Sierra Leone reimposes curfew as Covid-19 cases rise

Sierra Leonean authorities have reintroduced an overnight curfew as part of a package of measures to fight a rising number of Covid-19 cases. The country is currently experiencing a third wave of coronavirus infections.

Plus, the latest on the kidnapping of more than 180 people in Nigeria’s Kaduna State. Gunmen on motorbikes targeted the Bethel Baptist School in the overnight raid.

And we look back at the life of influential Ethiopian philanthropist Abebech Gobena, who has passed away at the age of 85.

(Photo: A deserted street in Freetown, April 2020; Credit: Getty Images)