News24.com | Nigeria reports record infections hours after lockdown was eased
Nigeria has recorded its highest single-day infection rate of Covid-19, the day Africa’s biggest economy began a six-week phase-out period of the emergency lockdown measures. A total of 245 new…
News24.com | Six killed as plane carrying coronavirus aid crashes in Somalia
A plane carrying aid supplies for use in the fight against the coronavirus crashed in Somalia on Monday, killing all six people on board, the Somali transport minister said. He…
News24.com | IMF releases $226 million to help Cameroon against virus
The International Monetary Fund on Monday approved a $226 million loan to help Cameroon to combat the coronavirus as it faced plunging oil revenues. It was the latest disbursement under…
News24.com | Pirates kidnap 6 crewmen from 2 fishing boats off Gabon: source
Pirates attacked two fishing vessels on Sunday near the Gabonese capital Libreville, abducting six crewmen, a source close to the Gabonese government told AFP. “The pirates kidnapped three Indonesians, two…
News24.com | Survivors of Nigeria’s ‘baby factories’ share their stories
As 16-year-old Miriam* stepped out of her tent to fetch water near the Madinatu Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state in January last year, a middle-aged…
News24.com | Madagascar president vows to release journalist critic
Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina has promised to release a prominent journalist who was detained after criticising his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Arphine Rahelisoa, who heads the pro-opposition newspaper Valisoa,…
News24.com | Schools remain locked for 127 million children in eastern and southern Africa – Unicef
More than 127 million pre-primary, primary and secondary school pupils in eastern and southern Africa – who are supposed to return to school this week – remain at home due…
News24.com | Algeria presidency says state budget to be slashed by half
The Algerian government decided on Sunday to reduce the state budget by half due to a financial crisis caused by the global collapse in oil prices and worldwide coronavirus lockdowns.…
News24.com | Tanzania’s Magufuli sees ‘sabotage’ in virus numbers
Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Sunday questioned his country’s coronavirus numbers, and called on the authorities to investigate “sabotage” at the national laboratory. The East African country had recorded 480…