News24.com | 2 senior military officers in Egypt die from coronavirus
A second senior military officer in Egypt has died of the new coronavirus, state television reported on Monday, as the officially declared death toll stood at 14 from 327 cases…
News24.com | ‘How will we survive?’: Zimbabwe’s coronavirus fears
Perched comfortably on a makeshift stool, Wilbert Mutaurwa attends to a customer at the corner of a shopping centre in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. “Today, I decided to come to work…
News24.com | WATCH | Kenya police fire teargas to clear market amid virus shutdown
Police fire teargas to disperse traders and buyers on a street market in the Kenyan city of Kisumu, after the government ordered a shutdown to prevent the spread of the…
News24.com | Nigeria reports first coronavirus death
Nigeria on Monday reported its first death from coronavirus as confirmed cases of infections in Africa’s most populous nation climbed further. “The 1st Covid-19 death in Nigeria has been recorded,”…
News24.com | ‘Everyone stay at home’ – Madagascar orders lockdown of two main cities in virus fight
President Andry Rajoelina on Sunday ordered lockdowns in Madagascar’s two main cities to try to contain the spread of the coronavirus across the poor Indian Ocean nation. “From tomorrow, Monday…
News24.com | Shun church or ‘go to hell’, Zimbabwe government warns
A Zimbabwe spokesman warned people against flocking to church Sunday in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, and even claimed that worshippers risked going to hell. “A quick survey around…
News24.com | Rwanda imposes shutdown as infections jump across Africa
Rwanda imposed a nationwide shutdown and border controls to combat the coronavirus at the weekend in some of the strictest measures taken in Africa, as infections spread across the continent…
News24.com | Zimbabwe president defies own travel ban to attend Namibia swearing-in
Zimbabwe president Emmerson Mnangagwa attended the investiture of his Namibian counterpart Hage Geingob in Windhoek on Saturday, defying his own government’s ban on anyone leaving the country over coronavirus. Mnangagwa…
News24.com | Africa in for tough battle as coronavirus cases rise
Sub-Saharan Africa recorded its second coronavirus death on Friday as infections rose in South Africa, where the government warned bluntly of a long haul in the fight against the disease.…