The World Health Organization has officially designated COVID-19 a pandemic. "All countries in Africa must act," says Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa. " read more »
Nearly 33,243 people across Africa have been infected with COVID-19, and almost 1,470 have died. read more »
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, the founder of Christ Embassy, had been asked to provide his church's financial records, or face jail. read more »
Namibian President Hage Geingob has announced steps to gradually reopen the country, moving into Stage Two of adopted restrictions meant to curtail the spread of the novel ... Read more »
The World Health Organization (WHO) is under assault by the Trump administration in the United States, with renewed attacks this week by the president and the secretary of ... Read more »
According to a letter from law firm Webber Wentzel, British American Tobacco has demanded that Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma amend ... Read more »
More than 34,000 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Africa in the two months since the first confirmed case of the disease on the continent, with over 1,500 lives lost. A ... Read more »
Truck drivers are protesting the restrictions placed on their movements following the COVID-19 lockdown in East Africa. They have been accused of spreading the novel coronavirus as ... Read more »
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who chairs the SADC organ on politics, defence and security cooperation's meeting with Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi comes after Mozambique's ... Read more »
Reacting to President Peter Mutharika's declaration that he would not fire the commissioners as recommended by parliament, civil rights activists and opposition parties say they ... Read more »
The government will oversee the reopening of the economy which will be done in phases, spanning a total of six weeks and broken into three tranches of two weeks each. "This ... Read more »
Journalists are facing an increasing number of challenges covering the coronavirus outbreak, with rights groups warning the pandemic could kill the truth. Journalists say the ... Read more »
President Nana Akufo-Addo has promised to build more than 90 new hospitals as the coronovirus pandemic highlights the country's medical inequalities. However, policy analyst Ziblim ... Read more »
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