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 216 healthcare workers to South Africa, the latest of more than 20 medical brigades it has sent worldwide to combat the coronavirus pandemic, in what some call socialist solidarity and…

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 asked President Muhammadu Buhari to approve the compulsory use of face masks in public as confirmed coronavirus cases rise. The 36 governors believe Buhari’s approval is needed to ensure a…

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) — Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane says he will not be pushed out of office until he is ready to leave.Thabane told a popular newspaper that nobody had the right to…

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 following a sharp rise of coronavirus cases in the country. Djibouti has so far recorded two deaths and 986 positive cases of the virus, with concerns that it could spread…

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 the coronavirus. The guards went on strike Thursday, saying working without PPE in the crowded prisons puts them at risk. Police used tear gas Friday to disperse protesting guards in…

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, ECOWAS, have acknowledged the victory of Umaro Sissoco Embalo. In a statement, the Economic Community of West African States said the decision followed “a thorough analysis of the political situation…

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 December, according to official sources at 1900 GMT on Saturday. More than 2,864,070 cases were registered in 193 countries and territories. Of these cases, at least 772,900 are now considered…

Covid-19: South Africa to reopen agriculture sector, allow more manufacturing, retail

JOHANNESBURG, April 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa plans to reopen its agriculture sector and allow some manufacturing and retail to resume as the country balances the need to restart economic output and curb the spread of the new coronavirus, trade minister Ebrahim Patel said. South Africa has spent a month…

Europe calls for humanitarian truce in Libya as fighting surges

BRUSSELS, April 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Italy and the EU’s top diplomat made a joint call for a humanitarian truce in Libya, saying all sides must resume peace talks. “We want to unite our voices to those of the U.N. Secretary-General (Antonio) Guterres and…

Covid-19: The different approaches to lockdowns in Africa

ACCRA, April 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) —African countries have fewer coronavirus cases than much of the world, but weaker healthcare systems do put the continent at risk. Lockdown measures can help prevent the virus spreading, yet governments have taken very different approaches to imposing restrictions on their populations. Some, like Ghana, are now…
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