On this edition of Africa 54, the United States records the most global cases of Coronavirus; The World Health Organization says countries on the African continent with weaker health systems must move aggressively to contain the spread of COVID-19; Zimbabwe launched a 21-day lockdown on Monday in an effort to slow the novel coronavirus; Mali has confirmed at least 20 cases and recorded its first death from the disease.

A54 Sports: VOA’s Anasthasie Tudieshe reports on the first Democratic Republic of Congo’s American football league.