The president of Chad says 92 soldiers have been killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants. President Idriss Deby said the attack early on Monday was the deadliest yet in the five-year cam... Read more
“The night Cyril Ramaphosa became a wartime president” is how South Africa’s leading News24 website described the president’s decision on Monday night to impose a nationwide l... Read more
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria has risen to 40. This is after four more people tested positive, three in Lagos and one in the capital, Abuja. The National Centre for... Read more
The government of Mauritius has imposed a total lockdown in the tourist hotspot to curb the spread of coronavirus. The island nation, which has a population of 1.2m, has reported two deaths... Read more
I reached the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport’s health port on Monday at around 15:30 GMT. I queued to have my temperature checked. It was around 37.7 degrees Celsius – which... Read more
Public transport has been suspended in Morocco to curb the spread of coronavirus. The government has taken drastic measures to tackle the pandemic as the number of people who have contracted... Read more
The electoral commission in Malawi says a fresh presidential election will be held on 2 July. Last year’s vote was annulled by the constitutional court following widespread irregularities, i... Read more
Doctors who’d gone on strike indefinitely in Nigeria after not being paid for months have called it off “for the sake of humanity”. “Considering the recent coronaviru... Read more
Opposition activists in Guinea say at least 10 people have been killed in street clashes during Sunday’s controversial referendum on a new constitution. Critics said the vote was a plo... Read more
The authorities in Uganda authorities are trying to track down 84 passengers who were on an Ethiopian Airlines flight with a man who tested positive for coronavirus. They have called on the... Read more
The two main opposition parties in Malawi have joined forces in an effort to defeat the country’s president in a re-run of last year’s annulled election. President Peter Mutharik... Read more
The streets of Algeria’s capital, Algiers, were oddly deserted on Friday as pro-democracy demonstrators stayed away as part of measures to curb the spread of coronavirus. Algerians hav... Read more
Private jet charter companies in Nigeria have told the BBC that they have experienced a spike in bookings in the last two weeks as countries around the world impose travel restrictions to de... Read more
Guinea’s internet and phone call services are set to be disrupted over the weekend as the country holds two key polls, telecommunications company Guinean Broadband (Guilab) has announc... Read more
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