Download logo COVID-19 Update: As at 6 May 2020, Zimbabwe had 34 confirmed cases, including five (5) recoveries and four (4) deaths. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe. Source: Apo-Opa

Active cases – 7 New Cases – 0 New tests – 160 Total confirmed – 17 Recovered – 9 Death – 1 Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health, The Gambia. Media filesDownload logo Source: Apo-Opa

Download logo Ghana records a total of 3,091 COVID-19 confirmed cases Out of 137,924 test with 303 Recoveries. Bono Region has recorded its first case of Covid-19 in the Jaman North District Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Disease Surveillance Department, Ghana Health Service. Source: Apo-Opa

Download logo On 6 May 2020, Minister Nathi Mthethwa held a successful and productive meeting with national organisations of the arts and culture sector to discuss the ongoing relief funding process aimed at alleviating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the livelihood of creatives and athletes. The Department invited national organisations and the federation […]

Download logo The IMF approved the disbursement of US$739 million to be drawn under the Rapid Credit Facility to support the authorities’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic; The COVID-19 pandemic is taking a serious toll on the Kenyan economy, significantly reducing growth, creating fiscal and external financing needs; It is important that the authorities resume […]

Download logo As the global COVID-19 pandemic begins to reach fragile and conflict-affected countries, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) today announced a $1 million contribution by Novartis to its COVID-19 response efforts in Uganda, Kenya and Somalia. This funding will help the IRC mitigate the spread of the disease among some of East Africa's most […]

Today, Julie Owono, a digital rights advocate and Executive Director of Internet Sans Frontières from Cameroon, Maina Kiai, a human rights activist and Director of Human Rights Watch’s Global Alliances and Partnerships program from Kenya, and Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei, a human rights lawyer and Program Manager at the Open Society Initiative for West Africa from […]

Download logo The Ugandan economy is severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic; to address the urgent balance-of-payments and fiscal needs, the IMF approved US$491.5 million emergency assistance for Uganda under the Rapid Credit Facility; the authorities have timely scaled up health spending and put in place bold measures to help contain and mitigate the spread […]

Download logo From “COVID-19 does not exist”, to COVID is not going to survive in Kano, to COVID is finished as soon as it gets here, Kano state residents got so comfortable and rebuffed Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) guidelines on COVID-19. The COVID-19 index case was recorded on April 11 2020 and in about three weeks, Kano state cases skyrocketed to over […]

Download logo UNHCR has activated COVID-19 prevention measures and planning response in worse case scenarios for the over 2 million internally displaced people and one million refugees Download Report: https://bit.ly/2SJF2Yi UNHCR delivered soap for one million people in Sudan – refugees, internally displaced people and the most vulnerable members of host communities across the country […]