Two people are facing attempted murder charges after allegedly refusing to go into quarantine in South Africa, it has emerged. One of them is a tourist who tested positive for coronavirus while staying in the Kruger National Park but is accused of ignoring orders to self-isolate in his lodge, South African …

The Electoral Commission has been compelled to withdraw a Constitutional Instrument it laid in parliament two weeks ago. The CI which was was expected to give legal backing to the commission to compile a new register had defects which were highlighted at a meeting between the EC and the subsidiary …

A Walvis Bay teenager allegedly committed suicide on Monday evening after leaving a note saying she has been living with a burden for four years. According to the family of 15-year-old Frieda Dhiginina Mapowe, she seemed to be in good spirits and going about her daily chores that day. However, …

Kenyan media report that a woman who was being quarantined in the western city of Nakuru has taken her own life. Health workers found her dead at the Kenya Industrial Training Institute facility where she was being held, having apparently hung herself, local media say. Local government officials also state …

Two people have died as a result of Coronavirus (COVID-19), says the Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize. “This morning, we wake South Africans up with sad news that we now have our first deaths resulting from COVID-19,” Mkhize said in a statement on Friday. The deaths occurred in the …

Bishop Sam Zuga of house of Joy ministry, the founder of both Samzuga free medical treatment and Samzuga international has offered to treat anyone with coronavirus free of charge and also said, “anyone with corona virus should be referred to him for treatment” Speaking at the healing crusade organised to …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he feels vindicated by the decision to mandatorily quarantine travellers who flew into the country when he issued a directive to shutdown Ghana’s borders. According to him, the overwhelming number of coronavirus cases that Ghana has recorded are all imported into the country by people who …

The founder and leader of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) Pastor Mensa Otabil has said the COVID-19 pandemic is not God’s judgment on the human race as some Christians are speculating. In an attempt to explain the sudden global pandemic that has ravished the world, some people are of …

In our series of letters from African writers, journalist and former Ghana government minister Elizabeth Ohene writes about the dramatic impact coronavirus is having on life in her country and beyond. If anyone had any doubt about just how serious the Covid-19 outbreak is, we now have proof positive, we …

Former Asante Kotoko Coach Kjetil Zachariassen says he is ready to work with any Ghana Premier League club except the Porcupine Warriors. The gaffer is currently unemployed since he was sacked by Kotoko last year. “Am ready for any club that is ready for my signature but excluding Kotoko”, the …