Covid-19: WHO warns against a surge in fake medicines

Counterfeit antimalarial drugs discovered in circulation in the DRC GENEVA, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Growing numbers of fake medicines linked to coronavirus are on sale in developing countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. The WHO said taking these drugs could have “serious side effects”. One expert warned of…

Covid-19: Woman aged 107 becomes world’s oldest person to survive coronavirus

Cornelia Ras on her 107th birthday, one day before she fell ill with coronavirus on March 17  AMSTERDAM, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 107-year old Dutch woman has recovered from the coronavirus, probably becoming the oldest survivor of the pandemic in the world.Cornelia Ras fell ill on March 17, the…

Armed group robs Mexican gold mine, flees in plane

MEXICO CITY, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An armed group stormed a gold mine in northern Mexico and stole bars of gold and silver alloy before fleeing in a light aircraft, mine operator Minas de Oro Nacional said. Minas de Oro Nacional, a subsidiary of Canadian firm Alamos Gold Inc., said…

Covid-19, oil fall threaten Nigeria’s economy – IMF

ABUJA, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that Nigeria’s economy is being threatened by the twin shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated sharp fall in international oil prices.According to the Fund, Nigeria’s government has, thus, applied to the Bretton Wood Institution for financing…

Covid-19: Mozambique riots over motorcycle taxi ban over virus scare

MAPUTO, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rioting broke out in the Mozambican port city of Nacala after the authorities tried to ban motorcycle taxis over Covid-19 scare, according to a local media report. The justification for the Wednesday ban is that the close proximity between the cyclist and his passenger facilitates…

Sudan court upholds ex-President Bashir’s corruption conviction

Omar al-Bashir KHARTOUM, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan’s ousted President Omar al-Bashir lost an appeal against a sentence of two years in detention for corruption, his lawyer said. “The appeals court upheld the conviction but we will file an appeal in the supreme court because we’re fully convinced there is…

Chad kills 1,000 militants and clears lake hideouts – army

Army spokesman Col Azem Agouna said 52 Chadian soldiers were killed during the six-day battle, known as Bohoma’s Anger N’DJAMENA, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Chad says it has killed 1,000 jihadists in an operation in the Lake Chad area against the militant group Boko Haram. President Idriss Deby has visited…

Covid-19: Botswana’s entire parliament quarantined after coronavirus scare

President of Botswana Mokgweetsi Masisi GABORONE, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — All Botswana’s parliamentarians including President Mokgweetsi Masisi will be quarantined for 14 days and tested for the new coronavirus, after a health worker screening lawmakers for the virus herself tested positive.The health worker had checked the temperatures of some of…

Covid-19: Some African countries heading for peak in cases in weeks – WHO official

WHO Regional Director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti NAIROBI, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Some African countries could see a peak in coronavirus cases in the coming weeks, and testing should be urgently increased in the region, World Health Organization (WHO) officials said. “During the last four days we can see that…

Covid-19: Ghana’s Pres Akufo-Addo extends lockdown by one week

play videoPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ACCRA, April 10 (NNN-GNA) — The Ghana government has extended the lockdown imposed on Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi by one more week from Monday, April 13. In his sixth televised address to the nation, the President said, although the efforts have been successful,…