Five Rwandan soldiers have been arrested after residents of a slum in the capital, Kigali, alleged that they raped women as they enforced a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19, the army has said.
The authorities in Burundi have blocked humanitarian aid to people in Covid-19 quarantine sites across the country, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Amnesty International in Nigeria is urging state security agencies not to “abuse their powers†when it comes to enforcing movement restrictions across the country.
African countries are experiencing a rise in the number of new coronavirus cases, and many governments there are now enforcing strict social distancing measures.
Burundi and Sierra Leone, which were part of a handful of African countries yet to confirm cases of the coronavirus, have recorded their first positive results.
The Russian parliament has approved an “anti-virus†package of laws including up to seven years in prison for serious violations of quarantine rules.
Kenya’s police chief has ordered an investigation into the death of a 13-year-old boy said to have been shot on Monday evening as police enforced a curfew.
Spain’s coronavirus death toll rose by 849 cases overnight to 8,189, the highest jump in fatalities since the start of the epidemic, the health ministry said.
