News24.com | EU to discuss Africa debt relief
EU countries will discuss a request for debt relief from five Sahel countries as part of efforts to help them cope with coronavirus, European Council chief Charles Michel said on…
News24.com | Malawi court indefinitely bars virus lockdown
A Malawi High Court on Tuesday extended indefinitely an order barring the government from imposing a 21-day coronavirus lockdown which was announced by President Peter Mutharika earlier this month. The…
News24.com | Relief mixes with worry as Nigeria orders lockdowns eased
Tailor Morenike Alabi was convinced on Tuesday that a decision to ease a lockdown on Nigeria’s largest city Lagos was the right call – but other residents feared the move…
News24.com | Ivory Coast former PM Soro gets 20-year jail term for ’embezzlement’
An Ivory Coast court on Tuesday sentenced exiled former prime minister Guillaume Soro to 20 years in jail on charges of embezzlement and money laundering. Soro, a former rebel leader…
News24.com | Virus could double food insecurity in nine African countries: UN
The spread of Covid-19 risks devastating countries across East Africa, where food insecurity could more than double in just three months, the United Nations warned Tuesday. The UN’s World Food…
News24.com | Coronavirus reaches prisons in Guinea and Sierra Leone
Coronavirus has reached prisons in Guinea and Sierra Leone, government officials said Tuesday, raising the spectre of outbreaks in unsanitary and overcrowded jails. Bouna Yattassaye, the deputy director-general of Guinea’s…
News24.com | Egypt extends state of emergency on coronavirus, security fears
Cairo – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday ordered the renewal for three months of a long-running state of emergency, citing health as well as security concerns. Egypt has…
News24.com | Libya’s Haftar claims ‘mandate from the people’
Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar said on Monday he had “a popular mandate” to govern the country, declaring a key 2015 political deal over and vowing to press his assault to…
News24.com | Buhari approves ‘gradual easing of lockdown measures’ in key Nigeria cities
Abuja – Nigeria will start easing a coronavirus lockdown covering its largest city Lagos and capital Abuja from 4 May, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday. “I have approved a…