Health

COVID-19: Gambia hunts for 14 quarantined escapees

Authorities in Gambia on Friday begun a hunt for 14 people who broke out of a hotel in Banjul where…

March 21, 2020

MTN reviews tariffs in Uganda, Cameroon

Mobile phone giants, MTN, are tweaking their tariffs in the area of mobile money transfers in some African countries with…

March 20, 2020

Ivory Coast quarantine controversy

There’s growing concern in Ivory Coast over a government decision to quarantine passengers from countries with 100 or more cases…

March 20, 2020

COVID-19: Mombasa awaits tests of eight people

Mombasa county is bracing for tough measures meant to curb coronavirus as authorities await the results of samples taken from…

March 20, 2020

Combating coronavirus the China way in Africa

China has reported no new local infections for the first time since the coronavirus crisis began three months ago, reaching…

March 20, 2020

COVID-19:Africa must ‘prepare for the worst now’ – WHO

Africa should “prepare for the worst” as the coronavirus begins to spread locally, the World Health Organization’s director-general said Wednesday,…

March 19, 2020

Coronavirus now present in 33 African countries – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says there are now 633 confirmed cases of…

March 19, 2020

African Nations seek special funds

The World Health Organization (WHO) has described the coronavirus pandemic as the “defining global health crisis of our time”, and…

March 18, 2020

ECOWAS mediation mission to Guinea postponed due to coronavirus

Concerns have been raised over Guinea’s political future as ECOWAS postpones its mediation mission to Guinea indefinitely due to the…

March 18, 2020

City of Tshwane closes amenities amid worldwide outbreak of COVID-19

The City of Tshwane has announced the closure of amenities in its bid to minimise the spread of the highly…

March 18, 2020

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