South Sudan’s Vice President has tested positive for coronavirus. Gen. Hussein Abdelbagi becomes the fourth senior official known to have gotten infected. Hussein is also the head of the country’s…
Burundi’s election commission has declared the governing party’s candidate, Evariste Ndayishimiye, as the winner of the country’s presidential election last week. The retired army general won 68.72 percent of the…
An opposition party in Burundi says 200 of its members were arrested on Election Day on Wednesday. The National Freedom Council spokesperson Terence Manirambona says the arrests continued into Thursday.…
South Sudan’s information and communication minister Michael Makuei Lueth has tested positive for coronavirus. Minister Makuei told VOA’s South Sudan in Focus that he has tested positive for the new…