Africa News of Tuesday, 12 May 2020

Ethiopia coronavirus: 261 cases, president calls for global solidarity

South Africa coronavirus: US gives 1,000 ventilators, cases pass 11,000

Coronavirus: 'Nearly 1,000 African medics infected'

Zambia shuts Tanzania border to fight coronavirus, delaying copper exports

Violence in northwest Nigeria drives 23,000 into Niger - UNHCR

Tanzania hit by sugar shortage after price controls

Nigeria Catholic Church offers centres to treat virus

Congolese rail worker dies of coronavirus after being spat at

Ethiopia's only ventilator expert races to train others as virus spreads

Algeria extends coronavirus restrictions by 15 days

Violence in northern Nigeria drives 23,000 to Niger

Mauritius officially virus-free after total recoveries, no new cases

'Madness' to hold Uganda vote if virus persists - Museveni

Isabel dos Santos says Angola faked evidence to freeze assets

Smokers, industry fuming over South Africa's U-turn on tobacco sales

Government launches WhatsApp Bot for Covid-19 information

Nigerian migrants face violence, exploitation along Central Mediterranean route - Report

Nigeria’s coronavirus cases reach 4,641

Ethiopia taps diaspora doctors to stay ahead of coronavirus

Coronavirus claims 30,000 jobs in Kenya's manufacturing sector

Teenager arrested over murder of Kenyan journalist

West 'condescends Africa over traditional medicine'

Kenya to test patients for coronavirus before admission

Chinese doctors join Zimbabwe's coronavirus fight

Africa HIV deaths 'could rise by 500,000' amid pandemic

Senator Irungu Kang’ata celebrates his new appointment with reggae song

14-year old arrested in connection with murder of Pamoja FM journalist in Kibra

Women staring at poverty as beadwork business dries up

Why I sold my baby for $300 - Orphan

Police battling to enforce law face their own Covid-19 fears

Malawians defy coronavirus measures in election fever

Senegal eases coronavirus restrictions as cases rise

Nigeria accepts Madagascar’s Covid-19 herbal remedy donation

Africa records 64, 214 coronavirus cases

IFC to freeze investment to for-profit education: small win in a long fight

South Africa: Fight to death for SAA

Coronavirus: Food insecurity fallout from Nigeria’s lockdown

Isabel dos Santos wants her assets to be unfrozen

Tanzania hit by sugar shortage after price controls

IMF raises Kenya's risk of debt distress to high from moderate

Milk retail prices to remain unchanged

Africa Oil and Power, African Energy Chamber to host Webinar on oil & gas industry

NMS gets down to work as Nairobians battle spread of coronavirus

AfDB: What’s in the confidential report exonerating Adesina