A 98-year-old woman was reportedly discharged in Lagos today May 13, after recovering from Coronavirus. Lagos State Government on Wednesday announced that a 98-year-old woman has r... Read more
Police in Liberia have arrested a political activist for a Facebook post in which he used inflammatory language to criticise the government’s proposed coronavirus feeding programme. Menipake... Read more
Lesotho has confirmed its first case of coronavirus – becoming the last country in Africa to record the virus. The mountain kingdom is completely surrounded by South Africa, which has... Read more
Senegal is easing coronavirus restrictions starting on Tuesday, including the reopening of mosques and churches. Mosques are now allowed to reopen for prayers during the holy month of Ramada... Read more
More than half a million people in sub-Saharan Africa could die between now and next year from Aids-related illnesses amid the Covid-19 pandemic – unless governments move to address th... Read more
Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina has hit back at critics of an untested herbal tonic that he is promoting as a treatment for coronavirus, despite it not having gone through clini... Read more
Kenya’s police have arrested a 14-year-old teenager in connection with the killing of a journalist in the capital, Nairobi, after he was identified following an analysis of CCTV footag... Read more
Lesotho’s coalition government has collapsed, leaving Prime Minister Thomas Thabane without enough seats to continue governing, the parliament speaker has announced, adding that Mr Tha... Read more
A virtual meeting held by a South African parliamentary committee has been hacked and the speaker abused. The programming committee’s session had just started on Thursday morning when... Read more
As many as 190,000 people across Africa could die in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic if crucial containment measures fail, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns. The new resea... Read more
Nigerian court hearings that take place over the internet must be “fair, transparent and effective”, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has told the BBC. The comments from the rights watch... Read more
A ban on all flights in and out of Nigeria has been extended by four weeks from Friday. The initial ban was brought in at the end of March in order to halt the spread of coronavirus. Boss Mu... Read more
There was a drama on the radio in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia, on Wednesday morning over public concerns that President George Weah had neither gone into isolation nor tested for coron... Read more
Media organisations in Somalia have strongly condemned the murder of a television journalist on Monday evening. Said Yusuf Ali was stabbed several times outside a shop in the capital, Mogadi... Read more
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