Brazzaville, Congo (Republic of the), April 30, 2020/ — When COVID-19 emerged as a global health threat, African countries were quick to enact public health measures to slow the spread of the virus.
Category: Africa
Confirmed COVID-19 Cases In South Africa Continue To Rise
Pretoria, South Africa, April 30, 2020/ — As at today, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa is 5350, an increase of 354 cases from yesterday.
African Elections and COVID-19: A Crisis of Legitimacy
Abuja, Nigeria, April 27, 2020//-Confronted, in COVID-19, with a foe they cannot bribe, detain, or shoot, African governments across the continent find themselves desperately short of options.
1,273 Confirmed Cases Of COVID-19 Reported In Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria, April 27, 2020/ –Nigeria has recorded 91 new cases of COVID-19 in 16 of its states, bringing the total cases of the deadly disease to 1,273 in the Africa’s most populous country.
South Africa: Presiding Officers Extend Ramadan Well Wishes To Muslims
Cape Town, South Africa, April 26, 2020//-The Presiding Officers of Parliament, led by the Speaker of the National Assembly Ms Thandi Modise and Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Amos Masondo extended well wishes to the Muslim community during the holy month of Ramadan.
African Union Chair Spreads Hope As the Continent Marks Ramadan
Pretoria, South Africa, April 24, 2020/ — Chairperson of the African Union (AU), President Cyril Ramaphosa has encouraged the millions of Africans, who are commemorating Ramadan, to take courage and strength from the message of Ramadan as the continent deals with COVID-19.
MSF Teams Are Racing to Respond to COVID-19 Pandemic in Over 70 Countries
Geneva, Switzerland, April 23, 2020/ — Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are racing to respond to the coronavirus pandemic in the more than 70 countries where we run existing programs, while opening projects in new countries as they become outbreak hotspots.
52 African Union Member States Report 23,505 COVID-19 Cases With 1,158 Deaths
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 21, 2020/ — 52 African Union (AU) Member States have reported 23,505 COVID-19 cases with 1,158 deaths, and 5,833 recoveries, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).
COVID-19: 300 Ivorians Arrested for Failure to Respect Isolation Measures
Abidjan, Ivory Coast, April 16, 2020/ — Over 292 individuals have been arrested by the National Gendarmerie for trying to leave Abidjan to return to the interior of the country.
Debunking 9 Popular Myths Doing the Rounds in Africa About the Coronavirus
Somali women on a coronavirus awareness campaign Abdirazak Hussein/GettyImages Neelaveni Padayachee, University of the Witwatersrand and Lisa Claire du Toit, University of the Witwatersrand In the second week of March the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. By mid-March the disease had spread rapidly in many countries around the world. Governments are taking […]