The Moroccan Lawyers’ Club has slammed two French doctors, who suggested on a French TV show that treatment for COVID-19 should be first tested on Afr...
COVID-19: UN agency opens food corridor in Africa
The United Nations World Food Program has negotiated a humanitarian corridor to keep food aid flowing in southern Africa during the Coronavirus outbre...
COVID-19: African finance ministers seek IMF, World Bank and EU support on debt relief
African finance ministers have requested the support of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the European Union for bilateral, multilat...
COVID-19 continues to spread in Africa with 6555 cases & 244 deaths Thursday
African countries have so far recorded 6555 confirmed coronavirus cases and 244 deaths, according to the covid-19-africa.sen.ovh website. Accor...
US drone strikes ‘killed civilians’, AI says
The United States has used drones to kill civilians in Somalia, human rights watchdog Amnesty International said on Wednesday. Amnesty says an ...
COVID-19: French-speaking Africa bets on Khan Academy’s teaching platform as alternative to schools closure
Since schools are closed in most African countries and remote teaching is not provided by all schools, many students have registered on online program...
Covid 19: Urban exodus in many African countries
With the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, many inhabitants of large African cities choose to flee and go back to their home villages. A movement ...
Africa: Banks, Insurance companies help fight Covid-19
As Coronavirus pandemic is continuing its spread in Africa, banks and insurance companies offer their support to governments in fighting the pandemic....
Lockdown, state of emergency, curfew… means Africa uses to fight coronavirus spread
Lockdown, state of emergency, health measures or simple recommendations… African governments are adopting a variety of strategies to deal with t...
AfDB launches record breaking $3 billion “Fight COVID-19” Social Bond
As the Covid-19 outbreak is spreading quickly in Africa with nearly 3,000 infected people across 45 countries, placing strain on already fragile healt...