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Covid-19

Africa in Fact C-19 blog series: Theme 1: Leadership Style

Africa in Fact C-19 blog series: Theme 1: Leadership Style

On 28 May, Ethiopia marked the 29th anniversary of the fall of a military Marxist government in May 1991. It was also a day when the country marked its highest increase in the number of people who have contracted the COVID-19 virus since the first case was reported in March this year.

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COVID-19: When a governor believes it’s a hoax and ordinary flu

COVID-19: When a governor believes it’s a hoax and ordinary flu

As of 25 May this year, a total of 8,068 cases of COVID-19 were recorded in 34 of Nigeria’s 36 states, as well as in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Only two states had no officially recorded cases at the time: Kogi State in the country’s middle belt region and Cross River State in the south.

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Cameroon fights coronavirus with an ‘absent’ president

Cameroon fights coronavirus with an ‘absent’ president

Last Tuesday, President Paul Biya emerged from wherever he was to talk to his people in a televised address broadcast over state media. It was the first time in two months Biya was speaking on the coronavirus, even as it had killed some 140 of his compatriots.

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Covid-19

Africa in Fact C-19 blog series: Theme 1: Leadership Style

Africa in Fact C-19 blog series: Theme 1: Leadership Style

On 28 May, Ethiopia marked the 29th anniversary of the fall of a military Marxist government in May 1991. It was also a day when the country marked its highest increase in the number of people who have contracted the COVID-19 virus since the first case was reported in March this year.

read more
COVID-19: When a governor believes it’s a hoax and ordinary flu

COVID-19: When a governor believes it’s a hoax and ordinary flu

As of 25 May this year, a total of 8,068 cases of COVID-19 were recorded in 34 of Nigeria’s 36 states, as well as in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Only two states had no officially recorded cases at the time: Kogi State in the country’s middle belt region and Cross River State in the south.

read more
Cameroon fights coronavirus with an ‘absent’ president

Cameroon fights coronavirus with an ‘absent’ president

Last Tuesday, President Paul Biya emerged from wherever he was to talk to his people in a televised address broadcast over state media. It was the first time in two months Biya was speaking on the coronavirus, even as it had killed some 140 of his compatriots.

read more

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