News24.com | Coronavirus claims life of ‘close ally’ of president and leading member of Guinea government
Conakry – A top government official in Guinea and close ally of President Alpha Conde has died from the novel coronavirus, the government said on Sunday. Sekou Kourouma, who was…
News24.com | Lesotho’s army withdraws as calls mount for PM to resign
Lesotho troops deployed by Prime Minister Thomas Thabane withdrew from the capital’s streets on Sunday in a showdown between the octogenerian leader and opponents demanding his resignation. Thabane faces mounting…
News24.com | 44 suspected Boko Haram jihadists found dead in prison cell in Chad – prosecutor
N’Djamena – A group of 44 suspected members of Boko Haram, arrested during a recent operation against the jihadist group, have been found dead in their prison cell, apparently poisoned,…
News24.com | Under fire, Lesotho PM deploys army on streets to ‘restore order’
Lesotho’s embattled prime minister has announced that he has sent troops onto the streets to “restore order”, accusing unnamed law enforcement agencies of undermining democracy. Prime Minister Thomas Thabane is…
News24.com | Forty years ago, Zimbabwe was born
The Union Jack is slowly lowered. An enormous clamour rising from across Salisbury’s Rufaro stadium hits fever pitch as 36 000 people celebrate the hoisting of the new green-gold-red-black-white flag,…
News24.com | Lesotho one of 16 countries with no Covid-19 cases – report
Lesotho, Samoa and North Korea. What do these countries have in common with 13 other nations? Until 17 April, they had no reported cases of the coronavirus, Al Jazeera reports.…
News24.com | Africa coronavirus cases could hit 10 million in six months: WHO
Coronavirus cases in Africa could surge from just thousands now to 10 million within three to six months, according to provisional modelling, a regional World Health Organisation (WHO) official said.…
News24.com | African health officials race to fill virus test gap
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention plans to distribute a million Covid-19 test kits from next week to help the continent tackle a glaring shortfall in testing, its…
News24.com | 18 killed by Nigeria security forces over virus lockdown: rights body
Nigerian security agents have killed 18 people in their enforcement of measures to curb coronavirus, a figure higher than the documented toll inflicted by the disease, the country’s human rights…