The Kenyan government has approved the use of one of the oldest anti-malarial drugs to treat the coronavirus, according to Citizen TV. But it will
Category: Africa
COVID-19: Algeria frees thousands of prisoners
Algeria has become the latest country in Africa to release some of its prisoners in response to the coronavirus outbreak. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has pardoned
Four countries receive COVID-19 donations
A pan-African infrastructure and logistics solutions company has donated an assortment of equipment to four African countries aimed at fighting the coronavirus. Arise, which is
Coronavirus: Fighting al-Shabab propaganda in Somalia
Muslim clerics in conflict-hit Somalia are moving to the front-line of the battle against coronavirus in a bid to counter the propaganda of militant Islamists,
Recovered Kenyan patients: Covid-19 is real and treatable
A young woman, who was Kenya’s first reported case of Covid-19, has said she has fully recovered after 23 days of treatment. Identified only as
Kenyan boy shot dead as virus curfew enforced
Kenya’s police chief has ordered an investigation into the death of a 13-year-old boy said to have been shot on Monday evening as police enforced
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
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
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