News24.com | At least 15 killed in multi-car crash after curfew in Egypt
A truck smashed into multiple cars stopped at a checkpoint on a large Cairo road on Wednesday, killing 15 people just a few hours after a nighttime curfew took effect…
News24.com | Billionaire Jack Ma donates conoravirus test kits to Nigeria
Nigeria on Wednesday received test kits and protective gear from China’s richest man, Jack Ma, to help fight coronavirus, which has so far claimed one life and infected 45 others…
News24.com | Coronavirus: Kenya imposes curfew
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday ordered a night time curfew to curb the spread of the coronavirus, while taking a massive pay cut and unveiling tax breaks to ease…
News24.com | Sudan frees thousands of prisoners over coronavirus fears
Authorities in Sudan have ordered the release of thousands of prisoners to prevent the novel coronavirus from spreading in the country’s jails, state media reported Wednesday. “The first batch of…
News24.com | Zimbabwe’s nurses strike over lack of coronavirus protective gear
Thousands of hospital nurses in Zimbabwe went on strike Wednesday over a lack of protective gear and water shortages days after the country reported its first coronavirus cases, their union…
News24.com | Ethiopia to free thousands of prisoners to limit coronavirus spread
Ethiopia announced Wednesday it would free thousands of inmates from the country’s overcrowded prisons as part of a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Attorney General Adanech Abebe…
News24.com | WATCH | ‘It’s not rosy’: Kenya’s flowers rot amid virus slowdown
On a Kenyan flower farm, workers stick to their daily schedule of cutting some of the world’s finest roses. But instead of flying them to Europe or the Middle East…
News24.com | War-torn Libya reports first coronavirus case
Libya has reported its first case of the novel coronavirus, a particular source of concern in the North African country where civil war has badly degraded the public healthcare system.…
News24.com | Death of migrants in Mozambique ‘a devastating tragedy for continent’ – SA president
President Cyril Ramaphosa – in his capacity as African Union (AU) chairperson – expressed his sadness at the death of migrants in transit in Mozambique. Immigration authorities in Mozambique on…