Tags GENERAL Tanzania’s president calls for debt forgiveness to help battle virus Tanzania’s President John Magufuli called on international creditors on Wednesday to cancel debts owed by African nations to enable them
Tags GENERAL Ghana, Burkina Faso test easing of epidemic restrictions Burkina Faso and Ghana have eased some coronavirus lockdown restrictions this week to test the possibility of a return to
Tags GENERAL Senegal receives 2nd batch of medical aids from China The second batch of medical aids offered by Chinese government to Senegal was received by Senegalese Minister of Health and
Tags GENERAL Egypt’s coronavirus cases mount to 3,659 with 276 deaths: ministry Egypt confirmed 169 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total infections discovered in the country so far to 3,659, said
Tags GENERAL Few ventilators, little cash: Sudan braces for coronavirus test With just a few hundred ventilators and international aid slow to materialise, Sudan’s fledgling government knows it has an uphill
Tags GENERAL AU chairperson appoints special envoys to solicit anti-epidemic funds for Africa South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his capacity as chairperson of the African Union (AU), said on Wednesday he has
Tags GENERAL Rwandan president calls for closer coordination amid COVID-19 outbreak Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Wednesday called on the African Union (AU) to carry out closer coordination among its member
Tags GENERAL Africa’s COVID-19 death toll hits 1,205, as confirmed cases rise to 25,131: Africa CDC The death toll from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the African continent reached 1,205 as the number of confirmed cases
Tags GENERAL ‘This virus will be with us for a long time’ – WHO The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom. Tedros said in
Tags GENERAL One more person dies of COVID-19 in Malawi Malawi on Wednesday reported five new COVID-19 cases as the country’s health authorities also confirmed that one person had succumbed