Panic over the global coronavirus pandemic has led to discrimination against foreigners in East Africa. From Ethiopia, to Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo,
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Ethiopia postpones polls because of coronavirus
Ethiopia’s electoral board has postponed August’s highly anticipated general election because of the coronavirus pandemic. A new schedule would be announced once the threat of
KCCA acquires more ambulances to combat COVID19
The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), has mobilised ambulances that will ferry people who are sick and in need of emergency health care services during
Opposition using COVID19 to source political funding
Police early this week blocked food distribution by Forum for Democratic Change, Bobi Wine’s People Power and Kampala Central MP, Muhammad Nsereko. Speaking on Tuesday,
Boda Boda rider shot in the Ass for defying Lockdown
On Monday, the president issued a ban on all private motor vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles and tricycles as one of the ways to combat the spread
Bobi wine fails to correspond at Presidential directive on donations
Politicians in the Opposition wing have slsmmed President Museveni’s directive stopping local leaders and politicians from supplying food items to the vulnerable members in the
Marseille’s ex-president Pape Diouf dies of Covid-19
Former president of French football club Olympique de Marseille, Pape Diouf, has died after contracting coronavirus – the first death in Senegal from the pandemic.
Botswana confirms first coronavirus death
Botswana has announced its first coronavirus death just hours after confirming its first cases. The victim was an elderly woman who was discovered to have
Uganda’s Watoto children’s choir quarantined
President Yoweri Museveni has announced 11 new COVID-19 cases in the country, who include members of the famous Watoto Children’s Choir. In a live televised
Burundi and Sierra Leone report first cases of the virus
Burundi and Sierra Leone, which were part of a handful of African countries yet to confirm cases of the coronavirus, have recorded their first positive