Rising number of low-paid staff are contracting Covid-19 or leaving posts as death toll mounts

The less well-off will be the most exposed to Covid-19 infection

Succession spotlight on younger sister Kim Yo Jong

Putting up barriers to travel is proving much easier than taking them down

Donald Trump’s claims that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was source of outbreak belie scientific evidence

Pandemic is causing the biggest disruption in decades to economies across the world

The death of inflation has been exaggerated and after the pandemic we may need it

Many in Washington say Trump’s mini-deal with Beijing was a vehicle for political boasts

After months of lockdown, citizens are keen to move around but not across borders

Beijing edits European opinion piece published in Chinese state-controlled media

Factories reopen but economy still faces challenges from weak services sector

Fears over health systems prompt states to take early preventive measures

Thousands affected as many flights cancelled and airports closed because of coronavirus pandemic

A history of coffee and its role in global capitalism is fact-filled and entertaining if occasionally over-caffeinated

Urgent action needed to avoid human and economic catastrophe

The continent is facing an humanitarian and economic catastrophe, reports David Pilling

Social distancing curbs mean August vote cannot be held, says electoral commission

Instructing people to stay at home is to confine millions to cramped housing

Governments are fighting to keep the coronavirus pandemic at bay and their economies afloat

Tidjane Thiam lends voice to call for private sector to join debt moratorium 

Macron also backs calls for debt relief as he seeks to be seen as champion of continent’s interests

Africa’s biggest crude exporter seeks $7bn in emergency funds in face of imminent recession

UN official warns mass deportations risk spread of coronavirus to the region

Africans in Guangzhou evicted from hotels and had passports confiscated, officials say

Ruling sets precedent in continent where poorest fear cure could be worse than the disease

G20 agriculture ministers urge governments not to disrupt global supply chains

Reduction is second in under a month as country braces for an extended coronavirus lockdown

World leaders call for an urgent debt moratorium and unprecedented health and economic aid packages

Experience with other outbreaks could compensate for poor healthcare infrastructure

President urged to secure rescue deal as economy ‘on verge of collapse’

These governments desperately need financial breathing space to fight the pandemic

Middle-income countries plead for assistance as investors face pressure to negotiate

An attempt to solve Africa’s poverty riddle

Rwanda’s president says continent needs at least $100bn in foreign support to weather shock

Century-old agriculture lender is latest state group in need of government support

Coronavirus package aims to protect economy and fend off looming hunger crisis

Violence surges as sector faces headwinds from oil price crash and coronavirus 

Coronavirus hit to global economy depletes vital source of finance for poor nations

Ramaphosa administration wants phased reopening to limit damage to struggling economy

Five-week shutdown to be eased stage by stage according to a series of rolling levels  

Pandemic could set back the fight against malaria by 20 years, with Africa hit worst

Local drug research and joined-up thinking are needed to deliver results on the ground

Second wave of swarms expected just as farmers battle fallout from coronavirus

A self-effacing intellectual who rose to the very centre of power

Continent has limited confirmed virus fatalities but experts warn it is too early to draw conclusions

Plea for increased humanitarian help has gone unanswered and funding is set to be cut further

Leaders acted swiftly as they watched richer countries’ health systems crumple

IMF and other international institutions cannot lend to Harare because of debt arrears

Secret burials, overflowing hospitals and dead MPs, as president takes refuge in home village

Use of community health workers to identify cases draws heavily on experience battling tuberculosis and HIV