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Cameroon violence virus

Cameroon’s Anglophone regions hit by violence during partial legislative polls

Voters from 11 constituencies located in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions were once again called upon to cast their votes for partial legislative ... elections, held on 22 March, after the Constitutional Council decided to nullify the 9 February vote. However, the latest round was marred by violence and aroused little interest.

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Coronavirus: 9 things to know about chloroquine

There is renewed interest in chloroquine now that a number of doctors have asserted that it has beneficial effects on COVID-19 patients. However, ... the scientific community is still divided over such claims.

Article 8/10 of "Corona Chronicles: 23-27 March"

When God Was Angry

Coronavirus: far to go before rivalling Spanish Flu of 1918

The Spanish Flu, spread by troop movements at the end of World War One, was the planet’s worst ever pandemic, and killed nearly 2% of Africa’s ... population in six months.

Article 10/10 of "Corona Chronicles: 23-27 March"

Nigerian delay

Nigerian private sector needs to stay home

As Nigeria wakes up to its new reality of the pandemic in its borders; decision-makers at both the government and the private sector need to ... take action to ensure the virus doesn't spread as fast it has in other countries. But with the private sector still lagging in this, and the government late to implement measures, many wonder if it's already a hopeless situation.

Article 4/10 of "Corona Chronicles: 23-27 March"

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Red Tape Artists

South Africa: Tour operators sound the alert as bureaucracy chokes recovery

fears revived

Should we stop making a fuss about African debt?

Article 1/5 of "Africa’s new debt deals"

Money Supply

Steve Hanke: African central banks have tools to beat stagflation, aren’t using them

Red Tape Artists

South Africa: Tour operators sound the alert as bureaucracy chokes recovery

fears revived

Should we stop making a fuss about African debt?

Money Supply

Steve Hanke: African central banks have tools to beat stagflation, aren’t using them

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Kenyan cuts

Kenyan government agree to pay cuts, curfew imposed as coronavirus cases grow

Kenya's executive has agreed to pay cuts as the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 continue to rise, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced on ... Wednesday.

Article 1/10 of "Corona Chronicles: 23-27 March"

Executive Governor of Kaduna State Nasir El-Rufai speaks during an interview with Reuters in Kaduna, Nigeria

vulnerable regions

Nigeria’s north: Coronavirus in the world’s poverty capital

With dwindling oil prices, medical doctors embarking on strike, banditry, an unending insurgency, millions of out-of-school children roaming ... the streets and a possible outbreak of the coronavirus, Northern Nigeria, is preparing for a devastating pandemic.

COVID-19 Bond

African Development Bank picks Citi for US dollar coronavirus bond sale

Citi has been appointed by the African Development Bank to help tap markets with a bond to finance governments and companies fighting coronavirus ... in Africa, Miguel Azevedo, Citi’s head of investment banking for Africa and the Middle East, told The Africa Report.

Article 3/10 of "Corona Chronicles: 23-27 March"

Lessons learned

Coronavirus: ‘Africans don’t repeat our mistakes!’ in open letter from Italy

After China and Europe, what if it’s Africa’s turn next? To stop the coronavirus, swift action needs to be taken immediately – before Africa’s ... vulnerable health systems are brought to its knees. Italy realised this too late.

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Alibaba’s Jack Ma, Paul Pogba mobilise against coronavirus in Africa

Ethiopia received its first shipment of supplies from Jack Ma, founder of the Chinese e-commerce empire Alibaba, which included protective ... gear and test kits, for distribution across the continent.

A worker walks outside the coronavirus isolation facility at the Mbagathi Hospital in Nairobi

Rapid Response

Rural time-bomb remains as Kenya reacts faster than UK to coronavirus

Faith Simiyu, a law lecturer at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology in Kenya, was pleasantly surprised by the levels of preparation ... for coronavirus that she found at Nairobi airport.