Malawi’s president and all government ministers are taking a 10% wage cut for three months to raise money to tackle the coronavirus outbreak. President Peter
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Ethiopia pardons more than 4,000 prisoners
Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde has granted pardon to more than 4,000 prisoners in an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus. Sahle-Work Zewde announced the order
AfDB approves Gender Equality Trust Fund
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a new Gender Equality Trust Fund (GETF) aimed at pushing forward gender
Kenyan pastors want churches listed as ‘essential services’
A group of Kenyan pastors have asked the government to include churches in the list of “essential services” to allow them to remain open as
Rwandan soldiers accused of raping women during the lockdown
Five Rwandan soldiers have been arrested after residents of a slum in the capital, Kigali, alleged that they raped women as they enforced a nationwide
Tributes to Somali ex-PM who died of COVID-19
Tributes are being paid to Somalia’s former Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein, also known as “Nur Adde”, who died of coronavirus in London on Wednesday.
Kenyans told to stop trolling coronavirus survivors
Kenya’s Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe has criticised Kenyans for their mockery of two people who recovered from coronavirus. Kenyans online have criticised the announcement of
Tanzania extends visas for stranded tourists
Tanzania’s immigration department has extended visas for foreign nationals who can’t leave the country because of the coronavirus pandemic. Foreign visitors, who applied online, were
Burundi Blocking aid to COVID-19 quarantine sites
The authorities in Burundi have blocked humanitarian aid to people in Covid-19 quarantine sites across the country, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). The country’s
Drogba and Eto’o slam COVID-19 test trials on Africans
Two African football legends have condemned comments by two French doctors who recently suggested, in a TV discussion about medical trials for Covid-19, that they