By AFP More by this AuthorJOHANNESBURGTanzania this weekend became the first African country to resume a national league suspended during March because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Runaway leaders Simba and Azam will both enjoy home advantage Sunday in the other two matches scheduled for this weekend. Spectators were permitted as the league resumed in the east African state, but the elderly, who are generally most vulnerable to the virus, and children were barred. Burundi, a tiny, landlocked country bordering Tanzania, were the only African country to continue playing top-flight football during the pandemic. Tanzania played at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt after a 39-year absence while Burundi competed for the first time.

Source: Daily Nation June 14, 2020 10:52 UTC