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Zimbabwe's president has declared a state of national disaster as the country anticipates the impact of the novel coronavirus - even though there are no confirmed infections there.
African countries have been among the last to be hit by the global coronavirus epidemic but as cases rise, many nations are now taking strict measures to block the deadly illness.
Tanzania and Somalia on Monday became the latest East Africa countries to confirm their first cases of coronavirus, as neighbouring countries shuttered borders and schools as fears of contagion rose.
Pangolins were once a prized item in the markets of Gabon's capital Libreville, but bushmeat sellers have started hiding the small, scaly mammals behind boar legs and porcupine carcasses.
There is no known cure for the new coronavirus, but in the medicinal herbs souq in Tunis, anxious Tunisians are consulting with herbalists and stocking up on traditional remedies.
Older people are likelier to suffer seriously illnesses.
BLAST | The blast next to an oil pipeline destroyed buildings, lorries and cars as it tore through a residential area of the sprawling megacity on Sunday. (Benson Ibeabuchi/AFP)
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The novel coronavirus has spread rapidly in South Africa in the past week, leaving many foreigners crossing SA's borders in a state of fear.
The coronavirus has now been confirmed in at least 30 of Africa's 54 countries, officials say, as regional power South Africa warns of a new crisis once the virus begins to spread at home and into crowded low-income communities.
The Swedish government plans to send up to 150 soldiers to Mali to support a French military initiative combining special force troops from different countries.
West Africa's Benin has announced its first confirmed coronavirus case as the continent scrambles to stop the spread of the global pandemic.
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A Congolese former militia warlord, Thomas Lubanga, has been set free after serving a landmark 14-year term for war crimes handed down by the International Criminal Court.
Liberia announced its first case of the novel coronavirus on Monday, becoming the 27th African country to confirm the illness.
Authorities in Nigeria's largest city Lagos on Monday said that the death toll from a suspected gas explosion had risen to 17 as emergency services dug bodies from the debris.
Kenya unveiled a series of strict measures to curb coronavirus on Sunday, blocking entry to the country to all except citizens and residents and shutting schools as the number of confirmed cases rose to three.
A Canadian woman and her Italian partner kidnapped in Burkina Faso in 2018 have been found in good health in the northwest of Mali after fleeing their captors, and were set to be repatriated, diplomatic and UN sources say.
Rwanda on Saturday confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus -- an Indian citizen who arrived last week from Mumbai, the health ministry said.
Malawi's president Peter Mutharika has dissolved his cabinet, the latest political move after his May re-election was annulled over vote-rigging.
A Nigerian court has ordered the release of a revered Islamic traditional ruler from detention after he was deposed and banished in a controversial practice dating back to colonial times.
After escaping mostly unscathed by the coronavirus pandemic, sub-Saharan Africa is bracing for the worst after its first outbreaks of the illness that has already engulfed China and Italy and spread to other parts of the globe.
The tumbling Zimbabwe dollar, which dropped by 29% in just 10 days, has prompted the Zimbabwe government to announce a raft of measures meant to stabilise the exchange rate, including a minimum interest rate on deposits.
A Ugandan military general who recently declared he would challenge President Yoweri Museveni in 2021 elections, has been arrested for suspected treason, police say.
Kenya announced its first confirmed case of coronavirus on Friday, saying a woman who returned from the United States tested positive for the illness in Nairobi.
Senegal has announced five new cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the west African state's total number to ten, and making it the worst affected country in the region.
At least 13 people have been injured after two passenger trains collided in the Egyptian capital, the health ministry says, triggering a suspension in nationwide rail services.
The United States has accused Mozambique security forces of unlawful and arbitrary killings in their battle against a shadowy jihadist group in the country's northern region.
Zimbabwe's finance minister has announced that the country will adopt a 'managed float' exchange rate system to slow the drop in the value of its currency and curb runaway inflation.
The United States has expanded sanctions against two senior Zimbabwean officials accused of suppressing protests, demanding that Harare allow peaceful demonstrations.
American investigators will help Sudan with enquiries into a failed assassination attempt against Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, the Sudanese culture and information minister says.
Ivory Coast has confirmed its first case of new coronavirus, a local national who had recently stayed in Italy, the government says.
Zimbabwe has announced plans to give back land controversially taken over under its controversial fast track land reform programme, which started in 2000.
Tanzania has become the latest east African country to confirm its first case of coronavirus, as neighbouring countries shuttered borders and schools, as fears of contagion rose.
Zimbabwe's annual inflation soared to over 500% in February, the country's statistical agency says, releasing its first consumer price data since June last year.
Communities displaced by the devastating storm still living in dire conditions amid funding gaps for key reconstruction.
Zimbabwe's defence minister has called the coronavirus pandemic a "punishment" of the US and Europe for imposing sanctions against members of the ruling regime over human rights abuses.
After years of ethnic massacres and unrelenting jihadist attacks, central Mali has been left a harrowed area of deserted villages and displaced people.
Mauritania has confirmed its first case of novel coronavirus, the country's health minister said on Friday, adding to the growing number of cases in West Africa.
Ivory Coast's ruling party has named the prime minister as its candidate for the October presidential poll, after President Alassane Ouattara ended months of speculation and said he would not seek a controversial third term.
Zimbabwe’s government offered to compensate white commercial farmers it dispossessed of their property two decades ago. With land.
Thunderstorms packing heavy rains and lightning have caused widespread flooding across Egypt, killing at least five people and injuring five others, officials have said, as authorities shuttered schools, government offices and and airport.
Sudan has announced its first case of the novel coronavirus following the death of a 50-year-old man.
President Salva Kiir unveiled a new cabinet Thursday, appointing key ministers to the latest power-sharing government formed with rival-turned-deputy Riek Machar in a bid to bring peace to South Sudan.
A Malawi court has granted bail to three anti-government activists arrested for planning protests against President Peter Mutharika's attempts to quash upcoming elections.
Sudan has suspended flights and closed its land border with Egypt, in efforts to prevent the arrival of the new coronavirus pandemic, a government statement says.
Algeria has registered its first death from the novel coronavirus, the health ministry has announced, as schools were closed for three weeks.
At least 13 people were killed in fighting in the Central African Republic where rival armed factions are battling after a seven-year civil war, UN officials say.
A novel coronavirus case has been confirmed in the central Senegalese city of Touba, the country's health ministry has said, ahead of a large religious gathering planned there later this month.
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in Zambia for allegedly defaming President Edgar Lungu in Facebook posts, police say, as critics accuse the regime of turning increasingly authoritarian.
A suspected coronavirus case who escaped from hospital in Zimbabwe has tested negative on, authorities said, after causing panic by eluding medical staff and running loose in the capital.
Egyptian authorities say 46 French and US tourists who had been quarantined on a coronavirus-hit Nile cruise boat have flown home.
Foreign investors have sold a net R20 billion of South African government bonds this month already, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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