The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the…
French COVID-19 evacuation halted after gunshot incident in…
Air France confirms that it had to postpone a flight from the Republic of Congo after the jet was damaged on Sunday by a bullet fired by a gendarme. The incident happened at the airport…
African nations berate China over COVID-19 linked racism…
African officials are confronting China publicly and in private over racist mistreatment of Africans in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, and the U.S. says African-Americans have been targeted too. Some Africans in the commercial hub…
COVID-19: Morocco orders public to ”put on face…
Moroccans have been ordered to wear facial masks in a desperate attempt to curb spread of the coronavirus. The order was given by the Kingdom to enforce a national state of health emergency. “We are…
Joburg has more than 400 confirmed Covid-19 cases,…
In a statement, the department said Gauteng has recorded 801 cases since the outbreak was confirmed in the country in March. ''The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases for Gauteng is 801 as of April…
COVID-19 casts muted spirit on Easter across Europe
The Easter weekend will be observed without usual festivities. Churches across Europe have shut their doors and cancelled annual celebrations. But despite the confinement, many are tempted to return to their families or home countries.…
3 COVID-19 cases test negative twice after treatment
At least three confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Uganda have tested negative after treatment, health authorities have revealed. Dr Henry G. Mwebesa, the director general of health services at the health ministry, said in a…
COVID-19: Nigeria court orders compulsory quarantine for 34…
A Magistrate Court in Lagos has sentenced over 30 lockdown flouters to fourteen-day quarantine and a month community service. Lagos is currently under a lockdown imposed by the federal government to curb the spread of…
Zimbabwe: Simbisa Brands Fires Contract Workers As COVID-19…
Zimbabwe's leading fast foods outlet Simbisa Brands has fired its contract workers in an attempt to cut costs as the effects of coronavirus lockdown take a toll on the national economy. The country is now…
President Ramaphosa direct Strong Response to COVID-19 in…
President Cyril Ramaphosa and Health Minister Zweli Mkhize imposed on South Africa on the 27th of March, one of the strictest lockdowns outside of China to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Among the activities…
Grounded! COVID-19 pulls brakes on Africa’s ‘frequent-flier’ presidents
The coronavirus pandemic could narrow one gaping inequality in Africa, where some heads of state and other elite jet off to Europe or Asia for health care unavailable in their nations. As countries including their…
Rwanda cabinet donate salaries to fight COVID-19
Rwandan ministers and top officials have joined the growing trend of public officials donating their salaries to the fight against COVID-19. Cabinet ministers and others have agreed ti donate their April salaries to aid the…
Libyan rebel leader who led Gaddafi overthrow dies…
The former head of the rebel government that overthrew Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 Mahmud Jibril died on Sunday of the coronavirus, his party confirmed. Jibril, 68, was in Cairo where he had been…
SA military recruits doctors and nurses to fight…
The SA Military Health Service is calling up registered health-care practitioners to join forces with serving members in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. Medical doctors, nurses, clinical associates and operational emergency-care practitioners are wanted.…
Nigeria to set up $1.39 billion fund to…
Nigeria plans to create a 500 billion naira ($1.39 billion)coronavirus fund to strengthen its healthcare infrastructure to tackle the virus, the government said on Saturday. Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed, House of Representatives speaker Femi Gbajabiamila…
Notice to African presidents, COVID-19 will shrink your…
Security personnel in a number of African countries are aggressively implementing lockdown and curfew measures announced by their respective presidents. While the security organs, mainly local police, are working under their primary mandate of implementing…
IK Ogbonna’s ex-wife thanks God Covid-19 didn’t happen…
Sonia Morales, ex-wife of Nollywood actor IK Ogbonna has expressed gratitude that the Coronavirus pandemic never happened while she was with him. According to the mother of one, staying indoors because of Coronavirus would have…
Ethiopia trains doctors on COVID-19 lifesavers
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on Africa is exacerbated by poor heath systems and ill-equipped facilities in most parts of the continent. One medical equipment that has assumed star status in the wake of…
Nigeria’s IDPs concerned about COVID-19 infection
There are deep concern among internally displaced persons in the north-eastern region of Maiduguri in Nigeria over the spread of the coronavirus. Around Maiduguri in the north-east, thousands of displaced people are crammed into state-controlled…
