Health crisis

Ethiopia receives Chinese donation of 520,000 masks, medical supplies

Ethiopia received on Tuesday the donation of 520,000 masks from five Chinese business companies and Dongguan Municipal government. The COVID-19…

June 3, 2020

Ethiopia coronavirus: 131m masks needed, active cases pass 1,000

Ethiopia is one of East / Horn of Africa’s least impacted nations as compared to rate of COVID-19 case growth…

June 2, 2020

Botswana coronavirus: Prez tests negative again, schools reopening

Botswana remains one of Africa’s least impacted countries, one of a handful with less than 100 cases of COVID-19. Government…

June 1, 2020

South Africa delays school reopening by a week, parents protest

Some parents in South Africa held up placards to protest outside a school in Cape Town on Monday. They are…

June 1, 2020

Nigeria coronavirus: record 553 new cases, 268 evacuees return from China

The NCDC recorded a record 553 cases on Saturday bringing the total case count to 9,855. Number of discharged patients…

May 31, 2020

Sudan records 279 new coronavirus cases

Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health reported 279 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday, taking the total in the…

May 31, 2020

South Africa burdened by about 100,000 virus testing backlog

Authorities in South Africa have expressed worry over shortages of COVID-19 testing kits and reagents as cases consistently rise in…

May 30, 2020

Breaking: Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 Cases Rise To 160

Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 cases continue to rise as 9 returnees from South Africa and Botswana and 2 locals tested positive for…

May 30, 2020

Uganda:12 new COVID-19 cases confirmed

Twelve new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the country, bringing the number of confirmed cases of nationals to…

May 30, 2020

Three months of COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa

Three months ago sub-Saharan Africa confirmed its first COVID-19 case in Nigeria. Although infections have risen and continue to grow,…

May 29, 2020

Breaking: Nigeria Records 182 New Cases of COVID-19

Nigeria has recorded 182 new cases of COVID-19, bringing to 8,915 the total number of confirmed cases in the country.…

May 29, 2020

Ethiopia coronavirus: field hospital on Addis outskirts nears completion

Ethiopia is one of East / Horn of Africa’s least impacted nations as compared to rate of COVID-19 case growth…

May 28, 2020

Ugandan top official dies from coronavirus

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s undersecretary and ambassador Necva Abbas Kadeh ed-Dem has died from the novel coronavirus in Sudan, local…

May 28, 2020

COVID-19: Oando staff raise above N25 m to feed Nigerians

The employees of Oando Plc have contributed over N25million under The Aggregator Platform (TAP) initiative, to feed needier Nigerians as…

May 27, 2020

The world: Wuhan scientists says new virus is ‘just the tip of the iceberg

A Chinese virologist who researches coronaviruses in bats has warned that new viruses being discovered are "just the tip of…

May 26, 2020

Breaking: Nigeria Records 313 New Cases of COVID-19

Nigeria has recorded 313 new cases of COVID-19, bringing to 7,839 the total number of confirmed cases in the country.…

May 25, 2020

Ethiopia coronavirus: 193 cases in 5 days as tally hits 582

Ethiopia is one of East / Horn of Africa’s least impacted nations as compared to rate of COVID-19 case growth…

May 24, 2020

Breaking: Voluntary ‘baby abandonment’ soars in South Africa

A Johannesburg NGO ‘Door of Hope’ is concerned more families will abandon their babies as the economic situation worsens during…

May 24, 2020

Botswana eases lockdown measures

Botswana has began to progressively lift containment measures. Since Saturday, the Botswanan people have began to gradually resume activities. The…

May 23, 2020

3D masks – ventilators: Kenya tech-novators on virus-combat mission

African scientists, engineers and innovators have turned to homegrown solutions to prepare for the worst case scenario amid the COVID-19…

May 23, 2020

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