With Covid-19 cases in the country still at a low 71 on 27 May, Angola moved from three consecutive states of emergency into a less restricted “state of calamity” that will be in effect from 26 May to 9 June 2020. With only 10 000 tests completed, the real number of cases is likely far …
Threatening the stability of the northern most province, Cabo Delgado, attacks led by the Ahl al-Sunnah wa-al-Jama’ah, also known as Ansar al-Sunna, first broke out in the province in October 2017, with the death toll reaching 1 100 by 25 April 2020. Attacks have intensified, as insurgents have captured important towns, destroyed government infrastructure and …
While President Edgar Lungu has now instituted only limited restrictive measures in response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic that has seen many other African countries institute strict lockdowns, on 11 May, Zambia closed its joint border with neighbouring Tanzania. With Tanzania home to 509 cases, the move came as the Zambian border town of Nakonde …
As South Africa’s confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19) cases hit 8 232 on 7 May, South Africa’s mining sector had been back at work for almost a week as it ramped up production under Level 4 lockdown restrictions which took effect on 1 May. With the Minerals Council of South Africa (MCSA) reporting 9 cases of Covid-19 …
Cooperation and coordination between governments are vital in combating the spread of an epidemic and in ensuring that its impact on the regional economy and citizen livelihoods are mitigated. Lucky, then, that the Southern African region has an organisation tasked to do just that – in theory. In April 2020, the Southern African Development Community …
With only the Comoros and Lesotho yet to record any cases of Covid-19, it is clear that Africa is now firmly in the grip of the pandemic with South Africa registering the most cases (2 506[1]), while being lauded for its rapid action lockdown that took effect on 27 March 2020 and has been extended to …
As the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic affects the majority of countries in Africa, militant terrorist groups on the continent have continued to launch major attacks, raising concerns that the growing pandemic might create an attention vacuum that will present an unrivalled opportunity for these groups. In the past month, major terrorist attacks have been recorded in …
With 6 681 confirmed coronavirus cases in 50 of 54 African countries as at 2 April 2020, concerns are growing about the virus’s potential spread with various unique drivers and challenges set to fuel the contagion. With only four countries yet to confirm a Covid-19 case (Comoros, Lesotho, São Tomé and Principe, and South Sudan), South …
On 5 March 2020 health officials confirmed South Africa’s first case of the Covid-19 type coronavirus which is threatening a global pandemic. On 9 March 2020, authorities confirmed four more cases, bringing the total confirmed cases to seven. The virus was first detected in Wuhan, China, at the end of December 2019 but has subsequently …
On 29 February 2020, at least two people were killed in a suspected jihadist insurgent attack in Pemba in what is believed to be the first such incident within the city itself in the two-year Islamist insurgency in northern Mozambique. The ongoing insurgency, which has predominantly occurred in the northern areas of Cabo Delgado province, …