MOGADISHU, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The justice minister of Somalia’s autonomous Hirshabelle state, Khalif Mumin Tohow, has died after contracting the Novel Coronavirus, the second recorded death in the country.Tohow died on Sunday in Mogadishu’s Martini hospital a day after he tested positive for COVID-19 in the town of Jowhar, the…

Tunisian citizens gathered to claim financial aid TUNIS, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced the approval of a 745-million-dollar loan to help Tunisia cope with the economic crisis arising from coronavirus pandemic.According to the IMF, the North African country’s economy is expected to contract by 4.3…

ABUJA, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has announced that the Federal Government has granted amnesty to 2,600 inmates. A statement on social media revealed that the “amnesty will not apply to inmates sentenced for violent extreme offences”. This is parts of efforts by the Federal…

ABUJA, April 12 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Nigeria will cut its oil production by 1.9 million barrels per day, reducing its daily crude oil production to 1,412 million barrels. Abuja is hoping for a $15 rebound in the price per barrel in the short term. This rebound that could bring at least…

KINSHASA, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The first person to contract Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo in more than 50 days has died, the government said, ending hopes that the second worst outbreak of the disease in history might be over. The Central African country planned to declare an end…

RABAT, April 12 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Moroccans have been ordered to wear facial masks in a desperate attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The order was given by the Kingdom to enforce a national state of health emergency. “We are extremely happy and proud today to tell you that…

TRIPOLI, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libya’s UN-backed government says it has suspended activity at one of the main hospitals hospitals in the capital, Tripoli, which has been repeatedly targeted in bombardments. The health authorities said the al-Khadra hospital was hit again on Thursday – the third such strike in a…

Soldiers patrol the streets in Alexandra township, South Africa KINSHASA, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Days after DR Congo announced emergency restrictions to curb the new coronavirus, a police video started circulating online showing an officer in the capital beating a taxi driver for violating a one-passenger limit. The driver pleads…