Tue 19 May 2020: (Reuters) – Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga was arraigned before a French public prosecutor on Tuesday, three days after police swooped on his hideout in a Paris suburb, ending a 26-year manhunt. The 84-year-old is accused of funding and arming militias that massacred about 800,000 people. He was indicted in 1997 […]
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Mon 18 May 2020: If we let our economy sleep, we will not receive salaries, says John Magufuli, criticized for lack of measures against virus Tanzania’s economy must go ahead as it is more important than coronavirus, which has killed 21 people in the East African country, according to the president. “We have had a […]
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Sat 16 May 2020: Death toll in continent rises to 2,630, recoveries above 29,000 The number of coronavirus cases in Africa exceeded 78,000 on Saturday, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in its daily update. The death toll rose to 2,630 while recoveries reached 29,452. South Africa recorded 13,500 cases making […]
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Fri 15 May 2020: (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s main opposition party said on Thursday three of its activists were missing a day after taking part in a protest over food shortages and police denied holding them after initially telling local media they had been arrested. The southern African nation has a history of enforced disappearances of […]
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Thu 14 May 2020: Burundi has ordered the country’s top World Health Organization (WHO) representative and three other experts coordinating the coronavirus response to leave the country. The expelled officials include the WHO’s representative Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo, the country’s coronavirus coordinator Dr Jean Pierre Mulunda Nkata, communicable diseases head Dr Ruhana Mirindi Bisimwa, and a laboratory expert […]
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Wed 13 May 2020: The U.S. government is donating “up to 1,000” ventilators to South Africa to help the country respond to COVID-19 as the Trump administration addresses criticism that it hasn’t done enough for countries in need. “South Africa is the first country in the world to receive this state-of-the-art equipment” from the National […]
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Tue 12 May 2020: The number of deaths from AIDS-related illnesses in sub-Saharan Africa could double if the provision of healthcare to HIV sufferers is disrupted during the coronavirus crisis, the United Nations has said. A six-month disruption of antiretroviral therapy due to the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to more than 500,000 extra deaths in […]
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Tue 12 May 2020: Lesotho’s coalition government led by Prime Minister Thomas Thabane collapsed Monday after alliance partners pulled their support. Thabane, 80, has been under pressure to resign over accusations of involvement in the June 2017 murder of his 58-year-old wife Lipolelo Thabane. Thabane will now have to step down as prime minister by […]
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Mon 11 May 2020: There can be no return to “business as usual” for Africa’s underfunded health systems after Covid-19. Dianna Games examines the shortfalls exposed by the crisis and the solutions they require The coronavirus pandemic has left governments in Africa scrambling to catch up as their historic neglect of public health systems is laid bare. […]
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Sun 10 May 2020: Death toll tallies pass 2,000 mark, shows update by Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Total cases of the novel coronavirus in Africa officially reached 60,657 on Sunday with a rise of 2,911, according to an update by the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). According to […]
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