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Police in South Africa on Thursday forced the evacuation of hundreds of foreign migrants who had been sheltering in a church premise for months. Wearing riot gear, the police officers broke down the front door of the church and forced their way. The migrants refused to leave the church, demanding that the government relocates them. “People here at the church… Read More

Officials in Mali said Thursday that voter turnout for the country;‘s legislative elections was just 36 percent. Mali’s territorial administration minister, Boubacar Alpha Bah said many chose to stay away from the ballot box due to threats of violence and COVID-19 pandemic. “A total of 797 out of 22,147 polling stations could not open, accounting for 2,800,508 voters or 3%… Read More

There are five African countries that have not recorded a case of coronavirus as at midday GMT of April 2. 49 countries have officially recorded cases. The death toll had passed 200 whiles recoveries were also rising. The region with the highest virus-free countries being southern Africa where Comoros and Lesotho have yet to confirm cases. South Sudan in East… Read More

There are now more than over 6,700 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 Africa Center for Disease Control on COVID-19 in Africa, the breakdown remains fluid as countries confirm cases as and… Read More

Malawi president Peter Mutharika on Thursday confirmed that the country had recorded three cases of COVID-19. They are the first recorded cases in the southern African country. Local news outlets report that the President made the announcement in a Special Address to the Nation. The address carried by the state-owned MBCTV lasted one minute and 23 seconds. The president disclosed… Read More

*Zimbabwe has re-introduced the US dollar, which was banned in June last year along with other foreign currencies. * It is now being used in domestic transactions as a move to help alleviate the economic crisis deepened by Coronavirus pandemic. For more, we hear from economist Vince Musewe, joining us from Harare, Zimbabwe. Read More

The impact of Coronavirus is being felt in households… Panic-buying has pushed up the price of basic necessities and food, especially cereals. It is a worrying behavior for the Food and Agriculture Organization, which warns it could cause a global food crisis. Coronavirus: CEMAC seeking solutions Finance ministers and economic experts from the CEMAC region recently met in Brazzaville, Congo,… Read More

April 1: Tigray is first regional state with COVID-19 lab Northern Tigray region has become the first regional state in Ethiopia to have a COVID-19 testing lab. This development comes at a time when the state has no confirmed case of the coronavirus pandemic. Reports indicate that the medical facility is as a result of cooperation between Mekelle University and… Read More

April 2: Sierra Leone announce 3-day lockdown with two cases Twenty-four hours after confirming an index case, Sierra Leone announced a second case which involved a medical doctor with no links to the first patient. Both cases were registered in the capital Freetown. On Wednesday April 1, authorities announced a three-day nationwide lockdown as a containment measure against the spread… Read More

Twenty people were killed on Wednesday when a lightning strike damaged a high-voltage power line in a suburb of the Congolese capital Brazzaville, the local mayor and witnesses said. The mayor of Kintele, Stella Mensah Sassou Nguesso, told state radio that seven bodies had been sent to a nearby morgue and another 13 to a mortuary in the capital. An… Read More