In Senegal, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, the distribution of food began in the town of Pikine, in the suburbs of the capital. The authorities provide 5,000 tonnes of rice, 10,000 liters of oil or soap to assist a million households. The report of our correspondents in this edition.

We will also go to Cape Town, South Africa, where the poor have risen since the start of containment. Demonstrations are regular in the province. This Tuesday, a section of highway was closed to the public following numerous stone throwing. These demonstrations are often accompanied by commercial looting.

Finally in Cameroon, who in power or in opposition will be the most generous in the fight against the Covid-19? The war between the two parties is engaged, and the opponent Maurice Kamto seems to have lost a battle. A fundraising operation initiated by his party was deemed illegal by the government, which ordered the closure of an account housed at Orange Cameroon.

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