Africa continues to see its COVID-19 caseload get bigger each day even though some countries on the continent have started to see their curves flatten. According to data from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Africa had reported 1,420,629 infections by Wednesday with 34,327 deaths. South Africa remains the worst affected country on…
Escalating conflict and deteriorating food security in northern Mozambique, where more than 300,000 people have abandoned their homes and crops, could see “crisis” levels of food insecurity continue into 2021, the World Food Programme warned Tuesday. “We are deeply concerned about the unfolding humanitarian situation in Cabo Delgado where conflict and violence have left people…
The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for global solidarity in the fight against COVID-19, urging countries to rely on science in their responses to the pandemic. The U.N. chief made the remarks in his centerpiece address to 75th session of the UN General Assembly, being held mostly virtually. “We must be guided by…
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa stood at 1,412,310 on Tuesday with a death toll of 34,072, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. The continent continues to see a rise in infections, even though some countries have started recording shrinking numbers of new daily cases. South Africa remains the…
The COVID-19 pandemic caused multiple shocks to businesses in Zimbabwe, with close to 90 percent of formal businesses suspending operations for about seven weeks on average since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country in March, according to a survey by the World Bank (WB). The impact is largest among micro and small firms…
Ten civilians and a soldier were killed overnight in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in an attack blamed on rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a local official said Monday. The attack occurred in an area of North Kivu province near neighboring Uganda dubbed the “Triangle of Death” where the ADF has killed…
Kenya on Monday confirmed 98 new cases of COVID-19 from 1644 samples tested in the last 24 hours, bringing to 37, 079 the number of confirmed positive infections. So far Kenya has tested 518,350 samples since March. In a statement to the press, Health Ministry CAS Dr. Rashid Aman said from the cases all are…
Two security guards have been arrested as police commenced investigations into a fire that gutted Makerere University Main Building yesterday. The director of the Criminal Investigations Directorate, Grace Akullo, yesterday camped at the country’s oldest university as her team tried to establish what could have caused a fire at the building that houses the institution’s…
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a “devastating” impact on people displaced and affected by conflict, tipping many into hunger and homelessness, a new study by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) showed Monday. The report, titled “Downward Spiral,” is based on assessments and surveys in 14 countries, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Mali, Somalia and Yemen. According…
Egypt registered on Saturday night 128 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections in the country to 101,900, said its Health Ministry. In a statement, the ministry’s spokesman Khaled Megahed said 17 patients died from the disease in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 5,750. Meanwhile, 708 others were cured and discharged…
