Covid-19: Botswana’s entire parliament quarantined after coronavirus scare

President of Botswana Mokgweetsi Masisi GABORONE, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — All Botswana’s parliamentarians including President Mokgweetsi Masisi will be quarantined for 14 days and tested for the new coronavirus, after a health worker screening lawmakers for the virus herself tested positive.The health worker had checked the temperatures of some of…

Covid-19: Some African countries heading for peak in cases in weeks – WHO official

WHO Regional Director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti NAIROBI, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Some African countries could see a peak in coronavirus cases in the coming weeks, and testing should be urgently increased in the region, World Health Organization (WHO) officials said. “During the last four days we can see that…

Covid-19: Ghana’s Pres Akufo-Addo extends lockdown by one week

play videoPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ACCRA, April 10 (NNN-GNA) — The Ghana government has extended the lockdown imposed on Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi by one more week from Monday, April 13. In his sixth televised address to the nation, the President said, although the efforts have been successful,…

Libya: UN-recognised GNA forces bomb military convoy south of Tripoli

TRIPOLI, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Forces of Libya’s UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) bombed a convoy of militias affiliated with renegade commander Khalifa Haftar on Thursday.The GNA’s air force targeted the convoy, which included two armored vehicles belonging to the United Arab Emirates, after monitoring their movements on the…

Italy closes ports to migrant ships because of COVID-19

ROME, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Italian ports cannot be considered safe because of the coronavirus epidemic and will not let charity migrant boats dock, the government has ruled. The decision was taken after a ship operated by the German non-governmental group Sea-Eye picked up some 150 people off Libya and…

Covid-19: WHO urges unity after US Pres Trump attack

GENEVA, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization pleaded for global unity in fighting the coronavirus, following US President Donald Trump’s stinging attack on its handling of the pandemic. As the WHO prepares to mark 100 days on Thursday since it was first notified of the outbreak in China,…

Covid-19: Guinea announces free electricity, water, transport and suspends payment of rent amid lockdown

President Alpha Conde CONAKRY, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — 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 the country. President Alpha Conde announced the free supply of water, electricity, transport as well a freeze…

Covid-19: Zimbabwe doctors sue govt over lack of protection

HARARE, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwean doctors have filed a lawsuit aimed at compelling the government to beef up coronavirus protection for public hospitals and healthcare workers. In an application filed at the High Court, the doctors said the government had failed to set in place “measures to ensure that…

Covid-19: Manslaughter charges for Tunisia coronavirus spreaders

Tunisia deployed robots on the streets to enforce restrictions on people’s movements TUNIS, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Tunisian authorities have warned that those infected with coronavirus who contaminate others and disobey government measures to halt its spread could be charged with manslaughter. Interior Minister Hichem Mechichi said the government…

Covid-19: Ugandan police officers charged for ‘torturing’ women – forcing them to swim in mud

KAMPALA, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ten police officers in Uganda have been charged for allegedly torturing a group of women while enforcing a lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, the Uganda Police Force said on Tuesday. The officers were accused of caning 38 women and forcing them to swim…
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