The United Nations Human Rights Office has said that the nation has created a "toxic lockdown culture" through heavy-handed and aggressive implementation by law enforcement. The ... Read more »
The International Monetary Fund has predicted that the global economy will contract by 3% in 2020, making the "great lockdown the worst recession since the Great Depression, and ... Read more »
Mohammed Abubakar, the son of former vice president Atiku Abubakar, has been discharged from an isolation centre after recovering fully from COVID-19 and twice undergoing followup ... Read more »
Coronavirus lockdowns around the world could lead to a 20% surge in domestic violence as victims remain trapped at home with their abusers, the United Nations has predicted. Tens ... Read more »
The World Health Organisation has urged countries to move fast and distribute malaria prevention and treatment tools at this stage of the COVID-19 outbreak in sub-Saharan Africa, ... Read more »
Owners of eateries have been allowed to open their doors even as the number of coronavirus cases have risen to over 360, but under strict conditions that include that employees ... Read more »
Uganda and South Sudan governments' decisions to deport a Tanzanian and Kenyan nationals who tested positive for COVID-19 has strained relations among East African Community member ... Read more »
South Africa has experienced the Covid-19 epidemic rather differently from many other countries, writes Max Price for the Daily Maverick. It appears to be different in two ways. ... Read more »
Marvelous Nakamba's Premier League club, Aston Villa, has confirmed that its first-team players, coaches, and senior management will take a 25% pay cut for four months to ease the ... Read more »
Africa is facing a triple threat from conflict, gender-based violence and Covid-19. For women, the outbreak is deadly in multiple ways, and leading women are calling for ... Read more »
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