Month: April 2020
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Nigeria
Nigeria: At Least 47 Pople Killed In Armed Attacks In Northwestern State Of Katsina
Gunmen killed at least 47 people in attacks on villages in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Katsina in the early hours…
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Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa Extends Lockdown By Two Weeks
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Sunday announced that the government has decided to extend the lockdown by two weeks to…
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Malawi
Malawi High Court Blocks President Peter Mutharika’s 21-Day Lockdown Order
Malawi High Court on Friday blocked the government’s 21-day lockdown order that was meant to contain the spread of the…
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Kenya
Kenya: President Uhuru Kenyatta Confirms Number Of Coronavirus Cases Reach 234
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday announced the number of people infected with coronavirus in the country has reached 234…
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Health
WHO Official Forecasts Africa May See Millions Of Coronavirus Cases In Coming Months
A regional World Health Organization (WHO) official on Thursday said the number of coronavirus cases in Africa is likely expected…
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Nigeria
Nigeria: Human Rights Body Says Security Forces Kill More Nigerians Than Covid-19
Nigeria’s human rights body has pointed out that the security forces have killed at least 18 people in eight separate…
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Malawi
Malawi: President Peter Mutharika Announces Three Week Coronavirus Lockdown
Malawi has become the latest South African country to announce a three-week lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, reported…
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Libya
Libya: GNA’s Fayez Al-Sarraj Says No Negotiation Talks With LNA Head Khalifa Haftar
Fayez al-Sarraj, the head of Libya’s UN-recognised government, has said that there is no chance of any negotiation talks with…
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World
U.S. President Trump’s Move To Halt WHO’s Funding Condemned By Global Leaders
The United States President Donald Trump’s move to stop funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the…
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Botswana
Botswana: All Cabinet Members Agree 10% Pay Cut To Support Coronavirus Relief Fund
The Botswana government on Tuesday announced all the cabinet members have agreed to donate 10% of their salaries towards the…
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Uganda
Uganda: President Yoweri Museveni Extends Lockdown For Another Three Weeks
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday announced the government has decided to extend the lockdown for another three weeks, until…
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South Africa
South Africa Coronavirus Cases Rise To 2,415, Confirms Health Minister Zwelini Mkhize
South Africa’s Health Minister Zwelini Mkhize on Tuesday said the total number of coronavirus cases has increased to 2,415 with…
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Sudan
Sudan Government Imposes Lockdown On Khartoum To Curb Coronavirus Spread
Sudan’s Information Minister Faisal Salih on Monday announced that the government has decided to impose a lockdown on Khartoum for…
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Sudan
Sudan Says It Urgently Needs $120 Million To Fight Ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic
Sudan’s Health Minister Akram Ali Altom has said that country urgently needs $120 million to fight the coronavirus, amid a…
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World
African Ambassadors Write To China’s Foreign Minister Over Africans Being Mistreated
African ambassadors in China have written a joint diplomatic note to the country’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi to look into…
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World
U.S. President Threatens To Impose Visa Sanctions On Countries Refusing Deportees
The United States President Donald Trump threatened to put visa sanctions on countries that refuse or delay to accept people…
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic Of Congo Reports New Ebola Case, Dims Hope Of End To Pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday announced that a new case of Ebola has been confirmed in the Democratic…
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South Africa
South Africa: President Cyril Ramaphosa Extends Lockdown For Another Two Weeks
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday announced the nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus has been…
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Health
WHO Warns Some African Countries Heading For Peak In Coronavirus Cases
The World Health Organization (WHO) officials on Thursday warned that some African countries could see a peak in coronavirus cases…
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Botswana
Botswana: Entire Parliament Placed Under Quarantine After Coronavirus Scare
Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi along with all other members of parliament have been placed under a 14-day mandatory quarantine after…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia, Liberia Announces States Of Emergency To Stop Spread Of Coronavirus
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared a state of emergency in the country on Wednesday to help curb the spread…
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Egypt
Egypt Government Extends Nationwide Night Time Curfew For More 15 Days
Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Wednesday said the government has decided to extend the nationwide night-time curfew by 15…
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Zimbabwe
UN Food Agency Appeals For Urgent International Financial Aid For Zimbabwe
The United Nations food agency on Wednesday said urgent international support is needed to prevent millions of people in Zimbabwe…
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South Africa
SA Health Workers’ Union Takes Government To Court Over COVID-19 Gear Shortage
South Africa’s health workers’ union on Tuesday said it is taking the government in court over shortages of protective equipment…
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South Africa
South African President Ramaphosa Says People’s Lives More Important Than Economy
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday said the lockdown will undoubtedly take a big toll on the country’s economy…
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