Three soldiers killed in Burkina Faso bomb attack

Rebels have in the past used bombs to target patrol vehicles OUAGADOUGOU, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A homemade bomb killed three soldiers in north-west Burkina Faso on Sunday. The attack happened after a patrol vehicle drove over a mine in Gomboro in the Sourou province, according to Le Faso news website.…

Polls close in Mali amid coronavirus threat, security fears

Voters stand in queue at a polling station in Gao, Mali BAMAKO, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Polls have closed in Mali’s long-delayed parliamentary elections which were held despite concerns about security and the coronavirus pandemic. Sunday’s vote came hours after the violence-hit West African country announced its first coronavirus death…

Covid-19: Libya releases prisoners to contain virus spread

Libya has eight confirmed cases of coronavirus TRIPOLI, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libya has become the latest country in the Middle East to release detainees in response to Coronavirus. The internationally recognised government in Tripoli has ordered more than 400 prisoners to be freed. Saudi Arabia has ordered around 250 people…

Covid-19: Nigerian Pres Buhari imposes lockdown on Abuja; Lagos, Ogun states

President Muhammadu Buhari ABUJA, March 30 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has given his first Coronavirus address to the nation touching on a myriad of issues from containment efforts, social and economic intervention and the way forward. A major takeaway was the imposition of a lockdown on two impacted states, Lagos…

Covid-19: Donations pour in to fight coronavirus – Ghana Pres Akufo-Addo reveals

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ACCRA, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Donations have started pouring in by spirited Ghanaians both home and abroad towards the fight against the deadly coronavirus, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revealed An eight-member board has since been inaugurated by the President of Ghana for the COVID-19…

Covid-19: Things will get worse before getting better, UK PM Johnson warns

 LONDON, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The prime minister has warned that the coronavirus crisis will get worse before it gets better, in a letter being sent to every UK household. Boris Johnson, who is self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19, says stricter restrictions could be put in place if necessary.…

Covid-19: US regulator approves limited use of malaria drugs for virus

WASHINGTON, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A limited emergency-useauthorization for two antimalarial drugs touted as game-changers by President Donald Trump has been issued by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat coronavirus patients. In a statement, the US Department of Health and HumanServices detailed recent donations of medicine to a…

Covid-19: Twitter removes two Brazilian Pres Bolsonaro tweets questioning quarantine

BRASILIA, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two tweets by Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro in which he questioned quarantine measures aimed at containing the coronavirus were removed, on the grounds that they violated the social network’s rules. The far-right leader had posted several videos in which he flouted hisgovernment’s social distancing guidelines…

Covid-19: Hungary’s PM Orban seeks sweeping new powers in virus fight

BUDAPEST, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hungary’s parliament was on Monday expected to endorse a bill giving nationalist premier Viktor Orban sweeping new powers he says he needs to fight the new coronavirus pandemic. Critics at home and abroad have condemned the “anti-coronavirus defencelaw”, saying it gives Orban unnecessary and unlimited…

Update: Cruise company still searching for port for Covid-19 ship, passengers plead for help

PANAMA CITY, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Passengers on a virus-strickencruise liner entered the Panama Canal in Central America Sunday after theywere told the company was still searching for a port which will allow them to disembark, even as they pleaded for help. The Panama Canal Authority said the Zaandam liner…