News24.com | First Coronavirus death in Cameroon
Cameroon’s government on Tuesday announced the country’s first death due to coronavirus, saying the victim had returned from Italy and was already infected on his arrival. The official count of…
The women who refused to blow themselves up for Boko Haram
In Nigeria, the decade-long war with the terrorist group has seen more than 500 women kidnapped and deployed as suicide bombers. Many refused to kill and escaped. Dionne Searcey tells…
News24.com | 64 migrants found dead in container in Mozambique: hospital official
More than 60 suspected undocumented migrants from Ethiopia were found dead on Tuesday in a cargo container in Mozambique’s northwest Tete province, a hospital official said. “A truck transporting illegal…
News24.com | WATCH | In the shadow of coronavirus, measles rips through Congo
Just as Ebola is waning in Democratic Republic of Congo, Covid-19 has arrived – meaning efforts to tackle a measles epidemic which has killed thousands of people are likely to…
News24.com | Human rights body accuses Egypt security forces of torturing children
Human Rights Watch on Monday accused Egyptian security forces of torturing children in jails, saying it was typical of “the brutal security tactics” employed by the North African state. In…
News24.com | Nigeria bans ‘visitors’ to displaced camps over virus fears
Authorities in northeast Nigeria on Monday banned visitors from camps housing tens of thousands of people displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency, in a bid to prevent the spread of…
News24.com | Mali disputes lack of ventilator reports
The Malian government on Monday said it had many times more ventilators available for dealing with coronavirus than an official document indicated. An internal health ministry document entitled “Action Plan…
Coronavirus: Pharmacies overwhelmed with people searching for 'miracle drugs' as Trump supports wild recovery claims
US president says anti-malaria drugs could be a ‘game changer’ – but his top experts aren’t as sure
News24.com | WATCH | The coronavirus across Africa: Continent prepares for a long battle
A high-ranking politician in Burkina Faso was the first person to die from the coronavirus in Sub-Saharan Africa. Major travel restrictions and school closures are just a few of the…