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 of her eating with Mduduzi Manana surfaced this week. The image, which shows the […]
President Faure Gnassingbé has announced several social, political and economic measures to make life easier for the Togolese people as the coronavirus pandemic keeps spreading worldwide. As part of these measures, starting this month, access to water and power is free for the next three months. In detail, concerning water, households with a monthly consumption […]
The Guinean government has announced incentive packages aimed at making the country’s citizens comfortable as they observe a lockdown following the outbreak of COVID-19 in that country. BestNewsGH.com reports President Alpha Conde as ordering the free supply of water, electricity, transport as well a freeze on the payment of rent until December. The President has […]
Mahmoud Jibril, the former head of the Libyan rebel government that overthrew longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, has died from the coronavirus, his party said. Jibril, 68, died on Sunday in Cairo where he had been hospitalised for two weeks, said Khaled al-Mrimi, secretary of the National Forces Alliance, founded by Jibril in 2012. He had […]
Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbé has declared a three-month state of emergency to stop the spread of coronavirus. He said the seriousness of the situation warranted the measures, which include the immediate start a curfew from 19:00-06:00 local time. A 5,000-strong unit of security agents was also being set up to tackle the pandemic as well […]
Ghana is facing a diplomatic hurdle as it attempts to repatriate Burkinabe and Guinean citizens who tested positive for coronavirus in Tamale, the Northern Region capital. Northern Region Minister, Salifu Saeed, has disclosed that authorities in Guinea are reluctant to receive eight of their citizens who tested positive for coronavirus in Ghana. The eight Guineans […]
Some 20 people were killed by a lightning strike on high-voltage power lines in Congo-Brazzaville, the authorities say. The incident happened on the first day of a lockdown in the capital, Brazzaville, to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. So far 22 cases of Covid-19, the respiratory illness caused by the virus, have been confirmed […]
The government in Rwanda has extended rigid lockdown restrictions imposed last month to 19 April. The lockdown that began on 21 March banned people from leaving their homes unless going out to shop for food or buy medicine. The government deployed police to enforce the restrictions. The lockdown was to end this weekend but was […]
President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has ordered the delivery of food and other essential, free of charge to residents of the country amid the lockdown, which has been necessitated by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The president has been strategizing with the Military and other organizations in the country on how to get food […]
Police in Cameroon’s capital, Yaounde, have arrested about 50 sex workers who have been visiting coronavirus isolation centers in some hotels to offer their services. Jean Claude Tsila, the capital’s administrative officer, disclosed this on state broadcaster Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV) on Friday. “We were reliably informed that some persons confined to some hotels in […]
The driver of Zimbabwe’s president has been hauled before a Harare magistrate for stealing a cell phone belonging to his boss, New Zimbabwe reports. Chamunorwa Tapa, 45, appeared before the court Tuesday facing theft charges. He was arrested on March 23 whilst at State House. Emmerson Mnangagwa received the Itel A 56 cellphone as a gift after presiding over […]
The Nigerian government has imposed a two-week lockdown on the two main cities of Lagos and Abuja over the COVID-19 virus. BestNewsGH.com sources say the lockdown which begins today, Monday March 30, 2020 will start from 23:00 local time (22:00 GMT). It will be apply to Ogun state which borders with Lagos. President Muhamadu Buhari […]
