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…
Coronavirus: Nigeria extends lockdowns, as authorities deny wave of deaths is due to Covid-19
President promises ‘gradual’ easing of restrictions from next week – as investigation begins into pneumonia deaths in northern state
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…
News24.com | People caught without masks forced to sweep streets in Madagascar
Madagascar police forced citizens caught outside without a coronavirus face mask to sweep pavements on Monday, law enforcement officials said. President Andry Rajoelina has made it compulsory to wear face…
News24.com | Battle-hardened after Ebola, Liberian doctors have head start on coronavirus outbreak
Monrovia – Many Liberians remember Jerry Brown, the doctor leading the country’s coronavirus response team, for his fearlessness during the Ebola crisis in the West African state. When the virus…
News24.com | WATCH | Zimbabwe food crisis worsens with Covid-19 lockdown extension
Zimbabwe has had to extend its nationwide lockdown because of a rise in coronavirus cases. But the restrictions have come at a cost, raising concerns that a food crisis affecting…