Tag: Africa
Coronavirus: Why Ghana has gone into mourning after mass funeral ban
In our series of letters from African writers, journalist and former Ghana government minister Elizabeth Ohene writes about the dramatic…
Coronavirus: Africa cases top 1,000 amid more national curbs
Africa has seen its coronavirus cases pass the 1,000 mark this weekend. There are currently 1,198 confirmed cases of Covid-19,…
WHO warns Africa to ‘prepare for the worst’
African countries have been told to prepare for the worst by the head of the World Health Organization (WHO). In…
Coronavirus: What misinformation has spread in Africa?
As cases of the coronavirus increase around the world, there’s been a flurry of misleading or false news stories emerging,…
Kenyan painter casts a critical eye on China’s role in Africa
In the painting, one of 100 on the same theme, China’s president, Xi Jinping, appears as he has in all…
African internet slows after undersea cables break
Internet users across more than a dozen sub-Saharan African nations experienced slow service after two undersea cables to the continent’s…