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Coronavirus: ‘Nearly 1,000 African medics infected’

The World Health Organization (WHO) has tweeted that nearly 1,000 health workers in the African region have been infected with coronavirus: The WHO urged governments...

Coronavirus: Tanzania hit by sugar shortage after price controls

Tanzania has run short of sugar over the last three weeks causing frustration among traders and consumers. Most shops have not stocked the commodity -...

Nigeria Catholic Church offers centres to treat virus

The Catholic Bishop Conference of Nigeria has offered all its health facilities across the country as isolation and treatment centres for coronavirus patients. The Director...

West ‘condescends Africa over traditional medicine’

Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina has hit back at critics of an untested herbal tonic that he is promoting as a treatment for coronavirus, despite...

Coronavirus: Tunisia records zero new cases

Tunisia recorded no new cases of Covid-19 for the first time since early March, health authorities said on Monday, as government announced it will...

Coronavirus: How secret burials in South Africa could help tackle Covid-19

A ban on large funerals in South Africa has forced people to give up many traditions, but they have also rediscovered old ones, including...

Oyedepo declares churches open, says anyone against will die

Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church has once again kicked against the continued closure of Churches in Nigeria due to coronavirus pandemic. Days ago,...

Coronavirus: WHO warns 190,000 could die in Africa in one year

As many as 190,000 people across Africa could die in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic if crucial containment measures fail, the World...

Nigerians with no masks face arrest in virus hot-spot

Residents of Ogun state in Nigeria face arrest if found not wearing face masks in public, according to police spokesman Abimbola Oyeyemi. The state is...

Coronavirus: Africa records over 54,000 cases with 2,073 deaths

There are now more than over 42,500 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of...

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