Africa: African Leaders Stand With WHO Boss Tedros After Trump Attack

African leaders are coming out in defence of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and its Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus after US President Donald Trump attacked the… Read more »

Africa: Why Reading Stories to Your Children Will Help During Times of Crisis

During the lockdown period of the COVID19, many South African parents and caregivers have been left feeling worried and confused. The nationally imposed lockdown means that… Read more »

Africa: Four Conflict Countries 'Particularly Vulnerable' to COVID-19

South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria and Sudan are particularly vulnerable to the spread of COVID-19, says a new survey of factors contributing to the risks… Read more »

Africa: Positive Moves After Finance Ministers Call for Debt Relief During COVID-19 Crisis

The appeal Africa's ministers of finance made to bilateral, multilateral and commercial partners after their online conferences of March 19 and 31, 2020, for the alleviation of… Read more »

Africa: Four Ways Nigeria Can Reduce Importing COVID-19 Via Its Border

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages globally, the African continent has not been severely affected. Overall, Africa – a continent of 1.2 billion people – has… Read more »

Africa: Make Sure COVID-19 Measures Work for Africans - Moeti

The low infection rates in Africa countries could be a result of a lesser capacity to test for COVID-19, relative to other countries where it has spread, and not necessarily an… Read more »

Africa: Fragile African Health Systems Face COVID-19 Catastrophe

By March 31, Africa had 5,431 confirmed cases of COVID-19 , with almost a quarter (,1,353) in South Africa, followed by 656 in Egypt and  584 in Algeria. Read more »

Africa: Disabilities Should Not Exclude People from Receiving Dental Care

In 2015, I had a client with Down Syndrome while working as a dentist in Ekiti State, southwest Nigeria. He came for a root canal treatment. As a competent dentist, I had a hard… Read more »

South Africa: Motsepe Pledges R1bn to Fight COVID-19

Businessman Patrice Motsepe and his family pledged R1-billion to fight COVID-19 in South Africa. Read more »

South Africa: Govt Confirms 2 Deaths From COVID-19

The Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize confirmed that two people died of COVID-19. Read more »

Cameroon: Separatist Group Announces Two-Week Ceasefire During COVID-19 Pandemic

A separatist militia in Cameroon is to implement a two-week ceasefire during the COVID-19 pandemic, the BBC reports. Read more »

Africa: Keeping People Fed in a Time of COVID-19 Lockdowns

"The government is saying we stay in the house, but if we do that, we will die of hunger. If we go out to look for money to buy food, we will die from the virus. They need to tell… Read more »

Rwanda: Police Reportedly Shot Dead 2 For 'Defying COVID-19 Lockdown Orders'

Police shot and killed two people for defying lockdown orders imposed by the government to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to Bloomberg. Read more »

Africa: The Covid-19 Crisis and An Agenda for National & Global Problem-Solving

The Covid-19 pandemic is still in full swing, but its lessons start to emerge for those whose commitment is to think ahead. We are currently at war, like so many global leaders… Read more »

Africa: Electronic Cigarettes Hailed as Less Harmful Alternative - What Does Science Say?

The American Consumer Institute published a report on electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and public health on March 9, adding to the long list of studies that indicate that… Read more »

South Africa: Confirmed Novel Coronavirus Cases Hit 709

South Africa now has 709 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced on SABC Morning Live today. Read more »

Africa: Turning the Tables - African and European Narratives in the Time of Corona

Most of Europe is in lockdown, trying to cope with the huge implications of the battle against the novel coronavirus. Africans are following what is happening on the other side of… Read more »

Africa: COVID-19 – Africa's Looming Humanitarian and Security Crisis

Africa remains by far the most vulnerable continent in terms of viral and bacterial infections. Covid-19 is likely to prove the worst of these. Numbers shift constantly, but by 24… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: First COVID-19 Patient Recovers - Health Minister

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reportedly announced that first patient to be diagnosed with COVID-19 no longer has the virus, the country's Health Minister Eteni Longodo… Read more »

South Africa: National Three-Week Shutdown to Stop Coronavirus Spread - Full Details

My fellow South Africans, Read more »

Africa: Health Minister Offers 'Clinic' on Explaining COVID-19 to 200 Million Nigerians

One of every six Africans is Nigerian, according to widely cited calculations, but that may underestimate Nigeria's share of the continent's population. Many of the country's 200… Read more »

South Africa: Ramaphosa Announces 'Stay at Home' Lockdown From Thursday

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that a "lockdown" forcing most citizens to stay at home for three weeks will be imposed on the country from midnight on… Read more »

Cameroon: Will Speaker Yeguie Be Fired After Ignoring Govt's Coronavirus Instruction?

The Speaker of the National Assembly of Cameroon tested positive for coronavirus, according to reports via hospital sources. Read more »

Africa: Where to Find the Latest, Trusted Coronavirus Info From Africa

The COVID-19 pandemic is dominating the news headlines - and people’s thoughts. Read more »

Africa: You Need to Know the Latest Data to Avoid COVID-19

Ongoing research about SARS-CoV-2  – also called new Corona virus - the virus that causes COVID-19, is yielding new information daily, and there is still much to… Read more »