Lockdown

Tired Kenyans march against ‘dogged’ police violence

Dozens in Kenya’s capital Nairobi held peaceful demonstrations on Monday against police brutality. Marching through Mathare slums, the demonstrators demanded…

June 9, 2020

Restrictive measures leave Northern Senegalese herders stranded

Herders in Northern Senegal can no longer move their livestock. They are thousands of semi-nomadic Fulani stuck in the Louga…

June 4, 2020

Kenya: Lockdown poverty exposes African sex workers to more violence

Peninah Wanjiru wasn’t really one to take chances. Her friends said the 35-year-old Kenyan sex worker was careful how she…

June 4, 2020

Breaking: Zimbabwe tightens lockdown as virus cases spike

Zimbabwe has tightened restrictions in a bid to curtail spread of the coronavirus as cases spike. On Tuesday, security forces…

June 3, 2020

More escape from quarantine centres in Zimbabwe

TWO more returnees escaped from Covid-19 quarantine centres in Mashonaland East and Matabeleland North provinces on Tuesday last week as…

June 2, 2020

Nigeria’s Ighalo on ‘lockdown’ at Man United till January 2021

Nigerian international Odion Ighalo’s loan to Manchester United has been extended until January 2021. The club made an official announcement…

June 2, 2020

BREAKING: Buhari finally reopens churches, mosques

The Nigerian Government has finally lifted the ban on religious gathering across the country. The ban on religious gatherings had…

June 2, 2020

Mauritius lifts virus lockdown but beaches, borders remain closed

Mauritius’ lockdown will be lifted midnight Saturday, May 30 per Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth’s announcement on Friday. The lifting of…

May 30, 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

Uganda: Coronavirus turns Entebbe into ghost city

Entebbe municipality is a popular weekend retreat. It’s a place most people go on weekends to have a break from…

May 21, 2020

Egypt tightens COVID-19 restrictions for Eid holiday

Egypt will bring forward the start of its curfew by four hours to 5 p.m. and halt public transport from…

May 18, 2020

Business: Mango Airlines to cut employee salaries by 50%

Mango Airlines, the low-cost wing of SAA, is set to cut its employees’ salaries by up 50percent. Public Enterprises Minister…

May 17, 2020

Breaking: 250 Malawians Stranded in South Africa Lockdown Arrive Saturday

At least 250 Malawians stranded in the 50 day Covid-19 lockdown in South Africa are expected to be in the…

May 16, 2020

South Africa: 52 Soweto houses left in darkness for months after substation blows up

Residents of Naledi, Soweto, are fuming after their wait for a replacement of a mini-substation that blew up was prolonged…

May 14, 2020

Angola ‘quarantines’ suburb of capital to contain virus spread

Angolan authorities have isolated a suburb of the capital Luanda after a number of cases were discovered there. The move…

May 13, 2020

Tunisian NGO distributing COVID-19 food aid via SMS

A Tunisian non-governmental organization, NGO, Sustainable Food Bank; is distributing food supplies to families adversely impacted by ongoing COVID-19 restrictions.…

May 11, 2020

South African wine exports to resume as lockdown eases

South Africa will allow all agricultural exports including wine and wool to resume under new lockdown regulations. The country will…

May 1, 2020

Street beggars in South Africa struggle under lockdown

The homeless in Johannesburg South Africa are the most affected by containment measures that have been in place in the…

April 30, 2020

Egypt extends state of emergency for three months

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday ordered the renewal for three months of a long-running state of emergency, citing…

April 28, 2020

Gabon relaxes confinement measures in Libreville

The total confinement of Gabon’s capital, Libreville, and three bordering communes, put in place two weeks ago to limit the…

April 28, 2020

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