News24.com | With virus lockdowns, Africa gears up for remote schooling
The coronavirus may not have hit Africa as badly as other parts of the world but with schools and universities closed because of mass lockdowns across the continent, many children…
News24.com | Coronavirus forces much-needed upgrade of Tunisia’s neglected public hospitals
Tunis – After a month of lockdown, Tunisian hospitals have not so far suffered the overcrowding some feared from coronavirus – but the pandemic has forced a much-needed upgrade of…
News24.com | Algeria criminalises ‘fake news’ deemed harmful to ‘public order and state security’
Algerian members of parliament have passed a law criminalising the broadcast of “fake news” that is deemed harmful to “public order and state security”. The law, opposed by protesters and…
News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: WHO warns ‘long way to go’ as global deaths pass 180 000, DR Congo gets $363m IMF aid
Keeping you up to date on the latest novel coronavirus (Covid-19) news from around the world. FOLLOW LIVE | All the latest coronavirus and lockdown updates WHO warns ‘long way…
News24.com | Northern Nigeria cities pack up child beggars over coronavirus fears
Kano, Nigeria – Hundreds of boys have their names and temperatures checked as they wait to board buses in a northern Nigerian city to transport them back to their villages.…
News24.com | Africa’s biggest airline fighting for ‘survival’ amid pandemic – Ethiopian Airlines CEO
Addis Ababa – In early March, Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam told an aviation conference in Addis Ababa the coronavirus pandemic was “a temporary problem” – comparable to a natural…
News24.com | Ramaphosa calls for end to sanctions against Zimbabwe, Sudan to help fight Covid-19
President Cyril Ramaphosa has again called for the economic bans against Zimbabwe and Sudan to be lifted as the continent grapples with Covid-19 and its economic impact. The US implemented…
News24.com | Human Rights Watch slams Kenyan police ‘brutality’ during coronavirus curfew
Nairobi – Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday accused Kenyan police of killing at least six people and beating and extorting others while enforcing a dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed to halt…
News24.com | WATCH | Hunger versus infection: Africa navigates the coronavirus
The novel coronavirus may have arrived late in Africa, but it is slowly taking hold with over 24 600 cases and 1 193 deaths (as of 22 April at 06:00…