LUANDA, April 24 (NNN-ANGOP) — Angola’s National Assembly (Parliament) approved the second extension of the 15-day State of Emergency in the country, as part of the effort to arrest the spread of the novel coronavirus. The decision followed a petition from President João Lourenço for the purpose, which was unanimously…

This is the biggest army deployment since the end of apartheid in 1994  PRETORIA, April 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) —More than 70,000 extra troops will be deployed in South Africa to help enforce a lockdown intended to stop the spread of coronavirus, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced. South Africa has had 3,465 confirmed coronavirus…

MAPUTO, April 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) —  Two police officers are to be charged for beating to death a man who had threatened to film them playing football in contravention of coronavirus restrictions in MozambiqueAbdul Razak, 44, confronted officers on Sunday in the Munhava area of Beira city, saying they were not…

Botswana’s President, Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi GABORONE, April 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Botswana’s president and vice president have been released from home quarantine after testing negative for COVID-19. The presidency in a statement said: “Director of Health Services has released His Excellency, Dr Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi, President of the Republic…

Flavivirus which cause yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes ADDIS ABABA, April 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a yellow fever outbreak in Ethiopia.The number of suspected cases has increased from three reported on March 3 to 85 on April 6.Eight of the suspected cases…

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari ABUJA, April 24 (NNN-NAN) — Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) appointed President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria to lead the battle against the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the sub-region. Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed…

GENEVA, April 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The new coronavirus pandemiccould severely disrupt access to anti-malaria nets and drugs insub-Saharan Africa, the World Health Organization said,warning that malaria deaths risked doubling if efforts are noturgently scaled up. The UN health agency called on countries in sub-Saharan Africa,where nearly 95 percent of all…