News24.com | WATCH | Idris Elba: It’s ‘super worrying’ how coronavirus will affect poor areas of Africa
Hollywood star Idris Elba and his wife Sabrina Dhowre Elba are working with the UN to lessen the impact of Covid-19 on farmers in rural areas. Stay healthy and entertained…
News24.com | Reversal of fortunes: Egypt sends medical supplies to US to aid fight against coronavirus
Washington – Egypt on Tuesday flew a plane of medical supplies to the United States to assist in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, a role reversal for a top…
News24.com | Niger jails 10 after violent protests against virus lockdown
Ten people were jailed after taking part in violent protests in the Niger capital Niamey against measures aimed at containing the coronavirus pandemic, police said on Tuesday. The measures include…
News24.com | Scores of Senegal youngsters arrested for breaking virus curfew
Senegalese police arrested 74 young people on Tuesday night, in a working-class district of the capital Dakar, after they broke a strict night-time curfew intended to curb coronavirus. A senior…
News24.com | Lesotho extends coronavirus lockdown by two weeks
Lesotho on Tuesday extended a three-week nationwide lockdown by another 14 days until May 5 despite having yet to detect a single case of coronavirus. “During this time, government will…
News24.com | We must act now to prevent African ‘health crisis from becoming a food crisis’ – UN’s IFAD
Africa must move swiftly to prevent a looming food crunch caused by coronavirus disruption for small-scale producers, the head of a UN agency says. “People in lockdown no longer have…
News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: Global deaths top 170 000, Singapore extends curbs and Pamplona bull run called off
Keeping you up to date on the latest novel coronavirus (Covid-19) news from around the world. FOLLOW LIVE | ‘The people are hungry’ – Chaos in Macassar as residents burn…
News24.com | Madagascar president launches coronavirus ‘remedy’
The president of Madagascar Andry Rajoelina has officially launched a local herbal remedy claimed to prevent and cure the novel coronavirus. “Tests have been carried out – two people have…
News24.com | God, not masks: Magufuli’s Tanzania is an outlier on virus response
Tanzanian President John Magufuli has called on citizens to turn to God and to keep the economy turning, but as coronavirus cases creep up, calls are rising for the country…