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[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

Media briefing on #COVID19 with @DrTedros. #coronavirus https://t.co/SBjaRtl0dh

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

Today, I shared an update on the global ceasefire appeal the @UN issued 10 days ago.

We need to do everything possible to find the peace & unity our world desperately needs to battle #COVID19.

To silence the guns, we must raise the voices for peace.

https://t.co/cXJgZpLGeg

[The Presidency 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA]

PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS THE NATION

President Cyril Ramaphosa will today, 9 April 2020 address the nation on the continuing efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus. #COVID19

[#BreakingNews @Afripost]

Amid fears surrounding the #COVID19 we urge our readers & followers to follow updates & guidelines been provided by @WHO & your national governments. This is not the time for panic. We are in this together. Be safe. Help stop the spread of #CoronavirusOutbreak

[#BreakingNews @Afripost]

The new #MissUniverse2019 is... SOUTH AFRICA's 🇿🇦 #ZozibiniTunzi RT @MissUniverse

[The Presidency 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA]

His Excellency President @CyrilRamaphosa welcomes the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari to the Republic of South Africa upon his arrival at the Nelson Mandela Amphitheater in the Union Buildings for during a State Visit. #NigeriaInSA 🇳🇬

[#BreakingNews @Afripost]

JUST IN: Tribunal upholds Ganduje’s victory, dismisses PDP’s petition https://t.co/eC2vDlIZpF via @Afripost

[Sishuwa Sishuwa @ssishuwa]

KBF supported Lungu to sycophantic levels, opposed those who defended truth and justice (e.g. Linda Kasonde) and attacked Guy Scott for being white. He now thinks he’s what #Zambia needs to prosper? Oh, please! We know better who KBF is and has done than what he cares to tell us!

[EFCC Nigeria @officialEFCC]

Yahoo-yahoo boy goes to jail for $35,000 fraud >> https://t.co/HFHb3oZPYz

[African Development Bank Group @AfDB_Group]

"I am at the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation Summit in #China where the Chinese President Xi Jinping just announced, in a rousing speech, a new $60 billion support for #Africa. This is very significant", says the Bank's President @akin_adesina. https://t.co/bihXS4KO5Z #FOCAC

[The Intercept @theintercept]

Documents obtained by The Intercept indicate that the FBI surveilled Black Lives Matter activists — and that the @DHSgov drafted a mysterious “race paper.” https://t.co/LmNiLI4S2E

[The Namibian @TheNamibian]

HEAVENS OPEN ... Most parts of Windhoek experienced sudden heavy but shortlasting rainfall yesterday afternoon.

[The Namibian @TheNamibian]

#Weekender British photographer Christopher Rimmer spent two years documenting some of Africa's last remaining tribes where age-old traditions are still maintained – despite the unrelenting advance of modernity. https://t.co/EP1emn0FM5

[Chainga @Chaingaz]

#Meanwhile, "the Zambian digital migration deal is the most expensive in Africa costing government a whopping $282 million. #Botswana has spent $18 million while #SouthAfrica, with a bigger population and geographical orientation, spent $78 million."

[Eyewitness News @ewnupdates]

Report: Moyane refuses to resign after Ramaphosa’s request https://t.co/kbqUmPhqNl

[Tony O. Elumelu, CFR @TonyOElumelu]

Road to #TEF2018 reviewing the second stage of screened applications this year. Very impressive representation from East Africa and from women entrepreneurs. Excited to announce all the winners this Thursday @TonyElumeluFDN

[The Presidency 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA]

Opening Address by President Jacob Zuma at the 91st Zambian Agricultural and Commercial Show in Lusaka, Zambia. https://t.co/t01DtGxeoO

[Presidency Nigeria @NGRPresident]

PHOTOS: Acting President @ProfOsinbajo today during the ceremony to mark Eid El-Fitr at his Residence in Abuja #EidMubarak

[Economic Freedom Fighters @EFFSouthAfrica]

EFF Statement On Gupta's Spying On CIC Julius Malema #GuptaSpy

Link: https://t.co/0f7CpFcPkQ

[Government of Nigeria @NigeriaGov]

10 Things You Should Know About #Budget2017 Signed by Acting President @ProfOsinbajo on Monday, June 12, 2017 https://t.co/rMNxJ18DQZ