Iran allows prayer gatherings in areas seen as low coronavirus risk
Friday prayer gatherings resumed in up to 180 Iranian cities and towns seen as only at low risk of coronavirus contagion after a two-month suspension, state media reported.
Kuwait imposes 20-day ‘total curfew’ from May 10 to curb coronavirus
Kuwait will enact a “total curfew” from 4pm (1300 GMT) on Sunday through to May 30 to help to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, its cabinet said in a statement on Friday.
Ethiopia jails former minister for corruption
An Ethiopian court on Friday convicted a former cabinet minister on corruption charges and sentenced him to six years in prison.
Ethiopia convicts former government minister for corruption
An Ethiopian court convicted a former cabinet minister on corruption charges on Friday and sentenced him to six years in prison.
Malawi court upholds ruling annulling Mutharika’s election win
Malawi’s Supreme Court on Friday in a unanimous decision upheld an earlier court ruling that annulled President Peter Mutharika’s narrow election victory last year.
Prominent Beirut university faces fight of its life as crises hit
One of the Arab world’s oldest universities faces its worst crisis since its foundation, with huge losses, staff cuts and an uphill battle to stay afloat as Lebanon’s economic meltdown and the coronavirus pandemic hit revenues.
South Africa to parole 19,000 prisoners to curb coronavirus
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday thousands of low-risk prisoners would be granted parole to help curb the spread of the coronavirus in correctional facilities.
Trump: ‘I know nothing’ about Venezuela incursion
President Donald Trump on Friday again said the U.S. government was not behind a bungled incursion into Venezuela this week, allegedly to overthrow President Nicolas Maduro, saying in a Fox News interview he would not rely on a small group for such an …
Malta pulls out of new EU Libya sea patrols in migration row
Malta told its European Union partners on Friday it would no longer take part in a new Mediterranean mission to stop more arms reach warring factions in Libya, just four days after the naval and air operation began patrols.
Ugandan hospital, Somali town washed away by East Africa floods
Flooding washed away roads, bridges and a hospital in Uganda and an entire small town in Somalia as torrential rain across East Africa compounded problems for governments struggling to respond to the new coronavirus.
