Africa

Less than two months after Egypt became the first country in Africa to confirm a coronavirus case, the outbreak appears to have reached almost...

Some mothers in one of the states in Nigeria are using unconventional ways to protect their children from the deadly coronavirus.ALSO READ:China concealed extent...

A female herbalist in Anambra State, Mrs Flora Ilonze, has stated that she has an anti-coronavirus plant in her garden.ALSO READ:Lockdown: 15 traders arrested...

Less than 200 people have gone through coronavirus testing out of 16,032 returnees who arrived in Zimbabwe after the outbreak of the world pandemic,...

Tributes are being paid to world-renowned South African scientist Gita Ramjee, who died on Tuesday of Covid-19 complications.Prof. Ramjee had recently returned home from...

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control has confirmed four new cases of the novel coronavirus in Nigeria.According to the agency, three of the new...

Sensational singer, Rihanna, has revealed plans to expand her family in the next 10 years.The songstress disclosed that she is aiming to have four kids...

Jacques Joaquim Yhombi-Opango, former president of the Republic of the Congo, has died after contracting coronavirus, his family said.Yhombi-Opango died in a Paris hospital on Monday. He...

A Kenyan MP has tickled many with her comparison of coronavirus to lousy men and bad boyfriends.Burna Boy breaks silence on losing Grammy to...

Instead of traditional coffin, a man in Eastern Cape, South Africa was buried in his car with a safety belt on.Apparently, two years ago...

An expert has warned against the dangers that long nails, varnish and extensions carry amid the coronavirus epidemic. Dr Elisabeth Dancey, a British beauty and aesthetics...

A Nigerian lady, Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi, who tested positive to coronavirus has revealed that she has murdered the deadly virus.ALSO READ:Coronavirus: 2 cargo trucks...

Some top businessmen and banks in Nigeria have donated huge sums of money to support the government's coronavirus fight.ALSO READ:Lockdown: Military officers punish man...

Temitope Balogun Joshua, commonly referred to as T.B. Joshua, the renowned Nigerian televangelist, has subtly responded to those who were anticipating a heavy rainfall...

Catch me if you can.That was the message some Kenyans sent to security officers on Saturday as they defied the dusk-to-dawn curfew set by...

With many countries in Africa now banning religious gatherings in order to slow the spread of coronavirus, Christian worshippers turned to online or televised...

Billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote Sunday has tested negative for coronavirus.Disclosing this via his verified Twitter handle, Dangote said: The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted...

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari will, at 7pm today March 29, address the nation.This was made known in a statement released by the Presidency.ALSO READ:Former...

Four bridegrooms have been arrested by the Zaria Zonal Command of Kaduna state Vigilante Service (KadVS) for violating a lockdown order instituted by the Kaduna...

Malians are voting in long-delayed parliamentary elections a day after the country's first coronavirus death.The poll has also been overshadowed by Wednesday's kidnapping...

Cooped up in an isolation ward, a young Zimbabwean man who had been diagnosed with Covid-19, pleaded with his family for help.Thirty-year-old Zororo...

Kenyan media is reporting that a woman, who was being quarantined in the Western city of Nakuru, has taken her own life. ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has donated his former residence at the Presidential Hilltop, Abeokuta, Ogun State as an isolation centre for victims of...

In a clear response to recent happenings across the globe, over two billion people have indicated interest in participating in a two-hour ...

A Nigeria pastor has has offered to treat anyone with coronavirus free of charge and also said, “anyone with coronavirus should be referred...

Two people are facing attempted murder charges after allegedly refusing to go into quarantine in South Africa, it has emerged. One of them is a...

Police in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam are holding a couple for allegedly spreading false information about coronavirus.ALSO READ:Coronavirus: Ghana records 4 new...

A woman, who was taken from Africa when she was just two years old, has been identified as the last known survivor of the transatlantic slave...

Ghana has recorded four new cases of the deadly coronavirus, shooting the number up to 136.Below is a confirmation by the Ghana Health Service...

South Africa has announced its first deaths from Coronavirus infection, and said cases there have passed the 1,000 mark."This morning, we South Africans woke...

United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) today announced a donation of over $14 million through the UBA Foundation, to catalyse a comprehensive pan-African response...

The coronavirus outbreak has kept many at home with the hope of it ending soon. So many people are hoping that scientists and medical researchers finding...

South African security forces have begun enforcing a three-week nationwide lockdown in an effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus.All but essential movement...

The Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (Sweat) and the National Movement of Sex Workers in South Africa (Sisonke) are appealing to President...

The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and the campaign on constant washing of hands with soap under running water, has made the veronica buckets very...

Drug traffickers and militias in Rio de Janeiro's lawless Cidade de Deus (City of God) favela in Brazil, have taken the law into...

A nationwide curfew was announced on Wednesday, March 25 by Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, after the West African country reported its first two coronavirus...

The parish priest of Holy Cross Parish in Oroma Etiti community of Anambra State, Nigeria, Rev Fr. Charles Okeke-Odogwu was found dead in his car...

Five new cases of patients affected by the novel coronavirus have been recorded in Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control released the...

The third person to die of Covid-19 complications in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a respected human rights lawyer and an aide...