Employees at a ventilator factory in Casablanca RABAT, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Morocco has started manufacturing its own ventilators with oxygen masks, with 500 expected to be ready by mid-April to help meet demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Industry Ministry said. The North African kingdom has confirmed 1,431…

Health officials in South Africa prepare to do a Covid-19 swab test PRETORIA, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa is rolling out mass testing of the population in a bid to arrest the rising number of coronavirus infections. The WHO has in the past weeks cautioned that African governments were…

KIGALI, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rwanda National Police (RNP) announced the usage of drones to further raise awareness of the Coronavirus pandemic in local communities.“We have added drones to our methods of raising awareness about COVID-19,” reads part of the announcement on Twitter.The development comes after the country records a total of…

GABORONE, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Several MPs in Botswana have been caught breaking their self-isolation instructions and have now been placed in supervised quarantine.On Thursday, all parliamentarians and President Mokgweetsi Masisi were asked to quarantine for 14 days after a health worker who had been screening them for the coronavirus…

KINSHASA, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Democratic Republic of Congo recorded a second Ebola death in days following more than six weeks without a new case, the World Health Organization said.The victim was an 11-month-old girl linked to an Ebola death reported on Friday in the city of Beni, it said.Congo…

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…