
Botswana Parliament in quarantine
MPs have been put in quarantine after a visiting health worker tested positive for COVID
MPs have been put in quarantine after a visiting health worker tested positive for COVID
East Africa faces further problems. As if the Coronavirus pandemic wasn't enough, yet another swarm of locusts has descended on the region. Millions of more people are now threatened with hunger. What plan does the Food and Agricultural Organisation have?
We bring you an interview with top Nigerian songwriter and producer Cobhams Emmanuel Asuquo, who's lent his talents to the fight against COVID19
(Photo: Military Police officers checks the travel permits of travellers at a roadblock in Gaborone on April 5, 2020 during the third day of the state of emergency in Botswana. Credit: MONIRUL BHUIYAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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