Tanzanian MPs to Hold Debate Online
Tanzania’s parliament resumed proceedings on Tuesday under new guidelines for its 394 members in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Some of the new measures include allowing only a maximum…
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Tanzania’s parliament resumed proceedings on Tuesday under new guidelines for its 394 members in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Some of the new measures include allowing only a maximum…
Kenya’s police chief has ordered an investigation into the death of a 13-year-old boy said to have been shot on Monday evening as police enforced a curfew. The child was…
Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is currently in a state of confusion over when and how one of Africa’s biggest cities is to be locked down.…
South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has launched a mass screening programme for coronavirus. On Monday evening, the president said 10,000 field workers would be visiting homes to screen people –…
Mali’s opposition politician, Soumaila Cissé, has gone missing. His Union for the Republic and Democracy (URD) party said Mr Cissé went missing while campaigning in the central Niafunke region of…
Lagos, Nigeria. As businesses in Nigeria continue to encourage remote work and social distancing due to the pandemic, the country’s leading financial technology (fintech) firm, SystemSpecs has launched Paylink, a…
Officials count votes are underway in Guinea after at least 10 people were killed in the violence as debris burns on the streets of Conakry, in the aftermath of clashes…
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced the country’s first death from coronavirus. In a tweet, NCDC said the victim was a 67-year-old man who returned to the country…
A 30-year-old man has become the first person to die of coronavirus in Zimbabwe, state-owned broadcaster ZBC has tweeted. The Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr Obediah Moyo has…
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control has begun tracing the contacts of Mohammed, the son of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar who tested positive for Covid19. It was garnered that Mohammed…