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Africa exceeds 3 million COVID-19 cases

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Sunday that Africa passed the milestone of 3 million confirmed cases COVID-19 on Sunday, including more than 72,000 deaths. South Africa, with more than 1.2 million reported cases, including 32,824 deaths,…

Secretary General Wamkele Mene speaks on AfCFTA

The Secretary General of The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Wamkele Mene, has said that the African Union has transferred all functions related to the organization’s agreement from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Ghana. According to Mene, the decision of…

Zimbabwe goes into lockdown as COVID cases rise

The Zimbabwean government has reintroduced a 12-hour dusk-to-dawn curfew to contain rising COVID19 cases and combat citizens’ disregard of lockdown regulations.  It comes as the World Health Organization calls on Zimbabweans to abide by the new regulations. As Veronic Njie…

MSF condemns killing of staff in CAR

Medecins Sans Frontieres MSF, also known as Doctors without Borders, has denounced the killing of one of its medical staff members following a shooting incident on a public transport truck in Grimari city in Ouaka prefecture, Central African Republic (CAR).…