Akufo-Addo, Prez Ghana ACCRA, May 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Nana Addo Danwa Akufo-Addo said discussions are ongoing between Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta and officials of the World Bank to raise more funds to deal with the effect of the COVID-19 on the local economy. Speaking during the May Day…

Most countries on the continent have put in place restrictions to prevent the spread of the virus NAIROBI, May 1 (NNN-Xinhua) — The World Health Organization (WHO) urged African countries to carry out gradual easing of anti-COVID-19 measures to avert new infections in the continent. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director…

WASHINGTON, May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The IMF approved loans worth hundreds of millions of dollars for Mali and Ethiopia to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The Washington-based crisis lender has stepped up its global financing efforts in recent weeks to help countries weather the coronavirus crisis. The IMF board granted $411…

Experts said there are comparatively fewer trials happening in Africa ABUJA, May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has outlined some of the trials going on for Covid-19 treatment and vaccination in Africa. Fifty-two countries have currently reported having positive cases of the virus, with more…

MAPUTO, May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Mozambican defence and security forces have pushed back an attack by militants against the village of Nacoba, in Metuge district, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, reports Carta de Moçambique. The newspaper says that the raiders burnt down a tourist camp used by…

Nuno Gomes Nabiam BISSAU, May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guinea Bissau’s Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam has tested positive for coronavirus, the health ministry has said. Interior Minister Botche Cande and two other ministers also have Covid-19. Nabiam said that several members of an interministerial coronavirus committee had the disease. Guinea…

KHARTOUM, May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan has criminalised female genital mutilation (FGM), making it punishable by three years in jail, a move campaigners said ushered in a “new era” for women’s rights in the African nation. Almost nine out of 10 women and girls in predominately Muslim Sudan have undergone…

KINSHASA, May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed its first cases of COVID-19 in a prison. At least four inmates have tested positive and many more are quarantined in Ndolo prison in the capital city, Kinshasa. The overcrowded prison is hosting inmates at nearly four times…