AFRICA

Egypt quarantines 300 families in village after virus deaths

5:50 pm March 17, 2020

Cairo: Egypt has placed over 300 families under quarantine in a Delta village to stem the spread of the new coronavirus after two deaths were recorded this month originating from the area. “We have confined more than 300 families to their homes where they will remain in quarantine,” Health Minister Hala Zayed told late-night television […]

Virus ‘god’s punishment’ of west: Zimbabwe minister

5:10 pm March 15, 2020

Harare: Zimbabwe’s defence minister has called the coronavirus pandemic a “punishment” of the US and Europe for imposing sanctions against members of the ruling regime over human rights abuses. Coronavirus has infected more than 150,000 people worldwide and killed almost 6,000 since it was first detected in China last December. “Coronavirus is the work of […]

Around 20 dead as heavy rains lash Egypt

11:57 pm March 13, 2020

Cairo: Heavy rains and flooding have killed around 20 people in Egypt, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli said Friday, in what he described as some of the worst weather in several decades. In a statement posted on a government Facebook page, Madbouli said the bad weather had killed “around 20 people nationwide”. He urged local officials […]

35 killed in Ghana bus collision: officials

10:33 pm March 9, 2020

Accra: Thirty-five people, including women and children, were killed on Monday when two buses collided on a busy road in Ghana, officials said. The accident, which happened on the Kintampo-Tamale highway in Bono East region, around 430 kilometres outside the capital Accra, also left six people in critical condition. “I can confirm that the death […]

Egypt holds full-honours military funeral for Mubarak

10:15 pm February 26, 2020

Cairo: The funeral, replete with cannon fire and a horse-drawn carriage carrying his coffin, highlighted the wartime achievements of Mubarak. It comes as part of a government effort to make Mubarak’s military career his legacy, rather than his time in office. Egypt’s current President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, attended briefly, offering condolences and shaking hands with […]