Tue 09 June 2020: The number of people in South Africa infected with the novel coronavirus exceeded 50,000 on Monday, said the country’s health authority, with 2,594 cases reported in the last 24 hours. “As of today, the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is 50,879, the total number of deaths is 1,080 and the […]
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Mon 08 June 2020: The outbreak of the new coronavirus has reached every nation in Africa, a continent of 1.2 billion people. Experts warn fragile healthcare systems in many African countries could be overwhelmed in the face of a severe outbreak of COVID-19, the highly infectious respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus. Below is an […]
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Sat 06 June 2020: The total number of coronavirus cases in Africa rose to 176,807 on Saturday, as the continent grapples with community spread, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. At least 4,902 patients have died so far across the continent due to the virus, it said in a Saturday update. […]
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Fri 05 June 2020: South Africa has dehorned dozens of rhinos in three popular game parks, aiming to prevent armed poachers taking advantage of the post-Covid-19 crash in tourism to kill them for their horns. The exercise in Pilanesburg National Park and the Mafikeng and Botsalano game reserves – all northwest of Johannesburg – leaves […]
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Wed 03 June 2020: Officials in Africa have expressed concern over developments in the U.S. following the death of George Floyd, the black American man killed in police custody in the city of Minneapolis last week. The head of the African Union described Floyd’s death as an act of “murder.” In Addis Ababa, African Union […]
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Tue 02 June 2020: Zimbabwean security forces have cleared Harare’s city centre and turned back thousands of commuters and motorists as authorities reinforced restrictions to combat the spread of coronavirus following a spike in new cases. Using loudhailer, police drove around telling people to “leave town and go home”, according to AFP news agency. Shops […]
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Mon 01 June 2020: Nigeria will relax restrictions on places of worship that were imposed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, the chairman of the presidential task force for COVID-19 has said. Boss Mustapha, in a speech to journalists in the capital Abuja, also said a lockdown in the northern city of Kano […]
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Sun 31 May 2020: (Reuters) – South Africa has pushed back Monday’s reopening of schools by a week, the Department of Basic Education said on Sunday, saying that a substantial number are not ready to welcome back pupils. The plan for grades 7 and 12, the last years of primary and secondary school respectively, to […]
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Sat 30 May 2020: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has adopted a resolution on Friday extending until May next year an arms embargo on South Sudan and a travel ban and financial sanctions for targeted individuals. The United States-drafted document received 12 votes in favour on Friday, with Russia, China and South Africa abstaining. The […]
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Fri 29 May 2020: Some 400 people have escaped from a coronavirus isolation center in Malawi, increasing the risk of the spread of the virus in the poverty-stricken nation, the government announced. People escaped due to lack of sanitation and clean toilets at the Kamuzu stadium in the commercial capital Blantyre, a man who had […]
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