Africa

AfDB says the $27.4 million grant will boost AU’s efforts to mobilise continental response to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.

The prime minister rejected the vote, with his office saying the process was not legitimate.

WHO says COVID-19 outbreak has continued to evolve in Africa since it was first detected in Algeria on February 25.

The protesters, estimated at more than 200, gathered outside the parliamentary precinct, holding placards with such slogans as “Jobs Save Lives” and “Restaurant Lives Matter”.

Mr Mkapa was elected president in 1995 and was known for instituting economic reforms and promoting stability during his 10 years at the helm.

The pandemic is gathering pace in Africa, with some 750,000 cases and more than 15,000 deaths across the continent, according to the WHO

The activists say African governments are yet to put strong measures to combat the increasing use of tobacco on the continent

The latest infections put to the fore concerns by health workers at the front that they remain at high risk from contracting the virus.

Mr Museveni has won five presidential elections and in 2017 Uganda’s parliament

“Stand Together” is a solidarity anthem featuring some of Africa’s biggest music stars.

The winners of second Nelson Mandela Prize are Marianna Vardinoyannis, a philanthropist and human rights defender from Greece, and Morissanda Kouyaté, a leading gender advocate from Guinea.

12 out of the 42 Nigerians have been sentenced to either pay N50, 000 fine or be remanded in the correctional centre for three months for illegal entry into the Republic of Niger

“The latest outbreak, DRC’s 11th, was declared on June, 1, 2020 after a cluster of cases was detected in Mbandaka area of Equateur Province .”

President Ali Bongo Ondimba had on February 12, 2019 appointed Rose Raponda as Defence Minister, after the failed coup in January.

This brings the total number of lawmakers who tested positive to 19.

The economy’s growth has been downgraded from the initial growth of at least 3 per cent to a negative growth of around minus 4.2 per cent.

53 of the police officers have passed away, the Police Minister, Bheki Cele, said on Wednesday

The Africa CDC also disclosed that the death toll from the pandemic surged to 13,519 as of the stated period.

As COVID-19 becomes the most intensely covered virus in history, there are important lessons to be drawn from the media’s reporting of another global pandemic: HIV/Aids.

An ideal test for the diagnosis of COVID-19 would be cheap, accurate and easy to use. But most real tests are only one – not all three.

“The national “state of disaster” is also to be extended until August 12,” the South African president said.

Zindzi Mandela was South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark