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…
South Africa delays school reopening by a week,…
Some parents in South Africa held up placards to protest outside a school in Cape Town on Monday. They are demanding the educational institutions remain closed amid the coronavirus pandemic. Reopening of schools has been…
Nigeria coronavirus: record 553 new cases, 268 evacuees…
The NCDC recorded a record 553 cases on Saturday bringing the total case count to 9,855. Number of discharged patients stands at 2,856 with 273 deaths so far. Lagos State has a tally of 4,755…
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 East African nation to 4800. Sudanese health authorities said the 279 were recorded on Thursday…
South Africa burdened by about 100,000 virus testing…
Authorities in South Africa have expressed worry over shortages of COVID-19 testing kits and reagents as cases consistently rise in the country and across the continent. Nearly 100,000 people have not taken the coronavirus tests…
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 the virus on Friday bringing to 160 the total number of confirmed cases. In its…
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 329. The 12 new cases were from 1,928 samples that were tested from different points…
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, early and swift action by many countries in the region has slowed down the spread…
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. Announcing this Thursday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said Lagos recorded 111 new…
Ethiopia coronavirus: field hospital on Addis outskirts nears…
Ethiopia is one of East / Horn of Africa’s least impacted nations as compared to rate of COVID-19 case growth and infection of its neighbours. A state of emergency lasting five-months has been imposed by…
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 sources said Wednesday. Dem succumbed to the virus at a hospital in the capital Khartoum,…
COVID-19: Oando staff raise above N25 m to…
The employees of Oando Plc have contributed over N25million under The Aggregator Platform (TAP) initiative, to feed needier Nigerians as global pandemic continues unabated with millions of Nigerians living without food and basic needs of…
The world: Wuhan scientists says new virus is…
A Chinese virologist who researches coronaviruses in bats has warned that new viruses being discovered are "just the tip of the iceberg". Shi Zhengli, the deputy director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, said that…
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. Announcing this Sunday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said Lagos recorded 148 new…
Ethiopia coronavirus: 193 cases in 5 days as…
Ethiopia is one of East / Horn of Africa’s least impacted nations as compared to rate of COVID-19 case growth and infection of its neighbours. A state of emergency lasting five-months has been imposed by…
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 the coronavirus lockdown. They say Since South Africa shutdown at the end of March they…
Botswana eases lockdown measures
Botswana has began to progressively lift containment measures. Since Saturday, the Botswanan people have began to gradually resume activities. The city, which was closed for 48 days is coming back to life. For many citizens,…
3D masks – ventilators: Kenya tech-novators on virus-combat…
African scientists, engineers and innovators have turned to homegrown solutions to prepare for the worst case scenario amid the COVID-19 pandemic disruption – which at a point brought much of the world to its knees.…
Potential Coronavirus vaccine shows promising sign in early…
An early trial of a prospective COVID-19 vaccine that will soon be tested on Canadians has found it to be safe and also prompted an immune response. A study published Friday in the Lancet journal…
