Africa
South Africa postpones reopening of schools over safety concerns
The plan for reopening on Monday backfired after teachers’ unions and governing associations urged school staff to defy the government order
Corona checks affect food deliveries in East Africa
The UN’s World Food Programme ships 2,000 tonnes of beans and cooking oil to feed some of Uganda’s 1.4 million refugees
Bill Gates conspiracy theories viral in Africa
A Kenyan politician's false online post has added major fuel to the spread of misinformation regarding the American business magnate
Ivory Coast army joins Burkina Faso in anti-jihadist operation
Burkina Faso and its neighbours Mali and Niger are battling Islamist insurgencies with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State
Muslims around the world celebrates Eid amid curfews and virus fears
The three-day holiday of Eid is usually a time of travel, family get-togethers and lavish daytime feasts after weeks of dawn-to-dusk fasting
Portuguese resort to test all residents ahead of summer season
Portugal, which so far has nearly 30,000 cases and 1,277 deaths, is slowly easing restrictions from a mid-March lockdown
Top fugitive suspected of funding Rwanda's genocide arrested outside Paris
Kabuga is accused of funding the militias that massacred some 800,000 people and their moderate allies over a span of 100 days in 1994
Years of conflict leave Somalia ill-equipped to fight the virus
The official count of cases is now above 1,200, but no one really knows how many cases of COVID-19 it has so far
WHO study predicts virus could infect more than 200 million people in Africa
The predictions made by a WHO modelling study comes amid stark warnings that COVID-19 threatens of a health emergency in developing nations
Burundi kicks out WHO officials as they raise concern over mass political rallies
Burundi has 27 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, but some have raised concerns that more cases exist