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With football still at a standstill, the Coronavirus continues to take the world hostage. In the face of the global health crisis, clubs are trying to adapt to this unprecedented situation. To avoid bankruptcy, measures ranging from pay cuts to the dismissal of players have been adopted by several clubs, such as TP Mazembe. He was the first coach to… Read More

Leaders across East Africa and the Horn of Africa met via video conferencing for a meeting aimed at forging a regional plan to combat the coronavirus pandemic. In all four presidents – Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Djibouti – were joined by two Prime Ministers – Ethiopia, Sudan – and the Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, IGA, Workneh Gebeyehu.… Read More

March 30: Adenuga donates 1.5 billion naira, Seneators donate 50% salaries More private sector donations continue to pour into Nigeria’s coronavirus combat efforts. The latest is from Mike Adenuga a billionaire businessman who is into telecoms industry. Adenuga on Monday announced a 1.5 billion contribution to be shared between the federal government and Lagos State government. One billion to the… Read More

March 30: Ethiopian regions ban transport Four regional states in Ethiopia have imposed a ban on transport as part of coronavirus containment measures. The regions are northern Tigray region (which has declared a state of emergency since last week.), Oromia, Amhara and Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples region. Prior to the last weekend, cases were recorded only in Addis Ababa.… Read More

The coronavirus was confirmed in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late December 2019. Cases have since been confirmed in over scores of countries across the globe. The World Health Organisation, WHO, has since declared it a pandemic. WHO chief Tedros Ghebereyesus said whiles China had a robust health system to detect and control, his outfit remained concerned about the… Read More

A 30 day lockdown and curfew decreed in the Republic of Congo. An announcement made by the president Denis Sassou Nguesso, 24 hours after the confirmation of 15 new coronavirus cases. This brings the total number of cases to 19 as at Saturday March 28 when the president addressed the nation. The move is part of efforts to control the… Read More

The lockdown list is growing across the continent. Ghana and Zimbabwe are among those that started the measure today. Among those that have been under lockdown are Morocco, Rwanda and South Africa. Countries across the continent and other parts of the world are increasingly shutting down to slow the spread of COVID-19. Streets emptied in Kigali as Rwanda became the… Read More

Nigeria’s commercial hub of Lagos is at the center of the country’s coronavirus combat. Lagos has the highest number of confirmed cases (as at March 29) and the state government has continued to roll out multiple measures to deal with the disease. Lagos has in the past weeks suspended schools across the state – be they public or private, 70%… Read More

There are now more than 4,600 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 when.… Read More

Botswana, one of the few democracies to still enforce the death penalty, executed two men convicted of murder on Saturday, March 28. The latest executions bring to four the number of hangings since President Mokgweetsi Masisi was elected last October. 33-year-old Moabi Seabelo Mabiletsa, and his co-accused 39-year-old Matshidiso Tshid Boikanyo, were hanged to death in the capital Gaborone, according… Read More