Schools reopen in Namibia after months

ANKARA Schools reopened in most parts of Namibia on Monday after months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Standing operating procedures (SOPs) have been sent to the school as to what to do and how to work closely with the Health Ministry,” Namibian Sun local daily quoted Executive Director of the Education Ministry Sanet…

Uganda to use digital recognition to avoid bogus voting

KAMPALA, Uganda To eliminate bogus and multiple registrations of voters, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Monday proposed to put in place a digital identification system in the next elections. While addressing a function in the capital Kampala where he handed over 1,000 motorcycles to ruling party sub-county chiefs, Museveni said arrangements are being made to…

COVID-19 cases near 1.3M in Africa

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia The number of people who have contracted the novel coronavirus in Africa has reached 1.29 million, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday. At least 31,283 people have died of the virus across the continent, while over a million patients have recovered, it said in its daily update.…