Guinean Secretary General dies of coronavirus
A top government official in Guinea and close ally of President Alpha Conde has died from the novel coronavirus, Guinea government said on Sunday. Sekou […]
Africa
LUTH delivers 68 year old mother of twins
An unnamed elderly couple has welcomed twin children at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital .. The hospital shared the news on Sunday, April 19, 2020. […]
Covid-19: Ghana lifts restrictions despite increase in cases
Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo, has lifted the three weeks restriction on movement in parts of the country implemented to curb the spread of COVID-19. In […]
Covid-19 update: NCDC confirms 14 new cases in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Thursday confirmed 14 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria. NCDC, in a tweet on its official Twitter […]
World Bank warns on sub-Saharan Africa recession
The World Bank is projecting that sub-Saharan Africa will go into recession for the first time in a quarter a century as the Covid-19 pandemic […]
WHO rejects using Africa as testing ground for Covid-19 vaccine
Tedros Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organisation, has dismissed as “racist” a suggestion by two French scientists that the coronavirus vaccine should be tested […]
AfDB approves $2m emergency assistance for WHO
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved $2 million in emergency assistance for the World Health Organisation (WHO) to reinforce […]
BCG vaccine ‘potential game-changer’ in Covid-19 fight
A study indicating that the BCG vaccine for tuberculosis could help to protect against Covid-19 is “a potential game-changer” in global efforts to curb the […]
Africa Covid-19 update: Burundi, Botswanna, Sierra Leone confirm index cases
Sierra Leone has confirmed its first Covid-19 case, after a 37-year-old male travelled from France on March 16 via Air Brussels. Prior to this confirmation, […]
Covid-19: Nigeria’s confirmed cases rise to 46
Nigeria announced two new cases of COVD-19 on Wednesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 46, the Nigeria Centre for […]
Covid-19: Recession looms – IMF’s chief
The spread of COVID-19 pandemic will lead to a recession of the scale recorded during the global financial crisis, or worse, the Managing Director, International […]
Covid-19: Pandemic is ‘accelerating’, WHO warns as cases pass 300,000
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the coronavirus disease pandemic is “accelerating”, with more than 300,000 cases now confirmed. It took 67 days […]
Nigerian confirms five new cases of Covid-19 virus
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control on Monday morning announced five new cases of Coronavirus in the country. The latest announcement has taken the total […]
Stocks fall as nations take coronavirus action
Global financial markets are set for another turbulent week as more countries take action to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Stock markets across the […]
Covid-19: Congolese musician, Aurlus Mabele, is dead
Congolese music legend, Aurlus Mabélé, has passed away while battling COVID-19, friends and relatives said. Mabélé died in a Paris hospital, France, the same day […]