Boston Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/boston/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 10 Mar 2020 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Boston Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/boston/ 32 32 African sports stars and politicians affected by COVID 19 lockdown https://jjcornish.com/2020/03/african-sports-stars-and-politicians-affected-by-covid-19-lockdown/ Tue, 10 Mar 2020 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2020/03/african-sports-stars-and-politicians-affected-by-covid-19-lockdown/ African sports stars politicians and citizens of the mountain kingdom have fallen victim to official travel bans imposed because of the coronavirus. Nine African countries have reported cases of COVID 19 with two deaths on the continent from the virus. A month-long international travel ban has been placed on Kenya’s sports stars. This particularly affects […]

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]]> African sports stars politicians and citizens of the mountain kingdom have fallen victim to official travel bans imposed because of the coronavirus.

Nine African countries have reported cases of COVID 19 with two deaths on the continent from the virus.

A month-long international travel ban has been placed on Kenya’s sports stars.

This particularly affects road runners as the lucrative European season approaches.

The current ban ends before the London and Boston marathons. So athletes like world record holder Eliud Kipchoge are hoping the scare is quickly over.

Ghana and Gabon have stopped their officials from traveling abroad until the coronavirus  all- clear is sounded.

Lesotho this week  stopped foreign travel for its citizens to avoid spreading COVID19

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