Africa 54 - March 6, 2020

You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: At least one suicide bomber on a motorbike detonated explosives, outside the U.S. embassy in Tunisia, killing a policeman and wounding several others, according to Tunisian media. Radio Mosaique reported that there may have been a second assailant. In west-central Africa, Cameroon’s health ministry confirmed its first case of the virus on Friday, a 58-year-old French citizen, who arrived in Yaoundé on February 24th. Officials say the man is under quarantine in a city hospital and all precautions are being taken, to contain the disease. In neighboring Nigeria, health officials are intensifying their effort to contain COVID-19, after authorities announced the country's first case a week ago. Despite several monumental pushes for women's rights around the world over recent decades, activists say progress has been very slow. According to the United Nations, women continue to be undervalued, underpaid, have fewer choices and continue to experience multiple forms of violence. A54 Entertainment: Heather Maxwell features "Mi Yalta Mi Seppa," "I Went, I Came Back," by Guinea artist Tati Tati. He sings in the Fula language, which is his own personal story, of how he failed an attempt to emigrate from Guinea and suffered terribly in doing so. But then, surprisingly, he found success and happiness right at home. #Tunisia #Cameroon #Coronavirus #Nigeria #Guinea