COVID-19: All persons involved in burial of President Buhari’s Chief of Staff identified and quarantined

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) in Nigeria has identified and isolated all persons who were in one way or the other connected with or involved in the burial of President Muhamadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari. Mr. Kyari passed on two days a go following complications related to the deadly COVID-19 virus and […]

COVID-19: ‘Add us to list of essential service providers; we have bills to pay’ – Kenyan sex workers petition gov’t

Sex workers in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa have petitioned the government to list them as essential service providers amid the coronavirus lockdown. They argue that they have lost their source of income as a result of the global pandemic. The city, alongside Nairobi and Kilifi, were identified as COVID-19 hotspots and placed on a 21-day partial lockdown on April 8. According […]

COVID-19: African governments unite to fight China over eviction of Nationals

African governments have teamed up to fight the alleged acts of racial discrimination against their nationals residing in China. Last week, there were widespread videos and various reports of some ‘ill-treatment’ being meted out to Africans in the Chinese city, Guangzhou, including eviction from places of residence, being avoided in public, among others. Though China […]

Indiscpline among Africans is harder to deal with than COVID-19- President of Uganda laments

Ugandan president, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, believes the biggest problem for African authorities managing the fight against the coronavirus pandemic is the “social indiscipline of our people”. President Museveni expressed his sentiments in a tweet he posted on Wednesday on his official Twitter page. This follows what has become a daily habit of telling Ugandans what he […]