Dozens of construction workers in Lagos were arrested on Monday after they rioted against Covid-19 lockdown measures in Africa’s biggest city. President Muhammadu Buhari later announced a phased and gradual easing of the lockdown in key cities on May 4. In Ivory Coast, a new radio show broadcast via WhatsApp is fighting fake news. Its subscribers have the news sent straight to their phones, as our correspondents report. And finally, Ramadan started at the weekend for Senegal’s Muslims and the first Iftar meal to break the fast took place on Saturday night. Our team on the ground reports.
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