COVID-19 death toll rises to 50 as Kenya infections skyrocket to 830, prompting 21-Day lockdown extension
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta Nairobi - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday announced that the number of Covid-19 cases in...
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Measles remains silent killer in parts of Africa amid COVID-19 Pandemic
A Health worker inject a child with the Measles vaccine, (AGENCIES) AGENCIES | APO GROUP | GENEVA, Switzerland - While...
3 Succumb to COVID-19 as Kenya registers 23 new cases, rising infections to 781
Kenya's Health Ministry CAS Dr. Rashid Aman AGENCIES | Nairobi - Kenya's Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Dr. Rashid Aman...
A Ugandan, 21 Kenyans test positive as infections rise to 737 in Kenya
Kenya's Health Ministry CAS Dr. Rashid Aman Nairobi - Ministry of Kenya has, on Wednesday, May 13, confirmed 22 more...
President Nkurunziza, Magufuli abscond as Regional leaders meet on common measures to fight COVID-19 pandemic
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni deliberates during the meeting as his counterparts reflect. Kampala– East African Heads of State have, on...
Toddler among 15 new COVID-19 cases as Kenya’s infections rise to 715
Kenya's Health Ministry CAS Dr. Rashid Aman Nairobi - A toddler and 14 other people have tested positive for coronavirus...
Controls on Fake News affecting freedom of expression
AGENCIES | The Conversation | Governments across the world are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Alongside the mountain of related...
COVID-19: Two hotels demolished in Nigeria ‘for breach of rules’ amid lockdown
What remains of Edemete Hotel and Prodest Home River State AGENCIES | BBC | The authorities in Nigeria's oil-rich southern...
9 Kenyan truck drivers from Tanzania among 28 new COVID-19 cases, rising Kenya’s infections to 700
Kenya's Health Ministry CAS Dr. Rashid Aman Nairobi - Nine Kenyan truck drivers who arrived in the country from Tanzania...
165 Kenyans stranded in China amid COVID-19 pandemic return home
Kenya's Ambassador to Kenya, Amb. Sarah Serem seeing off 165 Kenyans at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. AGENCIES | Guangzhou/Nairobi -...
Rwanda records only 2 new COVID-19 cases after Gov’t partially lifts lockdown
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame Kigali - Rwandan Ministry of Health, on Friday, May 8, announced two new cases of novel...
14 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed as recoveries rise to 202 with infections hitting 621 in Kenya
Kenya's Health Ministry CAS Dr. Rashid Aman Nairobi - Fourteen more people have tested positive of the novel coronavirus, rising...
NORTH AFRICA: Morocco set to unveil COVID-19 Lockdown EXIT strategy on May 18
King Mohammed VI of Morocco (AFP PHOTO) AGENCIES | North Africa Post | Rabat, Morocco - The Moroccan government will...
KENYA: How Public health Volunteer, 6 people infected 81 others with COVID-19 in Nairobi, Mombasa
Health workers demonstrate handwashing as a way to curb the spread of COVID-19 AGENCIES | Citizen Digital | Nairobi -...
EXCLUSIVE: Bunyoro Minister drags Govt to Court over oil spill, wants UGX7Bn compensation
Bunyoro Kitara Minister for Tourism and Antiquities, John Apollo Rwamparo Hoima - - Bunyoro Kitara Minister for Tourism and Antiquities,...
COVID-19 pandemic ‘takes flavour out of Ramadan’ in North Africa
AGENCIES | AFP Algiers| North Africans say they are missing the taste of Ramadan, as coronavirus restrictions deprive them of...
BUSINESS: Tanzania’s NMB, transport stakeholders unveil e-Fare payment system
Commuters will enjoy seamless payment of their fares with the new platform Dar es Salaam - Tanzania's National Microfinance Bank...
COVID-19: Kenya orders testing of truck-drivers 48hours before dispatch
Truck drivers awaits testing at border point before dispatching. (AGENCIES PHOTO) Nairobi - Kenya's government has now ordered that all...
KENYA: Markets, restaurants closed in Eastleigh, Mombasa as 2 succumb to COVID-19 with 47 new cases confirmed tallying to 582
Kenya's Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe Nairobi - Kenya has recorded 47 new COVID-19 cases marking the highest number of...
Govt to forcibly evict Kenyans in flood-hit areas as death toll hits 194
Residents use a boat to evacuate with their animals from the floodwaters after River Nzoia burst its banks and due...