News24.com | Coronavirus: Kenya imposes curfew
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday ordered a night time curfew to curb the spread of the coronavirus, while taking a massive pay cut and unveiling tax breaks to ease…
News24.com | Sudan frees thousands of prisoners over coronavirus fears
Authorities in Sudan have ordered the release of thousands of prisoners to prevent the novel coronavirus from spreading in the country’s jails, state media reported Wednesday. “The first batch of…
News24.com | Zimbabwe’s nurses strike over lack of coronavirus protective gear
Thousands of hospital nurses in Zimbabwe went on strike Wednesday over a lack of protective gear and water shortages days after the country reported its first coronavirus cases, their union…
News24.com | Ethiopia to free thousands of prisoners to limit coronavirus spread
Ethiopia announced Wednesday it would free thousands of inmates from the country’s overcrowded prisons as part of a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Attorney General Adanech Abebe…
News24.com | WATCH | ‘It’s not rosy’: Kenya’s flowers rot amid virus slowdown
On a Kenyan flower farm, workers stick to their daily schedule of cutting some of the world’s finest roses. But instead of flying them to Europe or the Middle East…
News24.com | War-torn Libya reports first coronavirus case
Libya has reported its first case of the novel coronavirus, a particular source of concern in the North African country where civil war has badly degraded the public healthcare system.…
News24.com | Death of migrants in Mozambique ‘a devastating tragedy for continent’ – SA president
President Cyril Ramaphosa – in his capacity as African Union (AU) chairperson – expressed his sadness at the death of migrants in transit in Mozambique. Immigration authorities in Mozambique on…
News24.com | Sudan defence minister dies of heart attack in South Sudan
Sudan’s defence minister, General Gamal al-Din Omar, has died of a heart attack while on an official visit to neighbouring South Sudan, according to the Sudanese officials. Omar was in…
News24.com | At least 50 Nigerian soldiers killed in Boko Haram ambush
Boko Haram fighters killed at least 50 Nigerian soldiers in an ambush near Goneri village in northern Yobe state, according to military officials and villagers. “The Nigerian military suffered some…