Kindly Share This Story:The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in South Africa has topped 10,000, including 194 fatalities, Health Minister Zwelini Mkhize announced on Sunday. “As of today, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa is 10,015, the minister said in a statement. “We note with concern that the Western Cape and Eastern Cape combined comprises 84 percent of the total new cases,” Mkhize added. The South Africa death toll of 194 is an increase of eight on the previous coronavirus figure. South Africa is the worst-hit country by the coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa. Since May 1 the government has gradually eased the confinement measures put n place in late March to stem the spread of the virus. Coronavirus or not, African migrants push on toward Europe Many Africans are managing to evade coronavirus lockdown barriers in Niger, the Sahel’s migrant crossroads, as they press on with their perilous desert trek to the Mediterranean Sea and ultimately Europe. The migrant flow has slowed down but not dried up despite tight checks in the capital Niamey, and an increase of desert security patrols that have detained hundreds of people as desperate as ever to reach Europe, officials and…