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In South Africa, provision has been made at a treatment centre for those infected by the coronavirus. At a visit to a COVID-19 treatment centre in Johannesburg Friday, president Cyril Ramaphosa expressed his satisfaction with the level of preparedness. “The country now needs to get very well prepared, because we are going to be reaching a peak somewhere later in… Read More

Majority of Muslims across the world started Ramadan fasting today but across the Middle East, preparations for the month-long religious exercise was dampened thanks to the global threat of the novel coronavirus. The faithful who have witnessed the cancellation of Iftar – fast breaking feasts – and the suspension of prayers at the mosque as part of efforts to slow… Read More

South Africa has become a COVID-19 model for the continent in many ways since it confirmed its index case on 5th March, 2020. From the area of testing through to record number of recoveries, South Africa has been praised for pro-activeness in combating the virus. The economic intervention measures rolled out by President Cyril Ramaphosa has also been classed as… Read More

Months after Guinea-Bissau’s disputed presidential election, leaders in the West Africa bloc, ECOWAS, have acknowledged the victory of Umaro Sissoco Embalo. In a statement released on Tuesday, the Economic Community of West African States said the decision followed “a thorough analysis of the political situation in the country.” The development signifies a diplomatic victory for Sissoco Embalo, who had organized… Read More

April 24: Ghana records 125 more cases The coronavirus case count in Ghana has reached 1,279. Which indicates an increase of 125 new cases since the last tally was released on April 22. The previous increase was by 112, the first since the lifting of a partial lockdown. The country has also recorded four more recoveries to bring the tally… Read More

World Food Program, WFP, the U.N. food agency has warned that the world is “on the brink of a hunger pandemic,” as it struggles to contain COVID-19. WFP Executive Director David Beasley told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that “2020 would be facing the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II.” “ 821 million people go to bed hungry… Read More

Despite the risk posed by COVID-19, inhabitants of Guinea Bissau capital Bissau show mixed levels of concern with regard to social distancing measures. At the capital’s main markets, some efforts have been made to raise awareness about the potential for contamination in the country of about 1,800,000 inhabitants. The challenges are however plain as Ligan Mendes, a market monitoring officer… Read More

“My school at home” is a project set up by the Ivorian government to provide schooling for students after the closure of classes following the coronavirus pandemic. The programme, which for the time being only benefits pupils in 5th grade, 9th grade and 12th grade, should soon be extended to all classes. But already, some students are voicing challenges like… Read More

Tigray region relaxes state of emergency Northern Tigray regional state, the first to declare a COVID-19 state of emergency have announced a relaxing of the measure, the regional information outfit reported. The state of emergency declared in late March is now expected to last for three months according to the state council. In explaining the rationale for the current move,… Read More

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics will not be held this year as we all know by now due to the coronavirus. Disappointment for organizers athletes and sport enthusiasts around the world. But some athletes can at least can take a break, stay home binge eating perhaps and watching movies. We take a look at Nada Laaraj, a Moroccan Taekwondo athlete who… Read More