Covid-19 cure By Mthokozisi Dube. In Africa, the western methods of treatment and medicine have had traditional competitors since time immemorial. The African methods started losing traction because of the introduction of tested medicine from the west. African medicine has for most times been passed through knowledge of herbal doctors who do not have any

Photo: Credit Reuters The Horn of Africa country in March postponed parliamentary and regional elections scheduled for August due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. A new date has yet to be set, and parliament failed to settle on one in a meeting on Tuesday. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front, the region’s governing party, split acrimoniously

A general view of ambulances and staff outside the NHS Nightingale Hospital at the Excel Centre, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 5, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley The United Kingdom has overtaken Italy to report the highest official death toll from coronavirus in Europe, figures released on Tuesday showed, increasing pressure

Photo/Somali Times Teachers in Somalia’s government-run schools are complaining about not receiving salaries for over several months. The teachers’ leaders told Somali Times that they have not received any payments in March so far and are not expecting any in the coming months. The reason for not receiving teacher salaires of the Ministry of Education

Kenya has asked Somalia to investigate “unclear circumstances” under which a light aircraft was shot down in Bardale area. The cargo plane carrying aid supplies for use in the fight against Covid-19 was shot down in Somalia yesterday, killing all six on board. According to the Somali Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation. the incident

Somali Journalist Said Yusuf Ali, a journalist who worked for a media outlet, was killed in Mogadishu tonight. The killing of journalist Said Yusuf Ali in the district of hodan is to have been caused by a man with a knife. Reports indicate that security forces have arrested the man who killed the journalist, Said

Photo: Credit Reuters/ Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin (not pictured) following their talks in Moscow, Russia March 5, 2020. To match Special Report TURKEY-JUDGES/ Pavel Golovkin/Pool via REUTERS/ Turkey’s president said Monday that Libya’s eastern-based forces have entered a “regression” phase in the conflict with the

A light Kenyan aircraft with 6 crew members has been brought down after getting hit with a rocket-propelled grenade in Somalia while landing. The Embraer 120 plane with tail registration 5Y AXO and belonging to African Express was landing in Bardale town when it was hit with an RPG in what is now believed to

Mechanical ventilators become ‘breath’ for Somalia, says Turkish industry and Technology minister Turkey donated mechanical ventilators to Somalia to help in Mogadishu’s efforts against the novel coronavirus pandemic, a senior Turkish official said on Monday. Turkish Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank said the ventilators had become a “breath” for Somalia, with many low-income countries

Tory Conor Burns found by parliamentary standards watchdog to be using position as lawmaker for intimidation The trade minister of the UK resigned on Monday after a parliamentary watchdog found that he attempted to use his position as a lawmaker to intimidate a member of the public in a private dispute. The dispute between Conor