How coronavirus is changing funerals amid lockdown

For a long time, funerals were sad occasions where many people congregated to bid farewell to a loved one and some vigils would take days.
 Africans in China
Africans in China face eviction, discrimination - Report
Kenyans in China are asking the government to assist them return home after a surge in racial discrimination against Africans.
Coronavirus could push half a billion people into poverty
Coronavirus could push half a billion people into poverty
The economic fallout from the coronavirus could increase global poverty by as much a half a billion.
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Chad kills 1,000 jihadists and clears lake hideouts - army
Chad says it has killed 1,000 jihadists in an operation in the Lake Chad area against the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.
Nigerians struggle as lockdown hits supply chains
Coronavirus: Nigerians struggle as lockdown hits supply chains
At a market on the outskirts of Nigeria’s megacity Lagos, yam trader Olatunji Okesanya is scrambling for produce as measures to halt the coronavirus cut him off from suppliers.
Abebe Haile-Gabriel, Assistant Director-General, FAO
Now is the time to show true African Solidarity: Reflections on coronavirus
These are unprecedented times. The pandemic of such magnitude and global scale has affected each member of this generation with countries around the world hoisting their resources to downscale the massive repercussions brought about by COVID-19.
Botswana is on a 28-day lockdown
Botswana quarantines all MPs amid coronavirus fears
Botswana's 57 MPs will be put in mandatory quarantine for 14 days after a parliamentary nurse tested positive for Covid-19, the respiratory illness caused by coronavirus.
 Cameroon’s President, Paul Biya
Cameroonians looking for missing president amid coronavirus crisis
Cameroon’s aged president is coming under fire for his absence from the national stage as the central African country faces a burgeoning coronavirus crisis.
Cocoa
Ghana set for US$1bn cocoa revenue shortfall
Ghana’s cocoa revenue will experience a shortfall of US$1 billion as the Coronavirus pandemic has caused a decline in cocoa price on the world market.
 President Alpha Conde
Guinea announces free electricity, water, transport and suspends payment of rent amid lockdown
The Guinean government has announced incentive packages aimed at making the country’s citizens comfortable as they observe a lockdown following the outbreak of COVID-19 in that country.
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