Coronavirus - Africa: World Bank Group and IMF mobilize partners in the fight against COVID-19 in Africa
Official creditors have mobilized up to $57 billion for Africa in 2020 alone including upwards of $18 billion from the IMF and the …
An image from last year's popular uprising in Sudan has won the prestigious World Press Photo of the Year Award.
The photo, titled "Straight Voice", was taken by AFP photographer Yasuyoshi Chiba.
It shows a demonstrator reciting prot…
Traders in Malawi's Limbe area in Blantyre District are protesting against a lockdown that will begin on Saturday.
The traders have lit bonfires and police are on the ground dispersing them.
Local media reports say the traders do not…
It's been just over two months since the first case of coronavirus was confirmed in Africa.
South Africa currently has the most severe outbreak in the region, with more than 2,500 cases. Major outbreaks have also hit Egypt and Algeria.
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Germany's Health Minister Jens Spahn has said the country's coronavirus outbreak is "again under control" following lockdown measures.
"The infection numbers have sunk significantly, especially the relative day-by-day number," AFP quote…
A group calling itself Oti Women for New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Oti Region, has commended "notable women" leading the fight against the novel corona virus pandemic in the country.
The group said it had noted that the pandemic was …
Renewable energy solutions will provide fast response to the global coronavirus pandemic and build more resilient energy systems
The African Union Commission (AUC) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) have agreed to wor…
humanitarian emergencies; IRC calls for support to help mitigate spread of the disease
Today, Cameroon has surpassed 1,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, signalling a need for urgent support in a country already tackling multiple humanitaria…
The supplies will also support the Government of Nigeria, through the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC), to prevent and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in affected states
The United Nations today received delivery of vital hea…
The Malawi COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness project will provide funding towards detection, surveillance, response and system strengthening activities
The World Bank approved today $7 million in immediate fund…
Coronavirus - West and Central Africa: UNHCR steps up efforts as combined challenges of conflict and coronavirus threaten millions of people
So far, all the 21 countries of the region have reported a total of over 5,000 COVID-19 cases a…
These volunteers have produced over 70 Covid-19 awareness raising products on multimedia platforms that are specific to individual cultural contexts
In response to the growing Covid-19 pandemic, the International Organization for Migrat…
The global spread of COVID-19 and the rising number of coronavirus cases in Africa are fueling anxiety about negative economic growth, failing healthcare and collapsing food systems
We are facing great uncertainty on the African c…
This response will target 119 000 people in COVID-19 hotspots and potential hotspots in 25 counties
The EU together with Sweden, Finland and Denmark are mobilising a total of Ksh 211 million (EUR 1.8 million) of support to enha…
Coronavirus - Africa: Global ceasefire would be a gamechanger for 250 million children living in conflict-affected areas
Violent conflict continues to be waged in parts of Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, Syria, Ukraine and Yemen…
Coronavirus - Democratic Republic of Congo: Ongoing insecurity in eastern DRC could derail coronavirus containment
More than five million people have been uprooted by conflict within the DRC’s borders, the single-largest internally disp…
Coronavirus - Africa: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and African Union commit to safeguarding food security amid crisis
Regional body and UN agency join forces to minimize lockdown’s impact on continent wh…
African Union Member States (52) reporting COVID-19 cases (18,333) deaths (961), and recoveries (4,352) by region:
Central (1,453 cases; 47 deaths; 218 recoveries): Burundi (5; 1; 0), Cameroon (855; 17; 165), Central African Rep…
Oil Industry, Finance and Petroleum Ministers debate Coronavirus and Oil Industry Relief and Rebound in Equatorial Guinea
Panelists agree economic diversification is the best solution in Equatorial Guinea ensuring stability
Equatoria…
Dr. Ehanire emphasized that there will be more community testing and social mobilization at the grassroots to ensure physical distancing and advisories on the use of masks
The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that its next phase o…
Ade* was given until midnight to vacate his apartment.
Five months earlier, the Nigerian student had moved to Guangzhou, southern China, to study computing at Guangdong university. He had just paid his university fees for the new semest…
The interior ministry in Tunisia says that two men, including a suspected jihadist, have been arrested over an alleged plot to infect members of the security forces with coronavirus.
The ministry says that the suspected jihadist - recen…
The organisation warns that provision of immunisation in many countries will be affectedImage caption: The organisation warns that provision of immunisation in many countries will be affected
Programmes on polio eradication, the fight a…
The Sudanese prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, has sacked the governor of the capital Khartoum after he opposed a ban on religious gatherings imposed to try to curb the spread of Covid-19.
General Ahmed Abdun Hammad Mohammed refused to im…
French President Emmanuel Macron has added his voice to growing sceptism of China's handling of the outbreak of coronavirus.
Asked if China's authoritarian response to bring the outbreak under control had exposed the weakness of Western…
As we reported earlier China's economy has shrunk for the first time in decades. New data show it contracted 6.8% in the first quarter of the year, amid coronavirus-related business and factory closures
On Friday the country also …
China has denied there has been a cover-up of the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
The comments by Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian came hours after the death toll in Wuhan, where the virus first emerged, was revised upwards b…
The Member of Parliament for Klottey-Korley constituency in Accra, Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings has called on President “Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to institute credible investigations into the seeming politicization of food distributio…
Pulling funding from the World Health Organization (WHO) is a dangerous and nonsensical move when the world is facing the health crisis brought by the COVID-19 disease pandemic, Melinda Gates said on Wednesday.
Announcing an extra $150 …
Britain extended its nationwide lockdown on Thursday as stand-in leader Dominic Raab ordered Britons to stay at home for at least another three weeks to prevent the spread of a coronavirus outbreak which has already claimed over 138,000 li…
Barcelona's mayor has called for an end to strict coronavirus lockdown measures in Spain which bar children from going out for any reason.
"These children need to get out," Ada Colau wrote on Facebook, herself the mother of youngsters a…
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his government is trying to determine whether the coronavirus emanated from a lab in Wuhan, China, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Beijing “needs to come clean” on what they know.
Th…
The president of the European Commission has offered a "heartfelt apology" for letting Italy down at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
"Yes it is true that no one was really ready for this," Ursula von der Leyen told the Europe…
Police in Lesotho say they will charge a minister caught on CCTV allegedly buying alcoholic drinks during a nationwide lockdown imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus.
Lesotho - like its bigger neighbour South Africa - has bann…
Former President John Mahama has called on the scientists working on COVID-19 management in Ghana to project the peak period of infections in the country.
According to him, knowing the trend of the data will enable Ghanaians better appr…
World Food Programme has now announced a 30% relief reduction to refugee programmes in Uganda, as farms and businesses shut in Covid-19 lockdown
Uganda hosts more than 1.4 million refugees, the third most in the world. Restrictions on m…
Coronavirus - Ivory Coast: 300 individuals arrested for failure to respect the isolation measures of Greater Abidjan
DURING THE CONTROL OPERATIONS CARRIED OUT IN THIS AREA, TAXIS,TRICYCLES, BIKES AND CIVIL VEHICLES WERE SEIZED
292 in…
Coronavirus - South Africa: United Nations agency donates COVID-19 PPE to shelter houses in South Africa
The first delivery of personal protective supplies included 100 liters of sanitizers, 140 boxes of face masks and 170 boxes of medi…
To ensure maximum utilization of increased testing capacity, the case definition and testing criteria had been expanded
The Honorable Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire has made known that there are 12 functional COVID- 19 testing l…
Coronavirus - Africa: World Health Organization (WHO), World Food Programme (WFP) and the African Union (AU) deliver critical supplies as COVID-19 accelerates in West and Central Africa
The medical cargo contains face shields, gloves, g…
Coronavirus - South Africa: Government monitors and responds to misinformation and fake news during Coronavirus Covid-19 lockdown
A hi-tech monitoring and evaluation process has been put in place to assess complaints and reports from th…
In the upcoming weeks the GPL will be launching various digital platforms which will be accessible to all the people of Gauteng targeting all the different living standard measures
The Gauteng Provincial Legislature (GPL) has been on re…
Coronavirus - Tunisia: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince, Tunisian President discuss efforts to contain coronavirus crisis
The leaders reviewed the measures the countries have taken in dealing with the virus and the mechanisms of joint coordinatio…
The African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are working to establish a special anti-COVID-19 response fund and appoint special envoys to mobilize international economic support
From procuring test kits to promoting debt relie…
Dozens of Kenyans who have been in mandatory quarantine attempted to storm out of an isolation centre in the capital, Nairobi, because of what they say are unbearable conditions.
The health ministry says 225 people across the country ha…
Ghanians hold elaborate burials that have become impossible because of coronavirusImage caption: Ghanians hold elaborate burials that have become impossible because of coronavirus
Mortuaries in Ghana are congested as families shun priva…
The chairperson of the African Union commission, Moussa Faki, has condemned US President Donald Trump's decision to halt its funding of the World Health Organization in a tweet:
Mr Faki called the move "deeply regrettable" and said "tod…
A Nigerian doctor has died from Covid-19 after contracting coronavirus while managing an infected patient at his private clinic.
The doctor was admitted to Lagos University Teaching Hospital on Monday and died on Wednesday, according to…
Teams of Chinese doctors have set off to Ethiopia and Burkina Faso to support efforts to fight coronavirus pandemic, state-owned China Global Television Network reports.
Their exact number unspecified, but they are drawn from Sichuan Pr…
US President Donald Trump is expected to announce new guidelines on Thursday to allow some states to ease social distancing restrictions.
In a White House briefing on Wednesday, Trump said rules for "various states would be announced", …