Paris, France | AFP |  France and Spain became the latest European nations to impose lockdowns, while Australia joined New Zealand in ordering self-isolation for all arrivals Sunday as the number of coronavirus infections around the world passed 150,000, with nearly 6,000 deaths. France ordered the closure of restaurants, bars, cinemas …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The family of Lowena Rachael Nankya, a senior six student of Lugazi Mixed School who was hit by a rubber on the mouth on Tuesday this week is demand compensation from government. Nankya was hit by a rubber bullet shot by anti-riot police during their …

Polokwane, South Africa | AFP |  South Africa repatriated dozens of its citizens from China on Saturday over the coronavirus, the health ministry said, the first such move by a sub-Saharan country as cases across the region continue to rise. The 114 South Africans were working and studying in Wuhan city, …

Paris, France | AFP |  The dancers gyrate and contort their bodies into sculptures made by the human body but which look distinctly other-worldly. A choreographer favoured by superstars like Madonna, Radiohead singer Thom Yorke and Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine, Damien Jalet is on a mission to reinvent …

Paris, France | AFP |  Can a single COVID-19 patient infect dozens of others? Although transmission rates in the current outbreak appear to be far lower, a variety of factors can lead to an individual infecting many. The concept of so-called “super-spreaders” — patients who typically infect far more people than …

Washington, United States | AFP |  US President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in what critics say was a long-delayed admission of the gravity of the coronavirus crisis that has triggered the shutdown of schools, sporting events, offices and travel in the world’s richest country. Trump’s declaration Friday frees up …

Mopti, Mali | AFP |  After years of ethnic massacres and unrelenting jihadist attacks, central Mali has been left a harrowed area of deserted villages and displaced people. An Islamist insurgency erupted in the north of the vast west African state in 2012, claiming thousands of military and civilian lives since. …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Health Ministry has warned Ugandans against circulating wrong information about corona virus on social media. Dr. Henry Mwebesa, the Director-General of Health Services, says as the Ministry is struggling to keep Corona virus at bay, they are also battling misinformation spreading on social media …

Conakry, Guinea | AFP | Guinea’s President Alpha Conde has set March 22 for the constitutional referendum on his proposed reforms that opponents worry will allow him to bypass term limits and stay in power. The vote, originally set for March 1 but delayed over local and international concerns about its …

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A teenager in Kayunga district has succumbed to injuries he sustained in a brawl. Sharif Bosa, a resident of Kangulumira trading center in Kangulumila Sub-county was pronounced dead at Jinja regional referral hospital emergence unit on Friday evening. Bosa was allegedly stabbed twice in the …