Ethiopia postpones general elections and Ghana slashes its 2020 GDP growth forecast from 6.8% to 1.5%
Enforcing the restrictions in sprawling Lagos will be problematic as millions live crammed in overcrowded slums and rely on daily earnings to survive
Police stopped cars and turned away pedestrians who had no authorisation to be in the area, in Harare
Elections go ahead even as country records first Covid-19 fatality and leading opposition leader is kidnapped
UN economic body says stimulus is needed urgently as continent is two to three weeks from worst of outbreak
RBS Crew, a collective of graffiti artists, turn their spray cans into health messaging about the virus
While much of the country is closed and movement restricted, a full lockdown has not been instituted
Somalia meets targets for good governance so it is in line to get a slice of IMF’s emergency aid
Zimbabwe’s doctors, nurses and customs officials have downed tools over a lack of protective equipment against coronavirus
All Egypt’s famed archaeological sites and museums have been closed since Monday
The army has also been told to be on high alert for looting and for the use of its equipment for ‘possible mass burial’
Namibia imposes a partial lockdown,Botswana orders 14-day quarantines for all arrivals and DRC declares a state of emergency
Cases of infection across the continent rose to more than 1,600 on Monday
The country has gazetted a law to offer farms, as an alternative to compensation, to selected white farmers
Africa CDC head John Nkengasong expects infection rates to rise in Africa amid weak testing
The construction industry in Nairobi is among the worst affected by corruption, with some officials insisting on bribes before approving projects, the ...
According to unconfirmed reports, country's first case is a Bulawayo woman who had just arrived from SA
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma’s foundation pledges more than 1-million coronavirus test kits to the continent
The inflation figures are stoking fears of a return of the kind of hyperinflation that wiped out savings 10 years ago
More than 530 cultural sites of mystical Islamic belief destroyed countrywide in past decade amid civil war
