Covid-19 pandemic: Tracking the global outbreak

Terrorism and natural disasters cause very few deaths compared with other causes. PARIS, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Coronavirus is continuing its spread across the world, with more than 4.6 million confirmed cases in 188 countries. More than 309,000 people have lost their lives. UNITED STATES: The United States recorded 820…

Two attacks in northeast DR Congo kill 27: officials

KINSHASA, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Women and children were among at least 27 civilians murdered in two separate attacks in the troubled northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials said. The first incident, in the Ituri province, is believed to have been carried out by a notorious regional…

Sudan inflation soars to 99% as food prices rise

KHARTOUM, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Inflation in Sudan jumped to 99 percent because of rising food prices, official figures showed, more than a year after the country was rocked by protests sparked by bread price hikes. The inflation rate in April shot up from 82 percent the previous month due…

Impoverished Burundi, battered by violence and coronavirus, gears up for Wednesday elections

Burundi’s outgoing President Pierre Nkurunziza BUJUMBURA, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Burundi will have its first competitive presidential election on Wednesday May 27 since the civil war erupted in 1993, but simmering political violence and fears that campaign rallies could accelerate the spread of the coronavirus have already marred the campaign.…

Covid-19: Namibian president cuts ministers’ perks in virus fight

President Hage Geingob WINDHOEK, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Namibian president Hage Geingob announced cost-cutting measures to save up to 200 million Namibian dollars as the country battles with the impact of the novel coronavirus. So far, the virus has infected 16 people with 14 recoveries and zero deaths. It has also…

Covid-19: Eritrea officially virus-free with 100% recoveries, zero deaths

ASMARA, May 18 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Eritrea has officially declared itself virus-free after all 39 patients successfully recovered from COVID-19. A Ministry of Health statement said the 39th patient had been discharged from hospital as of Sunday. As of May 8, there were only two active cases, one of which was…

Covid-19: Madagascar records first death as COVID-ORGANIC delivered to Ghana, Nigeria

MAPUTO, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Madagascar has recorded its first coronavirus death, local media have reported. According to reports, a 57-year-old medical officer at a hospital in the city of Toamasina, died Saturday night. Taskforce spokeswoman Hanta Danielle Vololontiana disclosed in a televised statement that the victim had underlying conditions…

Somalia blast kills regional governor

MOGADISHU, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An explosion in Somalia has killed at least four people including a regional governor. The bomb blast in Galkayo is widely thought to have been detonated by militant group al-Shabaab, which is very active in the area. In recent years it has killed numerous officials…

Six Killed In Tripoli Shelling

TRIPOLI, May 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – Indiscriminate shelling on Saturday, hit a shelter for displaced civilians, and killed six people, said a local official. The bomb hit an accommodation on a university campus in Al-Farnaj area (in Tripoli), which is used to shelter displaced civilians, and the six victims were all…

Rwandan Genocide Suspect Arrested In France

PARIS, May 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – After 26 years on the run, Felicien Kabuga, alleged to have been a leading figure in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, has been arrested in Paris, France’s public prosecutor’s office and the police announced on Saturday. Kabuga, now aged 84, once one…
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