Also called miraa, khat is a wildly popular herbal stimulant in Somalia that is said to increase energy, deepen focus and suppress appetite. The leaf… Read More »Africa’s Informal Traders Hit Hardest by Lockdowns
Messages of unity and solidarity with those combating the pandemic were projected on to Giza’s Great Pyramid by Egypt’s government on Monday night. “Thank you… Read More »Egypt Shines its Beacon of Hope
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is collaborating with the Co-Creation Hub, the leading technology innovation centre in Africa, to launch a call… Read More »Getting the Message about COVID-19 to All Africans
Jacques Joaquim Yhombi-Opango, died in a Paris hospital on Monday, he was 81. The former statesman was ill before he contracted the virus, his son… Read More »Former Congolese President Succumbs to COVID-19
Government will in the coming days roll out a large-scale screening, testing, tracing and a medical management programme, to manage the spread of the pandemic.… Read More »Ramping Up Screening Efforts in South Africa
Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi was one of five patients discharged by Nigerian health authorities in Lagos on Monday after recovering from Covid-19, the illness caused by… Read More »Nigerian Woman on How she Contracted and Recovered from the Coronavirus
As the country kicked off a massive coronavirus (COVID-19) testing and screening programme, the Department of Health on Tuesday said over 5,000 field workers were already mobilised… Read More »More Than 5000 Field Workers Mobilized On Day 1 Of COVID-19 Testing, Screening
The petrol price drops by almost R2.00 per litre at midnight on Tuesday, although the COVID-19 lockdown means most motorists would not draw the benefit any time… Read More »Record Fuel Price Drop To Kick In At Midnight
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Tuesday said the number of COVID-19 deaths in South Africa now stood at five. Mkhize addressed the media in Durban, saying the… Read More »COVID-19 Update: Cases At 1353, Deaths At 5
The Competition Commission on Tuesday said it had received over 500 complaints about excessive pricing since the start of the 21 days national lockdown. The commission said the… Read More »Over 500 Complaints Received Of Excessive Price-Hikes Since Start Of Lockdown