Covid-19: Ghana seeks more funds from the World Bank to fight pandemic – Pres Akufo-Addo
Akufo-Addo, Prez Ghana ACCRA, May 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Nana Addo Danwa Akufo-Addo said discussions are ongoing between Finance Minister…
Covid-19: UN launches aid flights to vulnerable developing nations
Workers loading medical supplies in a cargo aircraft chartered by the U.N. World Food Programme to help developing countries hit…
WHO urges gradual easing of COVID-19 measures in Africa to avert new infections
Most countries on the continent have put in place restrictions to prevent the spread of the virus NAIROBI, May 1…
Covid-19: IMF approves emergency virus loans for Mali, Ethiopia
WASHINGTON, May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The IMF approved loans worth hundreds of millions of dollars for Mali and Ethiopia to…
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: US, China block UN resolution in spat over WHO handling of pandemic
UNITED NATIONS, May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and China remained at loggerheads Thursday over a UN Security Council…