Covid-19: Two months of lockdown will cost France €120 billion – Report
PARIS, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France’s nearly two-month-long coronavirus lockdown is expected to cost the country some €120 billion in…
Covid-19: French police clash with residents in Paris suburbs amid lockdown
PARIS, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police fought running battles in Paris’s low-income northern suburbs with residents alleging heavy-handedness by officers…
Update: Oil plunges below US$5 with traders fleeing expiring contract; some US buyers offering $2 per barrel
Oil plunged below $5 a barrel as the coronavirus pandemic ravages global economies LONDON, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Oil plunged…
Covid-19: Amnesty calls on African countries to unclog prisons
DAKAR, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities in Sub-Saharan Africa must take urgent action to protect prisoners from the Coronavirus and guarantee access…
Libya: One government soldier killed, two wounded in attack by east-based militia
TRIPOLI, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One soldier was killed and two others were wounded in a missile attack carried out…
Nigeria: Pres Buhari condemns attacks in home state
President Muhammadu Buhari ABUJA, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned a series of weekend attacks by…
Covid-19: Kenyan judges protest against reopening of courts
Chief Justice David Maraga NAIROBI, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A plan to reopen Kenyan courts that are not equipped with…
South African Airways nears collapse with plan to fire all staff
South African Airways PRETORIA, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South African Airways plans to lay off its entire workforce after failing…
Lesotho discussed ‘dignified exit’ for murder-charged prime minister Thabane
Thomas Thabane denies involvement in the 2017 murder of his estranged wife MASERU, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Following the intervention…
Covid-19: Cases rise to 22,313 in Africa – WHO
BRAZZAVILLE, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa says the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19)…