Coronavirus lockdown: Nigerians cautious as restrictions eased in Lagos and Abuja

Businesses in key areas reopen but some are reluctant to return to work over health fears.

The Ethiopia-Eritrea border dividing families

How the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea is dividing families and communities who live along it.

Night burials amid Tanzania’s coronavirus defiance

Some fear the East African nation is downplaying the pandemic as it seeks to protect its economy.

Coronavirus: Ghana’s dancing pallbearers become Covid-19 meme

Social media users have adopted the troupe as a dark-humoured symbol of death in the time of Covid-19.

Coronavirus: Tanzanian president promises to import Madagascar’s ‘cure’

There is no scientific proof the Madagascan-made tonic is effective in treating the virus.

Coronavirus: Tanzanian president promises to import Madagascar’s ‘cure’

There is no scientific proof the Madagascan-made tonic is effective in treating the virus.

Algerian singer Hamid Cheriet – Idir – dies in France at 70

The president of Algeria pays tribute by calling the Berber singer an icon of Algerian art.

Coronavirus: South Africans exercise the freedom to jog

South Africans take to the streets and beachfronts as lockdown restrictions are slightly eased.

Coronavirus: Boxing and jogging as South Africa loosens lockdown

South Africans take to the streets and beachfronts as tough restrictions are slightly eased.