Covid-19: African governments team up with tech giants to fight virus fake news
A man opens the Facebook page on his computer to fact check coronavirus disease PRETORIA, April 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Governments…
Covid-19: Global cases near a million as Spain sees record deaths
MADRID, April 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Confirmed coronavirus cases approached one million around the world on Thursday as Europe reeled from…
WHO Secures Two Million USD To Contain COVID-19 Pandemic In Africa
NAIROBI, Apr 2 (NNN-KBC) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) said, it approved around 208 million Kenyan shillings (about two…
Lift sanctions on Iran, North Korea, Venezuela in coronavirus crisis: UN
GENEVA, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A UN human rights expert called for lifting international sanctions against countries ranging from Iran to…
Covid-19: UN chief calls for global “solidarity” in fight against virus
UN Secretary-General António Guterres UNITED NATIONS, April 1 (NNN-Xinhua) — United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for…
Update: As Europe reels, US braces for staggering virus death toll
WASHINGTON, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Americans were told to bracefor “very painful” weeks ahead in a worsening coronavirus pandemic projected…
Covid-19: Botswana leader announces ‘extreme lockdown’ from April 2
President Masisi also announced a relief fund and wage subsidies GABORONE, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has…
Covid-19: Westerners in East Africa face virus hostility
East African countries have banned all international arrivals in airports NAIROBI, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Panic over the global coronavirus…
Covid-19: African finance ministers seek $100b cushion against coronavirus
South African Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni PRETORIA, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — African finance ministers have appealed for a $100…
Covid-19: Kenyan boy shot dead as virus curfew enforced
Police are enforcing nightly curfews to stop coronavirus spreading NAIROBI, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenya’s police chief has ordered an…