China racism The media has been replete with reports of Chinese people evicting Africans over claims that they are the ones importing and spreading coronavirus in the country. This has ignited a conversation around the perverse racism against Africans that dominates Chinese society. Anger has been roused, and there are calls for Africans to take

Photo/Somali Times Somalia confirmed its second death from coronavirus on Sunday. Khalif Mumin Tohow, justice minister of Hirshabelle state, succumbed to the novel coronavirus in Mogadishu’s Martini hospital a day after he tested positive in the town of Jowhar, the administrative capital of Hirshabelle. Ali Gudlawe Hussein, vice president of Hirshabelle, confirmed his death to

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. London, Britain, March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay/File Photo British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been discharged from hospital and will continue his recovery from COVID-19 at Chequers, his official country residence, his Downing Street office said in a statement

Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, has congratulated the officers, deputies, all members of the Somali National Army and their families on the 60th anniversary of the formation of the Somali National Army. The President pointed out that a strong and effective army is vital to our nationhood

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman extended a nationwide curfew until further notice due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the interior ministry said on Sunday, after the kingdom reported more than 300 new infections on each of the last four days. Last week Saudi Arabia placed its capital Riyadh and other big cities under a

Britain’s Home Secretary Priti Patel holds the daily Covid-19 Press Conference with NPCC Chairman Martin Hewitt and NHS Medical Director Professor Stephen Powis in 10 Downing Street, London, Britain April 11, 2020. Pippa Fowles/No 10 Downing Street/Handout via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s interior minister said on Saturday she was sorry if health workers felt

Coronavirus The emergence and spread of the coronavirus in Africa have been accompanied by misinformation. Since the news of Covid-19 first broke a few months ago, people all over Africa and the world, in general, have scrambled for information, this has led many to consume and spread misconceptions about the pandemic, especially in Africa. The

Africans are stranded in China after being kicked out of their houses by Chinese nationals over coronavirus fears Kenyans living in China on Friday spoke of long nights in the cold, racial discrimination in shopping malls and retail outlets and attacks on public transport in the aftermath of the coronavirus outbreak, which originated in the

Photo/Somali Times A U.S. airstrike killed 10 al-Shabaab militants in southern Somalia on Thursday, April 9, in defense of Somali National Army troops on the ground, Africa Command said. The strike came after suspected al-Shabaab militants “engaged” Somali National Army’s special Danab (Lighting) and Jubaland Security Force troops near Kobon, not far from the coastal

Employees work on a Moroccan ventilator at a factory in Casablanca following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Casablanca, Morocco April 10, 2020. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal Morocco has started manufacturing its own ventilators with oxygen masks, with 500 expected to be ready by mid-April to help meet demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the