Moroccan Navy rescues 183 illegal migrants
The Moroccan Navy has rescued 183 illegal sub-Saharan African migrants off the kingdom’s Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts, official news agency MAP reported on Saturday. The...
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Saudi-trained cleric emerges as driver of Mali protest movement
When five West African presidents arrive in Mali on Thursday to try to defuse a political crisis that has alarmed governments in the region and...
Dozens killed in separate Burkina Faso attacks
An armed group in Burkina Faso attacked a cattle market and a humanitarian convoy, killing at least 35 people, the government said on Sunday. Twenty-five...
Burkina Faso says jihadists killed 15 shopkeepers
At least 15 civilians have been killed in northern Burkina Faso during an attack attributed to jihadists, the government said Saturday. “The provisional toll mentions...
Coronavirus: Eritrea flattens curve in less than two months
Eritrea on Friday claimed that it had brought the number of coronavirus infections down to zero, becoming the first East African country to win the...
Mauritius officially coronavirus-free after total recoveries, no new cases
Mauritius declared total recoveries from coronavirus infections as of May 11, 2020. The island nation’s official COVID-19 page said 322 people had recovered out of...
Ghana overtakes Nigeria as coronavirus death toll hits 2,223 in Africa
The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has said that there are now 60,657 confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in 53 countries...
Ghana tops coronavirus cases in West Africa after easing lockdown
Ghana has the highest number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in West Africa. According to data obtained from the World Health Organisation, no fewer than...
UNECA: Africa will lose $65 billion to full lockdown
Mr Stephen Karingi, Director, Regional Trade and Integration, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), says African economy will lose 65 billion dollars if there...
Coronavirus exposes gaping holes in Africa’s health systems
African nations are facing a surge of COVID-19 cases with less than one intensive care bed and one ventilator per 100,000 people, a Reuters survey...