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
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Cameroon’s president reduces prison sentences
Prisoners are being released in Cameroon after President Paul Biya reduced their sentences in a decree announced on Wednesday. The decree did not say whether
Botswana leader pardons 149 prisoners
Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has pardoned 149 prisoners to help decongest prisons and prevent the spread of coronavirus. Those pardoned will be tested for the
Coronavirus: Eto’o plans to help 100,000 in Cameroon
Former Barcelona and Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’o has said he will distribute supplies to 100,000 people to help support efforts to combat coronavirus in his
Coronavirus: Khartoum governor sacked in prayer ban row
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
Questions over Kenya’s stipend to poor families
Kenyans online are questioning the criteria used to identify poor families who will benefit from the government’s weekly stipend. President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday said
WHO warns on Africa’s disease threat if the US cuts funding
Programmes on polio eradication, the fight against HIV and malaria in Africa will be greatly affected if US President Donald Trump’s decision to cut funding
Kenyans attempt to storm out of virus quarantine centre
Dozens of Kenyans who have been in mandatory quarantine attempted to storm out of an isolation center in the capital, Nairobi, because of what they
Kenyans to be arrested for not wearing masks
Kenya’s police boss has said the grace period for everyone not wearing face masks has expired and arrests will now take place, starting on Wednesday.
Coronavirus: Tanzania cancels Union Day celebrations
Tanzania’s Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has announced the cancellation of this year’s Union Day celebrations – which commemorates the merging of Tanganyika and Zanzibar to