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Beitrag vom 31.03.2020

france 24

Millions enter lockdown in Nigeria, Zimbabwe, as Africa steps up virus fight

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More than 20 million Nigerians on Monday went into lockdown in sub-Saharan Africa's biggest city Lagos and the capital Abuja, as the continent struggles to curb the spread of coronavirus.

President Muhammadu Buhari ordered a two-week “cessation of all movements” in key cities to ward off an explosion of cases in Africa's most populous country.

Beitrag vom 30.03.2020

The New Humanitarian

Coronavirus in crisis-hit Burkina Faso: Healthcare centres close as cases rise

‘Armed violence has weakened the health system in dramatic proportions.’

Sam Mednick
Freelance journalist covering Africa

The growing number of COVID-19 cases in Burkina Faso is threatening to overwhelm the country’s war-weakened health system and complicate efforts to respond to one of the world’s fastest-growing displacement crises.

Beitrag vom 29.03.2020

Africaguinee.com

Guinée : Pourquoi l’ambassadeur de France a été convoqué ?

CONAKRY- L’ambassadeur de la France en Guinée, Jean Marc Grosgurin a été convoqué ce jeudi 26 mars 20 par le ministre des Affaires Etrangères Mamadi Touré. La convocation du diplomate français fait suite à la déclaration du Quai d’Orsay sur le double scrutin controversé du 22 mars en Guinée.

Beitrag vom 29.03.2020

tagesschau.de

Fake News in Afrika

Mit Knoblauch gegen Corona?

Vergiftungen mit Bleichmittel oder Malaria-Medikamenten, die angeblich gegen das Coronavirus schützen: Fake News können lebensgefährliche Folgen haben. Die Webseite Africa Check geht dagegen vor.

Von Caroline Hoffmann, ARD-Studio Nairobi

Beitrag vom 26.03.2020

The Africa Report

Kenyan government agree to pay cuts, curfew imposed as coronavirus cases grow

By Morris Kiruga

Kenya's executive has agreed to pay cuts as the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 continue to rise, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced on Wednesday.

Kenyatta and his deputy will take an 80% pay cut, while their ministers and their assistants will take pay cuts ranging from 20% to 30%.

The President also announced a raft of measures to save jobs and by extension the country’s economy.

These include: