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Zimbabwean in court over ‘fake coronavirus contracts’

A Zimbabwean businessman is due to appear in court for a bail hearing, charged in connection with a multimillion-dollar coronavirus medicine and equipment procurement...

Coronavirus: Sierra Leone to reopen schools for exams

Sierra Leone will temporarily reopen schools next month to allow registered students to sit for the public examinations, the government announced on Thursday. An Emergency...

Rwanda, France launch digital project to curb coronavirus

Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) on Thursday, June 11, 2020, launched a project aimed at equipping community health workers with digital technology and data tools...

Buhari confident on Nigeria’s economy

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is optimistic on the country's economy, the largest in Africa, despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Mr Buhari says the...

Coronavirus in Africa: Outbreak ‘accelerating’ in continent

The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. The WHO's Africa regional director Matshidiso Moeti said it was spreading beyond...

Ramaphosa urges South Africans not to be alarmed at rise of coronavirus

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Africans not to be scared by the rising numbers of coronavirus cases. The country has recorded more...

Doctors on coronavirus duty, others begin strike next week

The National Association of Resident Doctors, the umbrella body of all doctors working in government health facilities, has issued a notice of strike effective...

FGM: Egyptian father ‘used coronavirus lie to trick daughters’ into procedure

A man in Egypt who allegedly had female genital mutilation (FGM) carried out on his three daughters after tricking them, has been charged along...

African countries secure 90 million coronavirus test kits for next six months

African countries have secured 90 million test kits for the novel Coronavirus for the next six months, a regional disease control body said on Thursday, urging...

Older students return to class in Tanzania

Some students in Tanzania are heading back to high schools and colleges for the first time in about two months, but will have to...

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