Voters stand in queue at a polling station in Gao, Mali BAMAKO, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Polls have closed in Mali’s long-delayed parliamentary elections which were held despite concerns about security and the coronavirus pandemic. Sunday’s vote came hours after the violence-hit West African country announced its first coronavirus death…

President Muhammadu Buhari ABUJA, March 30 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has given his first Coronavirus address to the nation touching on a myriad of issues from containment efforts, social and economic intervention and the way forward. A major takeaway was the imposition of a lockdown on two impacted states, Lagos…

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ACCRA, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Donations have started pouring in by spirited Ghanaians both home and abroad towards the fight against the deadly coronavirus, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revealed An eight-member board has since been inaugurated by the President of Ghana for the COVID-19…

DURBAN, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The authorities in the South African city of Durban have freed 14 workers who had been “locked up in a mask-making factory since Monday”, a local government minister said. They also arrested the owner of the business. The workers “were forced to manufacture hundreds of…

NAIROBI, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — With many countries in Africa now banning religious gatherings in order to slow the spread of coronavirus, Christian worshippers turned to online or televised services. The continent has some of the world’s most committed Christians, according to a 2018 survey by the Pew Research Center,…

ADDIS ABABA, March 28 (NNN-XINHUA) — The death toll from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the African continent has reached 83 as confirmed positives cases surpassed 3,243 as of Friday, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, specialized agency of the 55-member African…