Julius Maada Bio Sierra Leone president Julius Maada Bio is to undergo 14-day self-isolation after one of his bodyguards tested positive for COVID-19, reports from the West African country indicated as of Monday evening. The president’s spokesperson confirmed the development to journalists ... Read More

Rwanda, through the Ministry of Health on Saturday, April 18, introduced an additional COVID-19 precautionary directive that urges citizens to wear face masks when at home and going out for essential services or activities. Dr. Daniel Ngamije, Minister of Health said this during an ... Read More

Africans have become targets of suspicion, distrust and racism in China and now authorities have ordered bars and restaurants not to serve clients who appear to be of African origin. This comes after China reported on Saturday a rise in new coronavirus cases, ... Read More

President of Rwanda, H.E Paul Kagame Rwanda's President Paul Kagame is the latest African leader to defend the World Health Organization (WHO) and its head Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus against attacks by US President Donald Trump. Mr Trump tweeted on Tuesday ... Read More

South Africa’s communications minister has been suspended for two months – one of which will be without pay – for having lunch with a friend during the coronavirus lockdown. Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has been the talk of the town since a photograph ... Read More

A health worker carries out a door-to-door testing near Durban in South Africa The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has condemned as "racist" the comments by two French doctors who suggested a vaccine for the coronavirus could be ... Read More

The African Union Bureau of Heads of State and Government has agreed to establish a continental anti-COVID-19 fund to which member states of the Bureau agreed to immediately contribute USD 12.5 million as seed funding. The AU Bureau is currently chaired ... Read More

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who made history as Africa's first elected female president, led Liberia for 12 years including during the 2014-16 Ebola outbreak that killed nearly 5,000 people in her country. The BBC asked the Nobel Peace Laureate ... Read More

Police in Johannesburg had already made arrests in the early hours of Friday South Africa has announced its first deaths from Coronavirus infection, and said cases there have passed the 1,000 mark. "This morning, we South Africans wake up with sad ... Read More

Hosni Mubarak was president of Egypt for 30 years Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak – ousted by the military in 2011 – has died in Cairo at the age of 91. Mubarak spent three decades in office before a popular uprising ... Read More