for independent investigations into the allegations,...

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AfricaCoronavirusNewsSouth Africa Shut Down Land Borders to Curb the Spread of COVID-19

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 13, 2021

The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, on Monday, extended the recently imposed COVID-19 restrictions and shut the land border as the country grappled with an unprecedented surge of the increased cases of the new strain of coronavirus. South Africa, which is African most industrialized economy and the worst hit of the coronavirus has gone back into partial lockdown last month to curtail flaring infection. The country has banned the sales of alcohol to ease...

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Ethiopia’s COVID-19 Cases Near 126,000

AfricaCoronavirusNewsEthiopia’s COVID-19 Cases Near 126,000

PilotnewsJanuary 5, 2021

The Ethiopian Ministry of Health on Monday reported 297 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases over the past 24 hours, as the total number of confirmed cases hit 125,919 in the country. The ministry said the number of COVID-19-related deaths in the country had reached 1,950 as of Monday evening, including two new virus-related deaths reported within a 24-hour period. The ministry said some 112,610 patients who tested positive for COVID-19 had recovered so far, including 243...

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Central African Rebels Attack and Enter Town Before Election Results Announced

AfricaCrime & SecurityNewsPoliticsCentral African Rebels Attack and Enter Town Before Election Results Announced

PilotnewsJanuary 4, 2021

Rebel fighters in the Central African Republic attacked and partially occupied a diamond-mining town on Sunday, four security and humanitarian sources said. The attack occurred a day before authorities are due to declare results of the presidential election. At least five rebels were killed and two army soldiers wounded in the clashes in Bangassou, which lies on the southern border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission, MINUSCA, said in...

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South Africa Set to Begin Coronavirus Vaccinations in February

AfricaCoronavirusNewsSouth Africa Set to Begin Coronavirus Vaccinations in February

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 4, 2021

South Africa, one of the African countries that have been hard hit by the second wave of the coronavirus, is set to obtain its first vaccine doses next month, the Minister of Health announced on Sunday. In recent weeks, the government of South Africa has come under criticism, particularly from health experts, over the delay of the government in starting a programme of inoculation against COVID-19. At a news conference, the health minister, Dr. Zweli...

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African Nations Begin Trading Under AfCFTA Pact

AfricaBusinessEconomyNewsAfrican Nations Begin Trading Under AfCFTA Pact

PilotnewsJanuary 3, 2021

African Union (AU) Chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed have congratulated Africans for starting trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Abiy tweeted: “Congratulations to our continent for the beginning of trading under AfCTA. The new frontier for Africa is indeed regional integration, where minds are open to ideas and markets are to trade. Trade defuses the most fraught relations and integrated markets generate prosperity.” South African President Ramaphosa said:...

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