[Plan International] It’s been almost 60 days since Senegal confirmed its first case of COVID-19, and the country is now under lockdown as the number of cases continue to rise at a worrying rate. The state of emergency is accompanied by a curfew from 8pm to 6am, schools have been …

[African Arguments] Public media conveys the widespread fear that ‘Africa’ will be ‘hit worst’ when the virus starts to fully spread. Conflict zones that are out of state control, marginalized areas without appropriate medical services, poverty, the feared pre-existing illnesses that render the virus more lethal seem to be on …

Si la pandémie du coronavirus n’avait qu’une seule vertu, ce serait la renaissance du débat africain qu’elle provoque à l’heure actuelle. En effet, rarement les décideurs et intellectuels africains se sont autant exprimés par voie de tribunes, d’articles, d’appels divers et variés.

[The Point] The deputy director of Health Services Dr. Mustapha Bittaye yesterday in a daily press briefing with regard to covid-19 stated that after conducting 24 tests, one came out positive, saying the country currently has two active cases.

[East African] Humanitarian agencies in Senegal are this week distributing aid as part of an early response to food shortage, which has been caused by the late onset of rainfall last year AU insurance agency, the African Risk Capacity (ARC), has announced.

[The Point] The minister of Health Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh has said that daily follow up to 99 low-risk contacts is still ongoing to ascertain manifestation of symptoms of covid-19.

[The Point] Senegalese Ministry of Health yesterday reported 64 new positive cases of covid-19, bringing the total to 735; with 284 recoveries and nine deaths.

[The Point] Health Minister Dr. Ahmad Lamin Samateh has informed that the country has only one active case of novel coronavirus (covid-19), with no probable case.

Dans une tribune adressée à Jeune Afrique, Abdoulaye Daouda Diallo, ministre des Finances du président sénégalais Macky Sall, répond aux arguments des opposants, dont son homologue béninois, à la demande d’annulation des créances institutionnelles des pays africains dans le contexte de la pandémie du Covid-19.

[RFI] The coronavirus pandemic has changed the flavour of this year’s Ramadan in Africa, home to a third of the world’s Muslim population. Between strict confinement, curfews and a ban on any public gatherings, the fasting month will be unlike most other years.