Coronavirus ends China’s honeymoon in Africa
Africa was supposed to be China’s new stomping grounds. Instead, the novel coronavirus has spawned a growing backlash that threatens to unwind...
Europe remains ‘in the eye’ of COVID-19 storm – WHO
The World Health Organization’s European office said Thursday that despite some “optimistic signs” in some of the countries worst hit by the...
China secretly prepared for a pandemic as people dined together in Wuhan, AP reports
There
was compelling evidence by late December that the new coronavirus in Wuhan,
China, was spreading from person to person, but Chinese officials didn't...
Hungry S.Africans clash with police over food aid in Cape Town
South African police on Tuesday fired rubber bullets and teargas in clashes with Cape Town township residents protesting over access to food...
COVID-19: US halting of WHO funding ‘dangerous,’ says Bill Gates
American business tycoon, Bill Gates, has described President Donald Trump’s halting of funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) as “dangerous as...
Coronavirus: Why lockdowns may not be the answer in Africa
Many African countries have introduced lockdowns in order to halt the spread of coronavirus, but, as Alex de Waal and Paul Richards...
99-year-old World War II veteran beats COVID-19 in Brazil
A 99-year-old World War II veteran in Brazil was released from hospital with military honors Tuesday after recovering from the coronavirus.
Two governors test positive for Coronavirus in Brazil
Two Brazilian state governors who have criticized President Jair Bolsonaro’s calls to relax COVID-19 containment measures said Tuesday they had tested positive...
Zimbabwe president threatens 20 years jail over fake lockdown statement
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday threatened 20 years in jail to the author of a statement purporting to bear his signature...
McDonald’s apologises after China store bans black people
US chain McDonald's has apologised after a sign telling black people they were banned from entering a branch in southern China prompted...
