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Botswana coronavirus: president to observe third quarantine – government

President Eric Masisi left Gaborone on Tuesday for Harare where he is attending a meeting of the Southern African Development…

May 19, 2020

Sudan must pay $4.3bn in punitive damages for 1998 bombings – US Supreme Court

The US Supreme Court has ruled that Sudan is liable for as much as $4.3bn in punitive damages for the…

May 19, 2020

Africa’s top COVID-19 technocrats: Africa CDC’s John Nkengasong

The coronavirus pandemic has seized the world in multiple ways, snuffing lives out of humans, economies and everyday activities of…

May 18, 2020

News: India sends hydroxychloroquine to Africa in war on COVID-19

India is spending around $16 million -- half of it in Africa -- on pharmaceuticals, test kits and other medical…

May 18, 2020

Kenya shuts Somalia and Tanzania borders to stem virus outbreak

The president of Kenya on Saturday announced its borders with neighbouring Somalia and Tanzania would be closed as the African…

May 17, 2020

Nigeria receives Madagascar’s COVID-Organics, efficacy tests ordered

Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday (May 16) received the country’s share of a purported coronavirus herbal cure, COVID-Organics. The…

May 17, 2020

Eritrea officially virus-free with 100% recoveries, zero deaths

Eritrea has officially declared itself virus-free after all 39 patients successfully recovered from COVID-19. A Ministry of Health statement said…

May 16, 2020

South Sudan’s president wants violence to end, for food production

Kiir made his call for peace in a speech delivered at the SPLA Day in Juba on Friday. He said…

May 16, 2020

Somali mayor casts doubts on virus deaths

The Mayor of Somalia’s capital has warned of hundreds of deaths that he suspects have been caused by the new…

May 15, 2020

Mozambique soldiers killed another 50 jihadists this week -government

Mozambique's army said it has killed 50 suspected jihadists in the northern Cabo Delgado province after another spate of insurgent…

May 15, 2020

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