Author: Gbenga Aborowa

Zimbabwe imposed its lockdown on March 30 and has recorded 44 confirmed coronavirus cases and four related deaths.

The military also found 10 explosive devices, four explosive belts, several rifles and ammunition as well as various mobile phones and walkie-talkies as a result of the operation.

The party will also file court papers challenging the constitutionality of having no parliamentary oversight inscribed in the Disaster Management Act, local media reports said.

The announcement comes just days before Burundians go to the polls on May 20 to choose a new president, parliamentarians and local officials.

“We will immediately begin a process of consultation with relevant stakeholders on the proposal that, by the end of May, most of the country should be placed on alert level three,” Ramaphosa said in a televised address.

The violence prompted authorities to launch an investigation, official SUNA news agency reported.

The move is intended to allow some categories of flight movements amid growing demand for the service, Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) Director General, Hamza Johari told reporters on Monday.

The unrests in the last two weeks commenced with a riot in the maximum prison in Freetown, which claimed 12 lives. Then there were riots in at least two other districts, amidst conflicting reports about the number of deaths. President Bio blamed opposition APC for the unrest.

Anselme Amoussou, general secretary of one of the country’s largest labour organisation, said testing remained “insufficient”.

South Africa’s Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Wednesday said Madagascar had reached out for “help” with scientific research. “Our scientists would be able to assist with this research,” Mkhize tweeted.