Teams of Chinese doctors have set off to Ethiopia and Burkina Faso to support efforts to fight coronavirus pandemic, state-owned China Global Television Network reports. Their exact num... Read more
The chairperson of the African Union commission, Moussa Faki, has condemned US President Donald Trump’s decision to halt its funding of the World Health Organization in a tweet: Mr Fak... Read more
Confirmed COVID-19(coronavirus) cases in Africa is 13,813 with 2,425 Recoveries and 749 deaths as 12th April 2020(16:25 GMT) The 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic was confirmed to have spread to... Read more
As of 12th April 2020, 18:25 Hrs, a total of 37,954 persons have been tested with 566 being positive for COVID-19 in Ghana and the second highest in West Africa. The breakdown of the 566 pos... Read more
Zimbabwe’s embattled national airline is to send some of its staff on indefinite unpaid leave later this month following a drop in revenue caused by global travel restrictions. Air Zim... Read more
South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, who is also the current head of the African Union (AU), has defended the World Health Organization (WHO) following President Trump’s criticism of t... Read more
Rwanda’s courts have started to conduct trials through video link-up in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus. In a room at Kigali metropolitan police station suspects sat sep... Read more
Botswana’s 57 MPs will be put in mandatory quarantine for 14 days after a parliamentary nurse tested positive for Covid-19, the respiratory illness caused by coronavirus. The order to... Read more
Somalia has announced the first death from Covid-19, the respiratory illness caused by coronavirus. The victim was a 58-year-old man, according to the Minister for Health Fawziya Abikar Nur.... Read more
The chief of staff to the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo was arrested on Wednesday in the capital, Kinshasa, after hours of questioning into the alleged misappropriation of fu... Read more
A woman undergoing treatment for coronavirus in an isolation ward in Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé, gave birth to a baby girl over the weekend, a doctor at the hospital has told the BBC.... Read more
Moroccans who venture outside their homes without wearing face masks risk prison sentences of up to three months and a fine of up to 1,300 dirhams ($126; £102), the government has said. The... Read more
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has, for now, ruled out a total lockdown for the country saying it would leave people with no food. But he said it would be the last resort if Kenyans... Read more
Kenya’s government is enforcing new containment measures in the capital, Nairobi, which include a travel ban in and out of the city in order to prevent the spread of the virus to other... Read more
Comments