Covid-19: Somalians protest over fatal police shooting to enforce lockdown
MOGADISHU, April 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tensions flared in Somalia over the weekend, causing angry protesters to burn tires and demand…
Covid-19: Tear gas fired at mosques in Comoros for violating lockdown
MORONI, April 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Security forces in Comoros have used tear gas to disperse people who had congregated in…
Covid-19: South Africa seeks $5 bln from multilateral lenders to fight virus – Treasury official
Dondo Mogajane, director general of the National Treasury PRETORIA, April 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa is seeking 95 billion rand…
Covid-19: Cuba sends doctors to South Africa to combat coronavirus
The Cuban doctors are to be deployed to different provinces in South Africa PRETORIA/HAVANA, April 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuba sent…
Covid-19: Nigeria’s governors seek to make face masks compulsory in public
A medical health worker helps his colleague to wear his PPE LAGOS, April 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigerian state governors have…
Lesotho PM pushes back on exit deal
Thabane was assured of a secured exit in a deal struck with the coalition government MASERU, April 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…
Covid-19: US military declares virus emergency in Djibouti bases
DJIBOUTI, April 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US military has declared a public health emergency in all its installations in Djibouti…
Covid-19: Malawi police clash with prison guards demanding protection equipment
LILONGWE, April 26 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — Police in Malawi clashed with prison guards who are demanding Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs) against…
ECOWAS affirms election of Guinea-Bissau president
Umaro Sissoco Embalo ABUJA, April 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Months after Guinea-Bissau’s disputed presidential election, leaders in the West Africa bloc,…
Covid-19: Global cases near 2.9 million with 200,736 deaths
PARIS, April 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The new coronavirus has claimed at least 200,736 lives since its outbreak in China in…