Covid-19: France offers subsidy to tempt people to cycle after lockdown end
French President, Emmanuel Macron PARIS, May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France is encouraging people to cycle to keep pollution levels low…
Covid-19: Russian PM Mishustin tests positive for virus
File photo of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin during a government meeting in Moscow in January. His announcement of being…
Covid-19: Experts reveal African trial details
Experts said there are comparatively fewer trials happening in Africa ABUJA, May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Africa Centre for Disease…
Mozambique forces ‘push back militant attack’ as lockdown extended by a month
MAPUTO, May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Mozambican defence and security forces have pushed back an attack by militants against the…
Covid-19: Guinea Bissau PM and three ministers tests positive for coronavirus
Nuno Gomes Nabiam BISSAU, May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guinea Bissau’s Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam has tested positive for coronavirus,…
Sudan makes female genital cutting a crime in ‘new era’ for women’s rights
KHARTOUM, May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan has criminalised female genital mutilation (FGM), making it punishable by three years in jail,…
Covid-19: First four positive cases confirmed in DR Congo prison; many inmates quarantined
KINSHASA, May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed its first cases of COVID-19 in a prison.…
Covid-19: ADB approves $100m for Bangladesh to meet urgent public health needs
DHAKA, May 1 (NNN-BSS) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a $100 million loan to support Bangladesh in its…
Covid-19: India’s death toll rises to 1,074; cases 33,050
NEW DELHI, May 1 (NNN-PTI) — The death toll due to the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 1,074 after 66…
Covid-19: Japan to extend state of emergency over virus – reports
TOKYO, May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe islikely to extend a nationwide state of emergency imposed over…