Covid-19: IMF grants Tunisia $745m loan to combat coronavirus
Tunisian citizens gathered to claim financial aid TUNIS, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced the approval…
Covid-19: Nigeria grants amnesty to 2,600 inmates to curb spread
ABUJA, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has announced that the Federal Government has granted amnesty…
Nigeria to cut oil production
ABUJA, April 12 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Nigeria will cut its oil production by 1.9 million barrels per day, reducing its daily…
DR Congo reports new Ebola death, just days before declaring end of epidemic
KINSHASA, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The first person to contract Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo in more than 50…
Covid-19: Morocco orders public to put on face mask
RABAT, April 12 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Moroccans have been ordered to wear facial masks in a desperate attempt to curb the…
Covid-19: Libyan coronavirus hospital closes amid attacks
TRIPOLI, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libya’s UN-backed government says it has suspended activity at one of the main hospitals hospitals…
Covid-19: China must step up on Africa debt relief – Ghana’s Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta ACCRA, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China must do more to help ease the debt burden of…
Covid-19: In parts of Africa, police are accused of excess force amid lockdowns
Soldiers patrol the streets in Alexandra township, South Africa KINSHASA, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Days after DR Congo announced emergency…
Russia: Prison ablaze in Angarsk Siberia after inmates riot
The prison engulfed by flames ANGARSK (Siberia, Russia), April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A fire has engulfed large parts of a…
Covid-19: US death toll passes 20,000, highest in world as Easter opens in lockdown
WASHINGTON, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US death toll in the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak topped 20,000 on Saturday, according to…