Robert Mugabe

Many people in rural areas here continue to mingle freely, ignoring social distancing meant to curb the spread of Covid-19, as they hold traditional beer drinking parties regardless of the ongoing 21-day lockdown. This has triggered calls for traditional chiefs to impose stiff and deterrent fines on those who continue…

Australia has piled pressure on the World Health Organisation after it backed the reopening of China's wet markets despite them being the likely origin of COVID-19.The WHO last week claimed China's wet markets could be made to sell safe food with increased hygiene practices and refused to support their closure…

Government has designated local universities and other institutions of higher learning to provide temporary quarantine purposes for all returning residents, as part of efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19, as Zimbabwe intensifies measures to ensure the 21-day lockdown is a success. All returning residents into the country using both…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), now under fire for his handling of the coronavirus crisis and the organization’s pro-China stance, is no stranger to controversy. In 2017 he revoked the appointment of…

Image: Kim Alaniz, CC by 2.0 Alvin Moyo wipes droplets of sweat off his brow as the sun's seething heat seems to add to his burdens. He feels his heart skipping a beat regularly as he listens intensely for any unusual sound that may signal the arrival of soldiers and…

Motorists are evading police check points and using alternative routes into Harare's central business district (CBD) where vehicular traffic has significantly increased over the past few days despite the 21-day lockdown meant to curtail the spread of COVID-19. Yesterday's light rain showers temporarily disrupted roadblocks as some police officers, who…

Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula has appealed to Namibians to adhere to the partial lockdown as well as regulations imposed by government to fight Covid-19. Shangula yesterday encouraged individuals to take responsibility for measures, such as regular hygiene practises, self-isolation and social distancing. Shangula also announced yesterday that the number…

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, a little-known figure before the coronavirus pandemic, has risen to prominence as Director-General of the World Health Organisation which is spearheading global responses to the virus. Dr Tedros - who has never practised as a medical doctor - is a career politician who was born in what is now Eritrea, began…

by Ramya Vijaya, Stockton University; Anthony Bebbington, Clark University; Austin Sarat, Amherst College; Chipo Dendere, Wellesley College; Gisselle Vila Benites, University of Melbourne; John Shattuck, Tufts University, and Paul Friesen, University of Notre Dame Editor’s note: Emergencies like the coronavirus pandemic set the conditions for political leaders to use expansive…

Namibia has recorded two more cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 16. Health minister Kalumbi Shangula made this announcement this morning at the Covid-19 daily update. Shangula said case number 15 involve a Namibian who came into contact with an infected person who was in the…