Covid-19: UN makes new appeal to fund virus response
UNITED NATIONS, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations has appealed for a further $4.7bn in funding to “protect millions…
Covid-19: West African countries on alert for child labour spike due to coronavirus
Children are at risk of child labour in Ivory Coast and Ghana ABIDJAN, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ivory Coast and…
Covid-19: Nearly 1 in 5 US children left hungry since virus crisis – study
WASHINGTON, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nearly a fifth of young children in the United States are not getting enough to…
Covid-19: Russian Pres Putin warns against hurrying to lift restrictions
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with regional heads via a video link MOSCOW, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President…
Covid-19: Germany eases lockdown as Chancellor Merkel hails end of pandemic first phase
BERLIN, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Chancellor Angela Merkel announced steps to ease the coronavirus lockdown, saying the first phase of…
Covid-19: Uganda starts easing one of Africa’s strictest lockdowns
President Yoweri Museveni KAMPALA, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Uganda began to loosen one of Africa’s strictest anti-coronavirus lockdowns after President…
South Africa ‘virtual safaris’ liven up lockdown with jackals and leopard cubs
A leopard sits in the grass in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, JOHANNESBURG, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Most visitors…
Kenya urges Somalia to speedily investigate fatal plane crash
Security personnel at the crash site of a private cargo plane belonging to African Express Airways in Bardale, southern Bay…
Ivory Coast PM to spend weeks in France on medical rest after heart exam
Gon Coulibaly is the governing party candidate in October’s presidential election ABIDJAN, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ivory Coast Prime Minister…
Covid-19: Kenya, Uganda latest to receive IMF help against pandemic
WASHINGTON, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The IMF approved a $739 million emergency loan for Kenya and $491.5 million for Uganda,…