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…
Central Kinshasa set to be quarantined for 14…
Scenes of traffic jams are expected to become rarer in downtown Kinshasa from Monday April 6. The capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo will be quarantined for two weeks because of the coronavirus, the…
Malawi reports first three cases of Coronavirus infection
Malawi has reported its first three confirmed cases of coronavirus, the nation’s government has confirmed. The southern African nation was among the few African countries yet to report coronavirus cases. Others include Lesotho, Comoros, South…
Could decades-old chloroquine be a solution to coronavirus
Could a pair of decades-old, relatively inexpensive anti-malarial drugs be the solution to the novel coronavirus pandemic? Around the world, countries are expanding access to hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, related compounds that are synthetic forms of…
Aliko Dangote, ex-Emir of Kano test negative for…
Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote on Sunday (March 29) revealed that he had tested negative for COVID-19. According to him, he took the test as a global citizen and business leader. “The COVID-19 pandemic has…
BREAKING: 14 new coronavirus cases confirmed in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday night, confirmed 14 new cases of coronavirus in the country. This was disclosed via a tweet on their verified Twitter page. "4 new cases of #COVID19…
Coronavirus rundown: New cases, flurry of restrictions, fear…
Zimbabwe’s public hospital doctors and nurses went on strike Wednesday over a lack of protective gear as the coronavirus begins to spread in a country whose health system has almost collapsed. It’s the latest blow…
Angola, Eritrea, Uganda confirm first cases
Angola, Eritrea and Uganda confirmed their first cases of coronavirus, while Mauritius recorded its first death as the virus spreads across Africa despite measures by governments to hold it back. Similarly, Sub-Saharan Africa has recorded…
Uganda confirms first COVID-19 case
Uganda has confirmed its first case of coronavirus from a 36-year-old Ugandan who travelled from Dubai on Ethiopian airlines on Saturday. The confirmation comes after sub-Saharan Africa recorded at least six deaths from the coronavirus…
Zimbabwe confirms first coronavirus case
Zimbabwe recorded its first confirmed case of coronavirus. Health minister Obadiah Moyo made the shock announcement on state television Friday. Moyo said the patient diagnosed with the dreaded disease lives in Victoria Falls and had…
COVID-19: Gambia hunts for 14 quarantined escapees
Authorities in Gambia on Friday begun a hunt for 14 people who broke out of a hotel in Banjul where they had been quarantined for COVID-19. The group was among 32 passengers who arrived from…
Combating coronavirus the China way in Africa
China has reported no new local infections for the first time since the coronavirus crisis began three months ago, reaching a milestone in its battle with the deadly outbreak. The country has hailed its success…
COVID-19:Africa must ‘prepare for the worst now’ –…
Africa should “prepare for the worst” as the coronavirus begins to spread locally, the World Health Organization’s director-general said Wednesday, while South Africa became the continent’s new focus of concern as cases nearly doubled to…
Coronavirus now present in 33 African countries –…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says there are now 633 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Africa in 33 countries. The UN health agency disclosed this in its…
Coronavirus, a global issue – IMF, Heads of…
The International Monetary Fund, (IMF) and World Bank Group on Wednesday announced other measures to curb the impact of the coronavirus on the world’s economy and health. “We know the disease is spreading quickly with…
