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 on movement to try to shield the country from coronavirus, and is leasing equipment for “possible mass burial”, according to an army memo. The memo from Army headquarters also outlines…

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 92 soldiers have been killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants.President Idriss Deby said the attack early on Monday was the deadliest yet in the five-year campaign by the…

Five killed in IED attack near Somali-Kenyan border

MOGADISHU, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least five people were killed, including a district commissioner, when an improvised explosive device targeted their vehicle near the Somali-Kenyan border Wednesday.Guled Abdirahman, a police official in Lower Juba region, said that the roadside bombing also wounded several others.“A landmine targeted a vehicle carrying…

Covid-19 arrives in Libya with first case as battles escalate around capital Tripoli

TRIPOLI, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Intense bombardment shook Tripoli as new battles erupted around the capital hours after Libya reported its first case of coronavirus and despite United Nations calls for ceasefires around the world during the epidemic. Residents of the Libyan capital, the seat of the internationally recognised Government…

Covid-19: Ugandan baby diagnosed with virus

File photo KAMPALA, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An eight-month-old baby in Uganda, whose father recently travelled back from Kenya’s western city of Kisumu, has tested positive for coronavirus.The baby girl is one of five new cases detected in Uganda.According to health officials, she is being treated at Iganga hospital some…

Covid-19: IMF to make US$50 billion available for Sub-Saharan Africa

The International Monetary Fund WASHINGTON, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The International Monetary Fund will provide $50 billion in emergency facilities to countries in sub-Saharan Africa by early April to mitigate the economic shocks of the Coronavirus, including US$10 billion in concessional loans for low-income countries.“Our member countries need us more than…

Covid-19: More than 3 billion told to stay home worldwide as death toll passes 20,000

PARIS, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than three billion people have been asked to stay at home in almost 70 countries and territories as governments battle the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe. Most of the countries concerned, including Argentina, Britain, France, India and Italy as well as many US states,…

Covid-19: Panic buying triggers price hikes for essentials in Zimbabwe as virus claims first life

HARARE, March 25 (NNN-XINHUA) — With demand far outstripping supply, prices for essential products needed to contain the spread of COVID-19 are on the rise as the virus takes its first life in Zimbabwe. In most supermarkets at the capital Harare, face masks and sanitizers were in acute short supply,…

Covid-19: Germany loses six million face masks in Kenya

BERLIN, March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — German customs officials are attempting to track down about 6 million face masks ordered to protect health workers from the coronavirus which went missing at an airport in Kenya. “The authorities are trying to find out what happened,” said a defence ministry spokeswoman, confirming a…

Covid-19: South Africa’s cases surge to 554 amid imminent national lockdown

SOUTH AFRICAN PRES CYRIL RAMAPHOSA CAPE TOWN, March 25 (NNN-XINHUA) — South Africa’s coronavirus cases surged to 554 on Tuesday amid an imminent national lockdown, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said. This was an increase of 152 from Monday’s announcement, the highest rise in a single day since the country reported…
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