Sat 09 May 2020: Dozens of vulnerable families from a slum area in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Saturday received food and non-food assistance from the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA). “I have not eaten anything for the past three days, I was a housemaid for a family in Runda [affluent suburb] but they […]
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Sat 09 May 2020: (AFP) Worshippers packed Mauritania’s largest mosque on Friday, mostly ignoring social distancing rules, after the West African state lifted restrictions on public prayers meant to curb coronavirus infections. The government said this week it would “progressively ease” a series of anti-virus measures, allowing markets to open and mosques to hold Friday […]
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Fri 08 May 2020: The novel coronavirus could kill between 83,000 and 190,000 people in Africa in the first year and infect between 29 million and 44 million in the first year if containment measures fail, the WHO has warned. The projections are contained in a new WHO Africa study based on assumptions that containment […]
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Wed 06 May 2020: Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane announced Tuesday that his government will begin easing restrictions imposed last month to curb the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the mountainous kingdom. Addressing the nation on state television, Thabane said the government will now allow non-essential businesses to start operating from Wednesday for […]
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Mon 04 May 2020: More than 82 million Nigerians live on less than $1 a day, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Forty percent of people in Nigeria live in poverty, figures published by the statistics office on Monday showed, highlighting the low levels of wealth in a country that has Africa’s biggest economy. […]
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Mon 04 May 2020: Several African countries have lifted the partial lockdown imposed to stem the spread of coronavirus, but the ban on gatherings is still in place. While educational facilities remain closed in most African countries, businesses have been allowed to operate conditionally. Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s directives, lockdown in the major states of […]
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Sun 03 May 2020: There are signs of a split in Libya between renegade General Khalifa Haftar, who attempted a power grab from the UN-recognised government, and forces supporting him, reports Anadolu Agency. Ashraf al-Mayar, commander of the unit that supports militias loyal to Haftar, announced his loyalty to Libyan House of Representatives Speaker Aguila Saleh […]
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Fri 01 May 2020: South Africa’s MTN Group said Thursday it had asked a U.S. court to dismiss a case filed against it in December accusing the telecoms company of paying protection money to terrorist groups in Afghanistan. It said in a statement its legal counsel had submitted a formal written request to the U.S. […]
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Wed 29 April 2020: Continent has reported 33,566 cases and 1,469 deaths so far, according to Africa CDC The death toll from the novel coronavirus rose in several African countries Tuesday as the continent continued to grapple with the pandemic. The number of fatalities in Algeria rose to 437, with Egypt’s rising to 359, South […]
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Tue 28 April 2020: Nigeria’s president announced late Monday that a more than four-week lockdown to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus would be gradually eased beginning May 4. In a national broadcast, Muhammadu Buhari said he reviewed the lockdown to allow the nation’s economy to function while the government maintains an aggressive response […]
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