Crisis in Zimbabwe prison

Zimbabwe: Covid-19 hits border prisons

Border prisons at Beitbridge and Plumtree have been sealed off after six people — four inmates and two prison officers — tested positive for Covid-19 following PCR tests done to prevent the spread of the…

Health crisis

Kenya shuts Somalia and Tanzania borders to stem…

The president of Kenya on Saturday announced its borders with neighbouring Somalia and Tanzania would be closed as the African country continued to battle the coronavirus outbreak. In a briefing, Uhuru Kenyatta said the border…

Katuna border

Reopen Katuna border no later than February 21

Ugandan and Rwandan delegations once again met in Kigali, Rwanda, on Friday. They issued a joint communique at the end of the meeting. The communique, signed by Foreign Affairs minister Sam Kutesa on behalf of…