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May 5: Cases hit 2,802, Buhari waives medical import tax By close of day, May 4; case count had reached 2,802 according to the NCDC. The discharged was at 417 with 93 deaths. The figure represented 245 new cases. A breakdown of which was as follows: Lagos 37-Katsina 32-Jigawa 23-Kano 19-FCT 18-Borno 10-Edo 9-Bauchi 6-Adamawa 5-Oyo 5-Ogun 1-Ekiti 1-Osun 1-Benue… Read More

There are now more than over 42,500 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the pandemic. According to the latest data by the John Hopkins University and Africa Center for Disease Control on COVID-19 in Africa, the breakdown remains fluid as countries… Read More

The death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic across Africa is heading is gone past the 1,000 mark as of April 18, 2020. The casualties cut across age groups. From the death of a 6 year-old in Kenya, older patients in most instances and persons in the youth bracket. Whiles each death is reported with a sombre mood and with condolences… Read More

Female activists in Sudan are demanding a legal framework to enforce the ban on female genital mutilation in the country. The age-old barbaric tradition was banned by the state last week. But for these activists, much more is needed. Manal Abdel Halim is a Sudanese women rights activist of “Salima” initiative fighting FGM in Sudan. If the state does not… Read More

The novel coronavirus caused the death of Niger’s minister of employment and labour, Mohamed Ben Omar, public television announced Monday. The minister’s Social Democratic Party (PSD) reported Ben Omar, 55, had died on Sunday at the main hospital in the capital Niamey but did not list the cause. “Alas, it is this terrible disease which took the life of minister… Read More

30 of Chad’s 117 confirmed COVID-19 cases are medical staff, the National Order of Doctors of Chad said in a statement, Monday. The statement also denounced a lack of personal protective equipment for the country’s medical personnel. “Laboratory workers, nurses, trainees and five doctors have been contaminated by the virus. “In all, about 30 members of the nursing staff are… Read More

May 4: President tests negative after self-isolation President Julius Maada Bio has tested negative after a 15-day self-isolation, he confirmed on Twitter today. “After my fifteen-day self-isolation period, all tests for #coronavirus are negative. I am very healthy and determined as ever to fight this Corona pandemic in Sierra Leone,” he said in a tweet. President Bio entered self-isolation after… Read More

The coronavirus epidemic continues to disrupt life across the world. The disruption is all but gathering steam in affected even virus-free African countries. The rate of infection is lower on the continent as compared to Europe, Asia and parts of the Americas, where lockdowns are in place. The impact on gatherings is an area that most African governments have moved… Read More

May 4: Mask-less ‘blocked from Accra Central Persons without face masks are being prevented by police from accessing the capital’s Central Business District, the local news outlet, Citi Newsroom reported on Tuesday. The ‘no mask no entry’ operation is in line with enforcement of COVID-19 directives issued by the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council and Ministry of Health. The wearing… Read More

A top court in Ethiopia’s Amhara regional state on Tuesday found a former minister of communications, Bereket Simon, guilty of corruption charges. Simon’s trial has been going on for over a year since he was arrested in January 2019 at his residence in the capital, Addis Ababa. Privately-run Addis Standard portal reported that the Amhara region’s Supreme Court passed a… Read More