The Championship saw 10 individuals test positive for coronavirus after tests on Thursday and Friday, it was announced. While the Premier League announced no new
Category: Corona Virus
Test log-jam ‘undermining SA’s coronavirus fight’
South African doctors say lengthy delays for samples to be processed in laboratories are undermining the effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Partly
Jihadists overrun strategic town in Mozambique
Islamist militants in northern Mozambique have overrun another town in Cabo Delgado province. About 90 jihadists started filling the streets of Macomia before dawn on
Lagos lockdown ‘seems more like a honeymoon’
A Nigerian couple has told BBC OS that the coronavirus restrictions have been wonderful for their marriage. Yinka, who lives with his wife Desola in
South Sudan mourns freedom of speech defender
Journalists in South Sudan have been mourning the death of Edward Terso, who has been a voice for media freedom in the world’s newest country.
Lesotho court revokes ex-first lady’s bail
Lesotho’s Court of Appeal has revoked the bail granted in February to Maesaiah Thabane, the wife of Thomas Thabane who resigned as prime minister last
Eight lessons for the rest of the continent
South Africa leads this continent in many ways. Right now, it is poised to lead Africa into the next, most dangerous phase of the pandemic,
Five companies cleared to start making face masks
Standards body, Uganda National Bureau of Standards has cleared six companies to start manufacturing non-medical facemasks in the country.“The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS)
Coronavirus: Egypt doctors accuse government over medics’ deaths
Doctors have accused Egypt’s health ministry of negligence in its handling of Covid-19 and said it bears “full responsibility” for medics’ deaths. A union said
Why the US is targeting a flamboyant Nigerian banker
The US and the African Development Bank have fallen out over allegations of corruption against the bank’s Nigerian head, writes former BBC Africa Business editor