Offenders arrested risk being sent to serve seven years in jail after government launches crackdown on those forging movement stickers. The State Minister for ICT
Category: Corona Virus
Ethiopia announces its first coronavirus deaths
Ethiopia’s ministry of health on Sunday announced the country’s first deaths as a result of Covid-19, the respiratory illness caused by coronavirus. The two deaths
Libya’s former prime minister dies from coronavirus
Libya’s former interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jebril has died from the coronavirus, according to his political party. The 67-year-old contracted the virus in Egypt in
Besigye protests against ‘slur’ on food rations
opposition figure Kizza Besigye has protested against the labelling of food rations being distributed by government as intended “for vulnerable poor” saying that it “casts
Kenya bans travel in and out of Nairobi
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced that all travel in and out of the capital, Nairobi, will be banned for the next three weeks, starting
Ugandans react to plan to re-open schools
Ugandans online have expressed mixed reactions to government’s plan to reopen schools from the end of April. Education Minister Janet Museveni said primary and secondary
Coronavirus and chloroquine: Is there evidence it works?
There has been a global surge in demand for drugs normally used against malaria to tackle the coronavirus, as governments urgently seek out treatments for
Burundi football forbids group goal celebrations
Burundi’s football federation has said it is going to carry on with the league after consulting the country’s health minister regarding the coronavirus outbreak, but
Islamic University produce hands-free washing aid
Students at the Islamic University in Uganda have developed a hands-free hand-washer to promote safe hygiene and save water during the Covid-19 pandemic. The two
Nigerian actress Funke Akindele fined over Lagos party amid lockdown
Prominent Nigerian actress Funke Akindele has been fined $260 (£210) after holding a party during the lockdown imposed to tackle coronavirus. She was widely criticised