Covid-19: Ivorian health workers to benefit from risk premium

A risk premium is planned for health workers in Cote d'Ivoire during the period of the crisis linked to Coronavirus…

Second COVID-19 death in Sudan

Sudan has registered its second confirmed death in relation to the global coronavirus pandemic after a sixth case of the…

COVID-19 lockdown: Rwanda distributes food to vulnerable groups

The Rwandan government has embarked on providing support to vulnerable families who have been affected by the lockdown aimed to…

Abidjan cuts links with world to break Covid-19 infection chain

To break the chain of the spread of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) the authorities in Cote d'Ivoire have banned all entry…

IGAD leaders plot response to COVID-19 pandemic

Member states of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on Monday agreed to forge a joint approach to curb the…

Standard Chartered commits $1bn to finance companies helping to tackle Covid-19

The Standard Chartered has announced that it will commit $1 billion of financing for companies that provide goods and services…

Lockdown: S/African troops slammed for abusing civilians

South African troops deployed to support the police to manage a nationwide lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the…

S/Africa’s VP tests negative for coronavirus

South Africa's Deputy President David Mabuza has tested negative following tests for the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) which has so far…

Coronavirus stumps Botswana’s diamond auction

Diamond giant De Beers has cancelled a diamond auction set for Botswana on Monday, citing the non-availability of international buyers…

Poor rating triggers slide in S/Africa’s currency – Expert

South Africa's recent ratings downgrading to junk status has led to the local rand currency falling to its lowest level…

Liberian newspapers agog with demolition of stalls at Waterside market, others

The Monrovia City Corporation (MCC) Police at the weekend demolished several market stalls and tables at the Waterside market and…

Zimbabweans heed COVID-19 lockdown call

Zimbabweans mostly heeded the government's call to stay at home as the country embarked on a 21-day lockdown to contain…

eSwatini: Princes and princesses on mandatory 14-day quarantine

Children of King Mswati III who are studying abroad have been placed on mandatory quarantine for 14 days after their…

Nigerian Press agog with lockdown of major cities, spread of COVID-19

The lockdown of Lagos, Abuja and Ogun state to check the spread of coronavirus and the nationwide television broadcast on…

Buhari addresses Nigerians, bans movements in Lagos, Abuja

President Muhammadu Buhari has announced the prohibition of movement in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun states as well as banning all…

Covid-19: Ghana goes on partial lockdown

A two-week partial lockdown will be imposed in Ghana as on Monday March 30 under the Imposition of Restrictions Act,…

Gambian police on raid to enforce state of emergency

The Gambian police have been patrolling cities and towns in the Greater Banjul Area, in ensuring closure of all essential…

Buhari’s cabinet halves March wages for Covid-19 battle

Ministers in President Muhammadu Buhari's cabinet on Saturday announced donation of 50 per cent of their March salaries to support…

Ghana suspends ID card registration amidst Covid-19 pandemic

Ghana has suspended indefinitely its ongoing national identification registration exercise which began in 2019 as a measure to curtail the…

Ghana suspends ID card registration amidst Covid-19 pandemic

Ghana has suspended indefinitely its ongoing national identification registration exercise which began in 2019 as a measure to curtail the…

Mozambique-S/Africa border closed to contain Covid-19

Mozambique's National Migration Service (SENAMI) has confirmed the closure of the Ressano Garcia border post, which links the country and…

eSwatini: Covid-19 transmitters face murder charge, custodial sentence

Patients who knowingly expose others to Coronavirus will be arrested and charged with murder which has no option of a…

Botswana hangs two death row inmates despite int’l outcry

Botswana announced on Saturday that it has hanged two death row inmates despite rising international calls for the country to…

Gambia declares state of emergency over COVID-19

The Gambian President Adama Barrow has declared state of emergency owing to the Covid-19 pandemic already confirmed in the country.The…

AU Commission Head Moussa Faki in quarantine over Covid-19 suspicion

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat has gone into self quarantine after his staff member tasted…

S/Africa: Police arrest 55 during lockdown – Minister

South Africa's first full day of a 21-day lockdown has seen the arrest of 55 people for various violations, Police…

eSwatini to test 20 000 Covid-19 patients locally

eSwatini will now be able to conduct Covid-19 tests locally, thanks to the donation of 20 089 test kits by…

Zimbabwe on COVID-19 lockdown from March 30

Zimbabwe on Friday became the latest African country to announce a total lockdown as part of efforts to contain the…

AfDB raises $3bn to mitigate Covid-19 impact

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has raised an exceptional amount of $ 3 billion over three years to help mitigate…

Gambia intensifies measures against Covid-19

The Gambian government has taken further measures to control the pread Covid-19 in the country.The latest move has been the…

Ghana: 305 U.S citizens repatriated over Covid-19 pandemic

As a measure to prevent its citizens working in Ghana amidst Coronavirus pandemic, the United States of America (USA) has…

UN calls on Cameroonian separatists for cease-fire

The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, has urged secessionist armed groups in the Cameroonian regions of the…

Morocco: Reading as tip to enjoy life under Covid-19 lockdown

“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body,” this is a well-known maxim that sums up the…

Over 340 Rwandan nationals deported from Uganda due to alleged Covid-19

A total 342 Rwandan nationals have returned back home from Uganda after being told by authorities in Kampala to pack…

Mauritania breaks with precedent, suspends Friday prayer

Mauritania had suspended Friday prayer in an effort to avoid rallies and prevent the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19), the…

COVID-19 claws back Botswana growth projection by 4% – Analysts

Local economists have warned that although Botswana has not yet recorded any cases of the dreaded coronavirus, measures put in…

S/Africa arrests lockdown violators – Minister

Seven South Africans have been arrested in the Indian Ocean port city of Durban for violating national lockdown regulations which…

S/Africa suffers first deaths from coronavirus

South Africa suffered its first two coronavirus fatalities on Friday, hours after President Cyril Ramaphosa had sent troops into the…

Nigeria: Press focuses on plans to release inmates, fears of food shortage, evacuation of Europeans

The plan to release awaiting trial inmates nationwide, fear of food shortage and the report of evacuation of Europeans are…

Kenya records first death from coronavirus

Kenya's Cabinet Secretary of health, Mutahi Kagwe on Thursday night confirmed the first death from coronavirus.The patient was a 66-year…