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The number of COVID-19 cases in South Africa on Thursday rose to 900, President Cyril Ramaphosa says as the country prepares to institute a lockdown. “We now have more than 900…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said he has tested negative for coronavirus after taking the test as a precautionary measure. The presidency said this in a statement on…

Uganda has confirmed five new coronavirus cases, bringing the total to 14. Minister of State for Primary Health Care Joyce Moriku Kaducu said Wednesday that two of the new cases are Chinese nationals while the others are Ugandans.…

The number of Covid-19 cases in South Africa has risen to 709, the country’s health minister said on Wednesday. The ministry also warned that the worst was still to come amid the…

Senegal and South Africa issued curfews Monday as part of measures against the novel coronavirus, which has claimed more than 16,000 lives worldwide. Following a nine-hour-long meeting,…

            Massive medical supplies donated by China’s Jack Ma Foundation to 54 African countries to battle coronavirus, arrived on Sunday morning in Addis Ababa, through an Ethiopian Airlines cargo flight. They include 5.4…

Four ministers in Burkina Faso have tested positive for coronavirus, as the country slammed a curfew and closed all land, sea, rail and air links. Foreign Minister Alpha…

U.S. passengers arriving on aircraft into South Africa are not being allowed to disembark, and have been told to go back home because of the…

Angola has received, through the Luanda port, the first batch of 75,000 head of cattle from Chad as repayment for $100 million debt. The leaders of the two countries last year agreed that the 2017 debt would be paid with 75,000 head…

Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara has stunned his critics by announcing that he will not run for a third term, putting pressure on other regional leaders to follow his…

The coronavirus cases in South Africa has increased by 23 to 85, Health Minister Zwelini Mkhize said in a report by the state-owned news agency.. The minister noted that there had been eight cases…

When a passenger arriving from Brussels at Cameroon’s Yaounde Nsimalen airport on Saturday was found to have a temperature, health officials say he was whisked to a hospital and diagnosed inside four hours as the country’s fourth…

Zimbabwe’s president has declared a state of national disaster as the country anticipates the impact of the novel coronavirus (Covid19) – even though there are no confirmed infections there. Anadulo Agency reported that the…

A Tanzanian politician Paul Christian Makonda is proposing a bill that would compel husbands to give 40 per cent of their salaries to their wives. Paul Makonda, who is the regional commissioner of…

African countries have been among the last to be hit by the global coronavirus pandemic but as cases rise, many nations are now taking strict measures to block the deadly illness. AFP gives…

Tanzania, Liberia, Benin and Somalia confirmed their first coronavirus cases on Monday, as more African nations shut their borders amid fears the disease could cause their fragile health systems to collapse. The new cases mean 30…

The South African government has imposed a travel ban on nationals of the US and UK over the coronavirus pandemic.  The ban also extends to Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain, Germany and China — countries the South African government…

Mauritania has confirmed its first case of novel coronavirus, the country’s health minister said on Friday, adding to the growing number of cases in West Africa. In a televised statement, Health Minister Mohamed Nedhirou Ould…

Rwanda has confirmed its first case of coronavirus, an Indian citizen who arrived in the East African nation from Mumbai on March 8, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. He had no symptoms on arrival but presented himself to a…

Namibia reported its first two cases of coronavirus on Saturday, with a Spanish couple who arrived in the Southern African country on Wednesday both testing positive and quarantined, Health Minister Kalumbi Shangula said. The…

Kenya announced its first confirmed case of coronavirus on Friday, saying a woman who returned from the United States tested positive for the illness in Nairobi.  “I want to inform you that the Ministry of Health has confirmed the…

A 60-year-old German tourist has died in Egypt, becoming its first fatality from the new coronavirus, the health ministry in Cairo announced on Sunday. The ministry’s spokesman Khaled Megahed said in a statement the man landed in…

The wife of South Africa’s first novel coronavirus patient tested positive on Sunday becoming the third confirmed case in the country, the health authority said. All three of South Africa’s confirmed cases were in a group…

Cameroon confirmed its second case of the new coronavirus (Covid-19) and said the patient was quarantined in a Yaounde hospital. Minister of Public Health Manaouda Malachie said the patient is a Cameroonian who was in close…