Africa

Covid-19: WHO donates PPEs to Ghana’s Health Ministry

ACCRA, March 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organisation (WHO), on Thursday, presented about 21,080 pieces of Personal Protective Equipment…

Covid-19: Ghana sends SOS cash requests to IMF

Ken Ofori-Atta, Finance Minister WASHINGTON/ACCRA, March 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revealed that the Ghana government,…

Covid-19: Zimbabwean doctors, customs officials down tools over coronavirus fears

A staff member at the Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare HARARE, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At a time when other countries…

New locust swarms invade farms in Kenya

NAIROBI, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Farmers in Kenya’s South Rift region are grappling with new swarms of desert locusts.They are…

Sudan’s defence minister dies of heart attack in South Sudan while attending peace talks

Lt-Gen Jamal Omar reportedly died of heart attack JUBA, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan’s defence minister, General Gamal al-Din Omar,…

Covid-19: Ethiopia freeing 4,000 inmates in Coronavirus battle

ADDIS ABABA, Marc h 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 4,000 prisoners will be released in Ethiopia as the government continues…

Covid-19: Rwandan who breached lockdown to go fishing ‘killed by crocodile’

Crocodiles live in most rivers in Rwanda KIGALI, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A man in Rwanda who breached the ongoing…

Covid-19: DR Congo president’s aide dies of virus, country’s third death

Jean-Joseph Mukendi wa Mulumba KINSHASA, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The third person to die of Covid-19 complications in the Democratic…

Covid-19: Nigerian army prepares for lockdown, mass burials as top govt officials tested positive

ABUJA, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Nigerian Army is preparing to forcibly transfer the sick to hospital and enforce curbs…

Boko Haram kill 92 Chadian soldiers in ‘deadliest attack’

Chadian soldiers have been fighting Boko Haram insurgency since 2015 N’DJAMENA, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The president of Chad says…