COVID-19

Launch of Africa free trade deal postponed due to coronavirus pandemic

The implementation of a mammoth African free trade agreement will not begin on July 1 as planned due to disruptions…

April 29, 2020

IMF approves $3.4 billion emergency loan to Nigeria

The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday its executive board approved $3.4 billion in emergency financial assistance for Nigeria to…

April 29, 2020

Morocco detects more than 300 Covid-19 case in prisons

More than 300 cases of people infected with Covid-19 were detected in three prisons in Morocco, after a screening campaign…

April 29, 2020

S. Africa shelves ”Freedom Day” celebration to test for COVID-19

South Africans did not mark a national freedom day celebration on Monday. Rather, people were tested for signs of COVID-19…

April 28, 2020

Egypt in talks with IMF for financial assistance

Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli announced on Sunday that his government had started negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)…

April 27, 2020

Burundi: Election campaigns kick-off amid COVID-19 pandemic

Political campaigning ahead of the 20 May presidential elections officially kicks off in Burundi today against a backdrop of the…

April 27, 2020

S. Africa receives Cuban medics to help treat COVID-19 patients

South Africa on Sunday received a medical team from Cuba to help health officials treat COVID-19 patients. The 217 health…

April 26, 2020

Kenya hopes to test 250,000 people for COVID-19 by June

Kenyan laboratories on the front line in the fight against coronavirus are stepping up their preparedness. At the Kemri Medical…

April 25, 2020

Sports: Drogba offers hospital for COVID-19 efforts

Former Ivorian international Didier Drogba has availed his private hospital for use as a government coronavirus facility, according to reports.…

April 25, 2020

Why malaria raises the risk of death in COVID-19 patients -experts

As the world grapples with the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, experts have warned that malaria infection is increasingly responsible for…

April 25, 2020

COVID-19 will worsen South Sudan’s existing challenges – WFP

Country Director for the UN World Food Programme in South Sudan has warned of the risk posed by COVID-19 in…

April 23, 2020

Seychelles: Muslims set to adapt Ramadan rituals to health needs of COVID-19 era

Weekly Friday prayers during the religious period of Ramadan this year are likely to be aired either on radio or…

April 23, 2020

Uganda: Another Kenyan driver tests positive for COVID-19

Another truck driver has tested positive for COVID-19, bringing to four the number of truck drivers who have tested positive…

April 20, 2020

Nigerian Basketball Player dies of tuberculosis

Deborah Onu lost the battle to tuberculosis of the spine in the early hours of Saturday at Primus Hospital, Karu,…

April 20, 2020

Bomet medics quarantined after contacting alleged Covid-19 patient

At least ten medics have been quarantined after coming into contact with a patient who died showing with Covid-19 symptoms…

April 18, 2020

18 dead in enforcement of Nigeria COVID-19 lockdown – report

Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday claimed in a report that security operatives killed 18 civilians during enforcement of…

April 17, 2020

Cameroon’s ‘missing president’ reappears, holds COVID-19 meeting

Cameroon president Paul Biya for the first time in weeks appeared publicly at a time citizens continued to call for…

April 17, 2020

Covid-19 decreased household income in South Africa dramatically

Nearly eight out of ten South Africans say their household income has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, while one…

April 17, 2020

Tiger Brands closes Albany bakery in Durban after workers test positive for Covid-19

Food manufacturing giant Tiger Brands has temporarily closed its Durban bakery after its staff tested positive Covid-19. In a statement…

April 16, 2020

Nigeria: Lagos state govt identifies 119 people with COVID-19 symptoms

Breaking: Lagos identifies 119 people with COVID-19 symptom during the recently activated house to house search The Lagos state government…

April 15, 2020

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