News24.com | Kenyan teen shot during coronavirus curfew
Kenyan police on Tuesday ordered a probe into the shooting of a 13-year-old boy on his balcony in Nairobi as officers allegedly opened fire to enforce a nighttime curfew. Residents…
News24.com | Water crisis could sabotage Zimbabwe’s coronavirus lockdown
Buckets and jerrycans in hand or in wheelbarrows, dozens of Zimbabweans stand close to each other in a long queue, patiently waiting at a borehole in Harare’s middle-class Mabelreign suburb…
News24.com | Millions of Nigerians enter lockdown as Africa tries to halt virus
More than 20 million Nigerians on Monday went into lockdown in sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest city Lagos and the capital Abuja, as the continent struggles to curb the spread of coronavirus.…
News24.com | Former Congo president Yhombi Opango, 81, dies of coronavirus in France
Brazzaville – Former Republic of Congo president Jacques Joaquim Yhombi Opango died in France on Monday of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), his family told AFP. He was 81. Yhombi Opango,…
News24.com | Lockdown expected for Botswana as it records its first 3 Covid-19 cases
Botswana has confirmed its first cases of Covid-19 coronavirus infections, which will see the country up its precautionary measures. A lockdown announcement is expected from President Mokgweetsi Masisi when he…
News24.com | Opposition leader in Niger freed under coronavirus prison release
The main opposition figure in Niger, Hama Amadou, who has been in prison since last November for alleged baby smuggling, is among more than 1 500 inmates who are being…
News24.com | Coronavirus: Libya frees over 450 inmates due to pandemic fears
Tripoli – Libya’s justice ministry announced on Sunday that over 450 prisoners were being freed in a bid to protect against the spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in the…
News24.com | Police patrol streets as Zimbabwe begins coronavirus lockdown
Zimbabwe on Monday began enforcing a three-week lockdown in its fight against coronavirus after the disease left one person dead and infected six others. President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared a 21-day…
News24.com | Sierra Leone scraps controversial pregnant girl school ban
Sierra Leone has overturned a ban on pregnant girls attending school, the government said on Monday, adding that it sought to build a state that embraced every citizen. In a…