News24.com | Kenya bans entry to two refugee camps hosting 400 000 people
Kenya has banned movement in and out of two huge refugee camps as part of containment measures aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus among the vulnerable communities. LIVE…
News24.com | Lesotho party rules out immunity for embattled leader Thomas Thabane
The head of Lesotho’s ruling party on Wednesday rejected Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s demands for immunity from prosecution in a murder case that has gripped the southern African mountain kingdom.…
News24.com | Displaced Malians forced to flee as fire destroys camp in Bamako
Displaced Malians have been forced to flee after a fire tore through their makeshift camp in the capital, Bamako, destroying tents and reducing the land to ashes. Nobody was reported…
News24.com | Lesotho amends constitution, piling pressure on PM to resign
The Senate of the mountain kingdom of Lesotho amended the constitution on Tuesday, capping the prime minister’s powers to dissolve parliament and call fresh elections, as pressure for his resignation…
News24.com | More than 300 virus cases in Morocco prisons
More than 300 cases of novel coronavirus have been detected at three Moroccan prisons after a campaign of testing of inmates and guards in the country’s 73 jails, the prisons…
News24.com | EU to discuss Africa debt relief
EU countries will discuss a request for debt relief from five Sahel countries as part of efforts to help them cope with coronavirus, European Council chief Charles Michel said on…
News24.com | Malawi court indefinitely bars virus lockdown
A Malawi High Court on Tuesday extended indefinitely an order barring the government from imposing a 21-day coronavirus lockdown which was announced by President Peter Mutharika earlier this month. The…
News24.com | Ivory Coast former PM Soro gets 20-year jail term for ’embezzlement’
An Ivory Coast court on Tuesday sentenced exiled former prime minister Guillaume Soro to 20 years in jail on charges of embezzlement and money laundering. Soro, a former rebel leader…
News24.com | Relief mixes with worry as Nigeria orders lockdowns eased
Tailor Morenike Alabi was convinced on Tuesday that a decision to ease a lockdown on Nigeria’s largest city Lagos was the right call – but other residents feared the move…