Tags GENERAL Without tourists, Africa’s conservationists brace for the worst The orphaned baby elephants ambled in for their morning feed at Kenya’s Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (SWT), but the hundreds of
Tags GENERAL Kenya coffee growers hit as lockdowns close global coffee shops Kenya coffee farmers and dealers have been hard hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Coffee exporter Jackson Kanampiu is among
Tags GENERAL Senegal Health Ministry: Almost half of our confirmed COVID-19 cases cured Senegalese Ministry of Health and Social Action said on Thursday that ten more patients were cured of COVID-19, bringing the
Tags GENERAL Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi and all MPs in quarantine Botswana is placing its entire cabinet and MPs in quarantine after a health worker screening legislators for coronavirus was found
Tags GENERAL 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
Tags GENERAL 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
Tags GENERAL 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
Tags NEWS 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
Tags GENERAL 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
Tags GENERAL 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