Nigeria's information minister has said the country is yet to receive ventilators promised by US President Donald Trump in April.
Lai Mohammed has denied Mr Trump's last week remarks that he had sent 1,000 ventilators to the West Africa…
It's been a fortnight since Prime Minister Scott Morrison gave the go-ahead to start easing Australia out of lockdown - and so far, things are going according to plan.
Health officials say the nation has only two patients on ventilators…
Covid-19 came late to Turkey - on 11 March - but soon singed every corner of the country. Within a month all 81 provinces had been affected.
It was the one of the fastest growing outbreaks in the world - worse than China or the UK. Ther…
Police forces across the world are warning that criminals and paedophiles are using the coronavirus lockdown to target children.
Data gathered by the BBC reveals demand for abuse imagery has shot up.
Reports of obscene online materia…
Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina appears to have made a U-turn regarding the much publicised purported coronavirus remedy he said his country had developed.
Last month Mr Rajoelina officially launched a local herbal tonic which he…
A cluster of new outbreaks in the South Korean capital Seoul has worried officials because the cases are popping up in densely-populated areas of the city.
The authorities say this coming weekend is a critical moment to prevent further …
The Chairman of the Peoples National Convention (PNC), Mr Bernard Mornah has said he only cautioned the Electoral Commission (EC) on the chaos that could come up should it decide to go ahead with the new voters' registration exercise.
T…
The High Court in Tema High Court has dismissed the case the Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Mr Sam Nartey George filed against the Electoral Commission (EC).
Mr George had applied to the court, seeking to restrain the EC from …
The man accused of financing the Rwandan genocide has denied playing a role in the massacres.
"All of this is lies. I have not killed any Tutsis. I was working with them," Félicien Kabuga told a French court during a bail hearing.
Th…
Tanzanian comedian Idris Sultan and a co-accused have been freed on bail after being charged under the Electronic and Postal Communications Act.
He was detained by police after a video of him laughing at an old photo of the president wa…
The UN says widespread killings, rapes and other barbaric acts by militia in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo may constitute crimes against humanity and war crimes.
It follows months of escalating ethnic violence in the provin…
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has revealed how his son violated a government dusk-to-dawn curfew order issued to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
He said one of his two sons, whom he did not identify, recently went out to party at …
Doctors in Tanzania have denied being overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic after a recent warning by the US embassy about the risk of "exponential growth" in cases in the country.
The embassy said hospitals in the main city, Dar es S…
Saudi Arabia has begun to ease a five-day nationwide lockdown imposed during the festival of Eid.
A round-the-clock curfew has been partially relaxed except in the holy city of Mecca, which has the highest number of infections.
Anyon…
Lawmakers in France voted in favour of a new tracing app called StopCovid - despite concerns about digital privacy. It will be rolled out starting next week. Later today, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe will announce the next stage of easi…
Former President Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings will deliver the keynote address to mark the 41st anniversary of the June 4 uprising on Thursday June 4, 2020.
A statement issued by Kobina Andoh Amoakwa of the Communications Directorat…
A body representing Nigerian doctors believes the real number of coronavirus cases in the country could be four times higher than the 8,733 cases confirmed by the authorities so far.
The head of Nigeria’s Medical Association, Francis Fa…
Health officials say they'll consider tougher social-distancing measures if the current uptick continues.
There have been 79 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, the highest daily rate of new infections in nearly two months.
Most…
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been speaking to BBC Breakfast to talk about Thursday's launch of the test and trace system in England.
The 2,000 who tested positive on Wednesday will be approached by text, email or phone by tracers, …
An Executive Member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Tema East Constituency, Stephen Ashitey Adjei, has called on party members not to sacrifice the Constituency’s Parliamentary Candidate on the altar of their op…
Speaker of Parliament Michael Aaron Oquaye on Wednesday issued a caution against public declaration of the status of any one tested in the covid-19 mandatory testing exercise done in the House last week.
His caution comes in the w…
On the face of it, things may not look bad.
Since the first case of coronavirus at the end of January, India has reported more than 150,000 Covid-19 infections. More than 4,000 people have died of the infection.
To put this in some c…
Representatives of the Political Parties who participated in the Interparty Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting have given strong backing to the decision by the Electoral Commission (EC) to compile a new voters roll.
The issues that…
About 400 people have escaped from a coronavirus quarantine centre in Malawi's second largest city, Blantyre, after complaining about its poor state.
Local media has reported that the escapees were quarantined on arrival from South Afri…
A number of Ghanaian opposition lawmakers want parliament to be temporarily closed.
The West African country has so far confirmed about 7,000 cases and 34 deaths.
Speaker Mike Oquaye last week told Members of Parliament and parliamen…
Kenya has recorded a "staggering" number of new cases of coronavirus, Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe has said.
Announcing the latest figures, he said that the number of people who have tested positive for coronavirus has risen by 123 to 1…
The Concern Voters Movement (CVM), a socio-Political organisation has appealed to government to lift the ban on Public and Social Gatherings with tactical adherence to the current protocols.
The CVM said, the over reliance on Scie…
Lionel Lopez grimaces as he looks at the stagnant green water in the bottom of the pool at his hotel in Senegal’s Saloum Delta. He drained it after the global pandemic closed borders, bringing West Africa’s tourism industry to a standstill…
Boris Johnson will be questioned by senior MPs later amid continued calls for his top adviser to resign.
The prime minister will appear before the Commons Liaison Committee for 90 minutes, during which he will be asked about Dominic Cum…
New swarms of locusts are increasing the risk of food insecurity for millions of people in East and Central Africa who are already reeling from the impact of Covid-19 and flooding, humanitarian agency Oxfam has said in a new report.
Loc…
Tanzanian comedian Idris Sultan has appeared at a magistrate's court this morning in the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, eight days after he was arrested.
Sultan is to be charged with cybercrimes offences, tampering with evidence and…
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The French government has said docto…
More now on that big announcement expected from Brussels on financial help for the EU.
Whether the recovery package amounts to €500bn ($545bn; £448bn) or even a potential €1 trillion, the details of European Commission President Ursula …
A number of UN agencies have called for urgent action to designate sea and air crews as key workers.
In a joint statement, the UN's maritime, labour and aviation agencies said that worldwide travel restrictions had left crews stranded a…
A Senior Lecturer at the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana, Legon, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has stated that the interest of the citizenry must be of paramount concern in the discourse on the compilation of a new reg…
The Old Tafo Municipal Assembly has presented various items to 16 selected Persons with Disability (PWDs) in the municipality to economically empower them.
The beneficiaries were the second batch of PWDs to be supported in one month to …
COVID-19 presents a risk of "further compounding and complicating conflicts and insecurity in [Africa] that will have a lasting impact" in the post-coronavirus era, the Ethiopian Ambassador to South Africa, Dr Shiferaw Teklemariam, has war…
Advocate for Social Intervention Ghana (ASIG), a civil society organization, spearheading social justice in the country, has asked political parties to give the Electoral Commission peace to work.
According to ASIG, the EC as an indepen…
With more than 31,000 cases, Mumbai accounts for more than a fifth of India's coronavirus infections and nearly a quarter of deaths. The BBC's Yogita Limaye finds out why India's financial capital is so badly affected.
Mumbai has long b…
Nigeria will continue with the planned clinical trials on malaria drug hydroxychloroquine on Covid-19 patients even after the World Health Organization (WHO) halted a similar effort because of safety fears.
The director of Nigeria's Nat…
The brother of Senegal's president has announced that he has tested positive for coronavirus.
Aliou Sall, who is the mayor for Guédiawaye, said he was being treated at Dalal Diam hospital in the capital, Dakar.
His wife also tested p…
Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, pictured on Sunday, has downplayed the virus as "a little flu"Image caption: Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, pictured on Sunday, has downplayed the virus as "a little flu"
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South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that places of worship will be reopened on 1 June with strict guidelines to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Churches, mosques, temples and other recognised places of worship will…
The Municipal Chief Executive for Asokwa, Mr Akwanuassah Gyimah, has appealed members of the municipal assembly to close their ranks and agree on a common candidate to vie for the position of the Presiding Member.
He said since the new …
UK Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick says it is time to “move on” from the row over Dominic Cummings’ trip to Durham.
More than 35 Conservative MPs have called for the prime minister's chief aide to leave his job but, when asked about th…
Burundi’s ruling party candidate, retired general Evariste Ndayishimiye, has won the presidential election with 69% of votes cast, the electoral commission said on Monday, after accusations of rigging by the leading opposition challenger.
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An invasion by desert locusts has hit large swathes of India and Pakistan in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
Large and aggressive swarms of these crop-devouring short-horned insects have invaded more than two dozen districts cov…
Egypt's health minister has ordered an investigation into the death of a doctor who contracted coronavirus while on duty, amid rising concern about the number of health workers dying of the disease.
Minister Hala Zayd promised to do eve…
Russia will hold a military parade to mark the 75th anniversary of World War Two's Victory Day, after it was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, its president has announced.
Vladimir Putin was forced to cancel Russia's traditional Vict…
An international pressure group says a surge in Islamist militant attacks on schools in Burkina Faso is having a devastating impact on education.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said more than 200 teachers and other staff had been targeted sin…