Tunisia battles violence against women and children amid COVID-19
Tunisia has set up a committee to combat violence against women and children in the face of a lockdown that
Libya’s UN-backed gov’t announces 6 COVID-19 recoveries
Six patients have recovered from coronavirus in Libya, the National Center for Disease Control of Libya’s UN-backed government said
South African business confidence index drops to 7-month low in March
South African business confidence dropped to its lowest in seven months in March as the global COVID-19 pandemic impacted vehicle sales
World Bank says sub-Saharan Africa will enter recession in 2020
Sub-Saharan Africa may fall into recession in 2020 for the first time in 25 years due to the rapidly spreading
South Africa seeks to produce 10,000 ventilators by the end of June
The National Ventilator Project, driven by the country’s Department of Trade and Industry, hopes to start manufacturing ventilators before the
DR Congo president’s chief of staff arrested amid graft probe
DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi’s Chief of Staff, Vital Kamerhe was arrested on Wednesday after testifying in an investigation into
Liberia declares state of emergency to curb coronavirus
Liberia declared a three-week state of emergency beginning April 10 to curb the spread of the coronavirus, President George Weah
Uganda bans outdoors exercises over COVID-19 outbreak
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has in the latest measures to enforce social distancing banned all outdoor workouts. The directive comes
Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in DR Congo exceeds 200
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) registered a total of 207 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Wednesday, up by 24
African Development Bank launches $10 bln COVID-19 response facility
The African Development Bank (AfDB) launched a $10 billion COVID-19 response facility on Wednesday aimed at helping the continent confront